Political status of Western Sahara

The official position of the Kingdom of Morocco since 1963 is that all of Western Sahara is an integral part of the kingdom. The Moroccan government refers to Western Sahara only as "Moroccan Sahara", the "Saharan provinces" [citation needed], or the "Southern Provinces".

Western Sahara conflict

The Western Sahara conflict is an ongoing conflict between the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic/Polisario Front and the Kingdom of Morocco.The conflict originated from an insurgency by the Polisario Front against Spanish colonial

西撒哈拉

西撒哈拉（阿拉伯语：الصحراء الغربية‎,西班牙语：Sáhara Occidental）,位于非洲西北部,地处撒哈拉沙漠西部,濒临大西洋,与摩洛哥、毛里塔尼亚、阿尔及利亚相邻。该地是一个有争议地区,摩洛哥声明对此地区拥有主权,西撒哈拉历史上曾为西班牙的殖民地,1975年,西班牙宣布撤离

Western Sahara

Western Sahara [a] is a disputed territory in North-western Africa. It has a surface area of 272,000 square kilometres (105,000 sq mi). [ 3 ] Approximately 30% of the territory (82,500 km 2 (31,900 sq mi)) is controlled by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR); the remaining 70% is occupied [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and administered by neighboring

Western Sahara and Morocco: Complexities of Resistance and

The term Sahrawiis often used to mean "indigenous Western Saharan," although this equivalent is not accurate deed, it is sufficient on most accounts that an "ethnic" Sahrawi only has to claim descent from one of the recognized major or minor social groupings—"tribes" or "confederations"—in or overlapping the former Spanish Sahara.

Western Sahara | The United Nations and Decolonization

Basic Facts. Population*: 612,000; Land area*: 266,000km²; Listing as a Non-Self-Governing Territory. Western Sahara has been on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories since

Political status of Western Sahara

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The official position of the Kingdom of Morocco since 1963 is that all of Western Sahara is an integral part of the kingdom. The Moroccan government refers to Western Sahara only as "Moroccan Sahara", the "Saharan provinces", or the "Southern Provinces". According to the Moroccan government, in 1958 the Moroccan Army of Liberation

Western Sahara | Facts, History, Conflict, Map,

Western Sahara is virtually all desert and is very sparsely inhabited. The Kasbah and mosque in the town of Semara (Smara) are among the major Muslim monuments in Western Sahara. The principal city is

Western Sahara

On 13 December 1974, the General Assembly requested an advisory opinion on the following questions : "I. Was Western Sahara (Rio de Oro and Sakiet El Hamra) at the time of colonization by Spain a territory belonging to no one (terra nullius) ?" If

The Western Sahara conflict: A fragile path to negotiations

It was ignited in 1975 after Spain relinquished control of Spanish Sahara, later known as Western Sahara. Morocco and Mauritania divided the territory between themselves, while the pro-independence Polisario Front, backed by Algeria, proclaimed a Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and launched a military struggle against what it viewed as two occupying

Western Sahara: Africa''s Longest and Most Forgotten Territorial

According the former UN personal envoy to Western Sahara, Peter Van Walsum, the international legality has failed in the Western Sahara because of two main reasons: first, the weakness of the international law itself: there is no mechanism to enforce its resolutions and even if there was it cannot be applied in the case of the Western Sahara because this conflict is

Western Sahara and a Fraught Path to Peace | Lawfare

In late July, Morocco secured another diplomatic coup in a string of recent triumphs when France backed its territorial claims over Western Sahara. France joins a growing list of countries, including the United States, to champion the North African kingdom''s plan for autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty ance''s decision is, however, the source of much

Western Sahara | Facts, History, Conflict, Map, & Population

Western Sahara is virtually all desert and is very sparsely inhabited. The Kasbah and mosque in the town of Semara (Smara) are among the major Muslim monuments in Western Sahara. The principal city is Laayoune, the old colonial capital.

Western Sahara

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Western Sahara is a disputed territory in North-western Africa. It has a surface area of 272,000 square kilometres (105,000 sq mi). Approximately 30% of the territory (82,500 km (31,900 sq mi)) is controlled by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR); the remaining 70% is occupied and administered by neighboring Morocco. It is the most sparsely populated country in Africa an