Western Sahara

Western Sahara: Polisario Front vs. Morocco See summary

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tamilguardian.com Speaker calls for Saharawi self-determination at Pan African parliament 05/17
allafrica.com Morocco: Call to Investigate Alleged Torture of Detained Sahrawis 05/17
amnesty.org Morocco/Western Sahara: Investigate alleged torture of six detained Sahrawis 05/16
allafrica.com Western Sahara: President Mohamed Abdelaziz Does Not Rule Out the Resort to Armed Struggle 05/12
allafrica.com Morocco: SADR President Regrets for Rabat's Racial and Chauvinistic Practices Against Saharawis 05/12
modernghana.com Polisario chief warns of armed struggle 05/11
modernghana.com Polisario says Morocco 'policy of terror' has failed 05/10
euractiv.com EU needs to rethink its policy in Western Sahara (Opinion) 05/09
allafrica.com Western Sahara: Moroccan Forces Brutally Repress Smara Demonstrations 05/07
modernghana.com 'Unprecedented' pro-independence demo in W. Sahara 05/06
news24.com Big independence demo in West Sahara 05/06
pmnewsnigeria.com Protests in Africa’s last colony 05/06
aljazeera.com Pro-independence rallies held in W Sahara 05/06
allafrica.com Brazilian Singer Holds First Show in Luanda 05/05
allafrica.com Western Sahara: El Aaiun - Moroccan Forces Violently Disperse Saharawi Unemployed Sit-in 05/05
allafrica.com Morocco: Human Rights in Western Sahara - British NGO Urges UN to Act Quickly 05/05
reuters.com France says to negotiate U.N. text on Western Sahara 04/19
modernghana.com Morocco hardens stance against US ally over W. Sahara 04/19
reuters.com France won't block U.S. proposal on Western Sahara: envoys 04/18
news24.com Morocco cancels war games with US 04/17
modernghana.com Defeated in Mali, Islamists begin to reorganise 04/17
hrw.org UN/Western Sahara: Give Peacekeepers a Human Rights Mandate 04/17
bbc.co.uk US and Morocco in W Sahara spat 04/17
modernghana.com US to redeploy troops as Morocco cancels war games 04/17
modernghana.com Polisario denies Qaeda infiltration of camps from Mali 04/17
ww4report.com US to redeploy troops as Morocco axes war game 04/17
scmp.com US officials: Joint military exercise with Morocco canceled over dispute on Western Sahara 04/16
hosted.ap.org Morocco cancels war games with US over rights 04/16
reuters.com U.S. proposes U.N. Western Sahara rights monitor; Morocco warns of "missteps" 04/16
indepthafrica.com Moroccans Unanimously Reject Groundbreaking Draft Resolution for Human Rights in Western Sahara 04/15
foxnews.com Morocco: No to UN eyeing human rights in W. Sahara 04/15
modernghana.com Zuma stresses Africa security concerns on Algiers visit 04/15
allafrica.com Western Sahara: King Mohammed VI Says He Is Concerned By Increased Security Threats In The Sahel 04/12
vancouversun.com UN chief says instability in Sahel region requires urgent settlement of Western Sahara dispute 04/11
guardian.co.uk Western Sahara and human rights 04/11
mg.co.za Mali conflict could spill over into Western Sahara, warns UN chief 04/10
rt.com Mali crisis: French withdraw troops amid fears of prolonged war 04/10
allafrica.com Morocco: The Guardian Published a Short Documentary On the Lives of Sahrawi Refugees 04/10
modernghana.com Moroccan king discusses Sahel insecurity with UN envoy 04/10
reuters.com U.N. warns of risk of Mali war spillover in Western Sahara 04/09
guardian.co.uk Mali conflict could spill over into Western Sahara, warns Ban Ki-moon 04/09
nation.co.ke Ban says W. Sahara risks being drawn into Mali war 04/09
modernghana.com Ban says W. Sahara risks being drawn into Mali war 04/08
allafrica.com Africa: Ambassador Laman Baali Presents His Credentials as SADR Permanent Representative to AU 04/08
ipsnews.net Social Forum Spawns a New Form of Solidarity 04/04
