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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Western_Sahara_WarWestern Sahara War - Wikipedia

    t. e. The Western Sahara War (Arabic: حرب الصحراء الغربية, French: Guerre du Sahara occidental, Spanish: Guerra del Sáhara Occidental) was an armed struggle between the Sahrawi indigenous Polisario Front and Morocco from 1975 to 1991 (and Mauritania from 1975 to 1979), being the most significant phase of the Western Sahara ...

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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Western_Sahara_conflictWestern Sahara conflict - Wikipedia

    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 forces from 1973 to 1975 and the subsequent Western Sahara War against Morocco between 1975 and 1991.

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  4. www.atlanticcouncil.org › in-depth-researchThe Western Sahara conflict: A fragile path to negotiations

    Aug 3, 2023 · The long-dormant conflict over Western Sahara has resurged in recent years, challenging regional stability. Diplomatic tensions between the main sides, coupled with the collapse of the 1991 UN-brokered cease-fire and US recognition of Moroccan sovereignty in 2020, have complicated the situation. The appointment of UN envoy Staffan de Mistura in 2021 offers hope for the revival of cease-fire ...

  5. theconversation.com › western-sahara-the-sixWestern Sahara: the six-decade struggle to liberate Africa’s ...

    Jan 13, 2023 · Published: January 13, 2023 8:04am EST. 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 ...

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  7. www.i24news.tv › en › newsExplainer: Western Sahara conflict, a war for independence

    Since 1975, the territory has been the scene of a war for independence, from intense demonstrations to bloody clashes. Western Sahara. Estimated at 103,000 square miles of mostly desert flatlands ...

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  8. www.thenewhumanitarian.org › news-feature › 2023Western Sahara’s ‘frozen conflict’ heats up, but world’s ...

    Feb 1, 2023 · It’s in these camps that Mohamed-Lamin, her family, and over 173,000 Sahrawis live – in perpetual exile from their native land of Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony that has been under Moroccan occupation since 1975. After a 29-year ceasefire, fighting re-erupted in November 2020 as the Polisario Front – a political-military movement ...

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  10. apnews.com › article › africa-united-nations-westernUN urges talks on Western Sahara after cease-fire breakdown

    Oct 29, 2021 · UN urges talks on Western Sahara after cease-fire breakdown. A Polisario Front soldier drives a pickup, near Mehaires, Western Sahara, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021. For nearly 30 years, the vast territory of Western Sahara in the North African desert has existed in limbo, awaiting a referendum that was supposed to let the local Sahrawi people decide ...