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  • Morocco and Western Sahara – Military Posturing and Diplomatic Offensives

    Whilst there has been no direct military confrontation between the Polisario Front and Morocco regarding the future of Western Sahara for a number of years, both Morocco and their opponent, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) have been deploying diplomatic overtures to sway opinion in their favour across the African continent and beyond. The intractable conflict between Morocco and the Polisario Front, the ruling party of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), stands poised to erupt back into open hostilities after recent statements made by the Front.

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    Tags : Western Sahara, Morocco, Polisario Front,

  • Proclamation on Recognizing The Sovereignty Of The Kingdom Of Morocco Over The Western Sahara

    The United States affirms, as stated by previous Administrations, its support for Morocco’s autonomy proposal as the only basis for a just and lasting solution to the dispute over the Western Sahara territory. Therefore, as of today, the United States recognizes Moroccan sovereignty over the entire Western Sahara territory and reaffirms its support for Morocco’s serious, credible, and realistic autonomy proposal as the only basis for a just and lasting solution to the dispute over the Western Sahara territory.

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  • The Renewed Western Sahara Conflict and the Abraham Accords

    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The timing of the unanticipated provocation by the Polisario Front against Morocco could be related to the ongoing diplomatic initiative sponsored by the US for the establishment of full diplomatic relations between Morocco and Israel. Several foreign powers have an interest in disrupting the next stages of the Abraham Accords…

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    Tags : Western Sahara, Morocco, Polisario Front,

  • Western Sahara, peace is the solution

    If we examine the historical roots of the conflict in Western Sahara from its emergence, evolution and historical development in its different stages to the current state it is in, taking very much into account all the elements that make it part of our systemic approach from the point of view of an objective and realistic perspective, we can really measure the intensity and magnitude of its international scope within the cause and effect categories…

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    Tags : Western Sahara, Morocco, Polisario Front,

  • Western Sahara: Who are the Polisario Front and what do they want ?

    Salmi Gailano was born in 1991, the year that Morocco agreed to a ceasefire with the rebels of the Polisario Front after almost two decades of warfare in Western Sahara : Despite the peace, Gailani has grown up in exile. His childhood was spent in refugee camps of the Polisario-held territory near the Algerian border and in Spain.

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    Tags : Western Sahara, Morocco, Polisario Front,

  • Borrell urges return to talks following renewed Western Sahara tensions

    The Polisario Front said Sunday (15 November) it was mobilising “thousands of volunteers” to join its fighters, on the third day of a crisis in the disputed Western Sahara that pits the Sahrawis against Morocco.

    Rabat launched a military operation on Friday to reopen a key highway on the border between the territory and Mauritania that it said was blocked by the Polisario Front, which seeks independence for Western Sahara.

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    Tags : Western Sahara, Morocco, Polisario Front,

  • Western Sahara: Polisario threatens to end ceasefire after Morocco 'provocation'

    The Polisario Front on Monday vowed to end a decades-old ceasefire deal with Morocco after it accused Rabat of moving its forces to an area manned by UN peacekeepers. “Moroccan occupying forces began last night to move a large number of gendarmes and other security forces in the region,” said a statement received by AFP.

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    Tags : Western Sahara, Morocco, Polisario Front,

  • Western Sahara: a much-disputed territory

    Western Sahara, a region rich in resources, is a territory on the northwest coast of the African continent. It was a Spanish protectorate until 1975. Since then, Western Sahara, declared a non-autonomous territory by the United Nations…

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    Tags : Western Sahara, Morocco, Polisario Front, UN,

  • Western Sahara Forefront of Algerian-Moroccan conflict

    The conflicts of the Western Sahara region are one of the biggest obstacles in the Moroccan-Algerian bilateral relations, Morocco always blaming the neighbor for being the first supporter of the Polisario Liberation Front, that calls…

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    Tags : Western Sahara, Morocco, Algeria, Polisario Front,

  • The American Scholar: Hannah Armstrong on quagmire in Western Sahara

    The Sahrawi people have called for international recognition of their state-in-exile in Western Sahara for more than four decades, Hannah Armstrong (West Africa, 2012-2014) writes for The American Scholar. But the outside world has largely …

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    Tags : Western Sahara, sahrawi people, Polisario Front,