Rabouni refugee camp

Rabouni refugee camp
مخيم الرابوني
Administrative centre of the Sahrawi refugee camps
Rabouni refugee camp
Coordinates: 27°28′32″N 8°5′16″W / 27.47556°N 8.08778°W / 27.47556; -8.08778
Country Algeria
ProvinceTindouf

Rabouni refugee camp (Arabic: مخيم الرابوني) is a Sahrawi refugee camp located in Tindouf province in southwestern Algeria. On 23 October 2011, the Al-Qaeda-tied Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa kidnapped three foreign aid workers from Rabouni ind released them about a year later n exchange for $18 million and the release of three Islamists.

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