Laayoune, Western Sahara. View from the Lakouara Hotel (more commonly known as "The Cockroach") ...

Place Africa: Western Sahara
Accession Number P01763.024
Collection type Photograph
Object type Colour
Physical description Colour
Maker Felsche, Susan Lee
Place made Western Sahara
Date made c June 1993
Conflict Period 1990-1999
Copyright

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Description

Laayoune, Western Sahara. View from the Lakouara Hotel (more commonly known as "The Cockroach") which housed Australian personnel working as part of MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara). It shows a multi storey building which provided accommodation of varying standards used to house civilian personnel in the area. A wadi can be seen in the background.