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Jan 31, 2023 · 31 January 2023. Western Sahara is a sparsely-populated area of mostly desert situated on the northwest coast of Africa. A former Spanish colony, it was annexed by Morocco in 1975. Since then...
Aug 3, 2023 · Report. August 3, 2023. The Western Sahara conflict: A fragile path to negotiations. By Riccardo Fabiani. The long-dormant conflict over the disputed territory of Western Sahara has experienced a resurgence in recent years, posing new challenges to regional stability.
Today the conflict is dominated by unarmed civil campaigns of the Polisario Front and their self-proclaimed SADR state to gain fully recognized independence for Western Sahara. The conflict escalated after the withdrawal of Spain from the Spanish Sahara in accordance with the Madrid Accords .
2019 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Western Sahara. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. Download Report. Translations. Executive Summary. The Kingdom of Morocco claims the territory of Western Sahara and administers the territory that it controls.
Jan 13, 2023 · Western Sahara is the territory in north-west Africa bordered by Morocco in the north, Algeria and Mauritania in the east and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. A former Spanish colony, it’s...
Dec 11, 2020 · Monkey Cage. The U.S. recognized Moroccan sovereignty over the disputed Western Sahara. Here’s what that means. The Trump administration’s move could complicate efforts to resolve a long-standing...
UN news center. The first UN-led talks in six years over the disputed Western Sahara-region concluded on a positive note on Thursday in Geneva, where the Organization’s representative Horst ...