allafrica.com Morocco: French President Begins Visit to Morocco, Meets With King, Consolidates Close Relations 04/04
tamilguardian.com UN envoy visits Western Sahara 04/03
vancouversun.com Morocco: Uncertainty over Western Sahara a risk for region already threated by terror groups 04/02
allafrica.com Morocco: Military Court's Judgment in Case Based On 2010 Western Sahara Clash 04/02
hrw.org Morocco: Tainted Trial of Sahrawi Civilians 04/01
modernghana.com Morocco must free jailed Sahrawis or hold fair trial: HRW 04/01
modernghana.com Algeria sees 'hope of progress' in W. Sahara 04/01
magharebia.com UN Western Sahara envoy visits Maghreb 03/31
allafrica.com Western Sahara: A Violence That Goes Unnamed 03/15
allafrica.com Western Sahara: Democratic Experiments in Exile 03/15
pambazuka.org A violence that goes unnamed 03/14
allafrica.com Mauritania: SRSG for Western Sahara Received in Nouakchott By Mauritanian President 03/12
huffingtonpost.com Technicality Costs Globetrotter His World Record 03/09
dw.de Deadlock in Western Sahara 03/07
foxnews.com Morocco refuses entry to EU lawmakers 03/07
allafrica.com Africa: South Africa Condemns Moroccan Military Court's Verdicts Against 25 Saharawi Political Prisoners 03/06
modernghana.com Morocco rights group: end military trial of civilians 03/05
allafrica.com Morocco: Polisario Fighter With AQIM in Mali Reported Taken Prisoner After Battle Killing Abou Zeid 03/05
allafrica.com Western Sahara: UN Rapporteur On Torture 'Very Worried' Over Appearance of Saharawi Prisoners Before a Military Tribunal 03/04
allafrica.com Morocco: Morocco Takes 'Great Risk' By Condemning 24 Sahrawi Activists 03/04
news24.com Slain Qaeda commander's weapon found 03/02
allafrica.com Africa: OAU/AU and the Question of Western Sahara 03/01
allafrica.com Africa: Africa's Longest and Most Forgotten Territorial Conflict 03/01
allafrica.com Africa: Western Sahara Occupied, Africa Re-Colonised 03/01
allafrica.com Morocco: Another Moroccan 'Coup De Théâtre' 03/01
allafrica.com Morocco: Book Review of 'Western Sahara - the Refugee Nation' 03/01
allafrica.com Morocco: The Question of Western Sahara - From Impasse to Independence 03/01
allafrica.com Western Sahara: Saharawi Music and its Role in the Independence Struggle 03/01
allafrica.com Morocco: The EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement 03/01
allafrica.com Western Sahara: A Violence That Goes Unnamed 03/01
allafrica.com Western Sahara: Hoping for a UN Spring 03/01
allafrica.com Western Sahara: Do You Have Any Idea What Is 'Homeland' for a Refugee? 03/01
pambazuka.org Africa’s longest and most forgotten territorial conflict 02/28
pambazuka.org The desperate fishermen 02/28
pambazuka.org Letter to UN Security Council 02/28
pambazuka.org The valiant fisherman 02/28
pambazuka.org Waiting for ‘istiftah’ 02/28
pambazuka.org A violence that goes unnamed 02/28
pambazuka.org Western Sahara occupied, Africa re-colonised 02/27
pambazuka.org OAU/AU and the question of Western Sahara 02/27
pambazuka.org Another Moroccan ‘coup de théâtre’ 02/27
pambazuka.org The question of Western Sahara: from impasse to independence 02/27
pambazuka.org The EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement 02/27
pambazuka.org Human rights monitoring in Western Sahara 02/27
pambazuka.org Hoping for a UN spring 02/27
pambazuka.org The life of a Saharawi student 02/27
dw.de Mali crisis eclipses Western Sahara conflict 02/26
magharebia.com Western Sahara marathon opens in El Ayoun 02/26
modernghana.com Algeria hopes for 'legitimate' W. Sahara determination 02/26
english.people.com.cn Chinese peacekeeping officer's personal experience in Western Sahara 02/25
allafrica.com Morocco: Trial of Gdeim Izik Detainees 'Provocative Step' Increases Tension in the Region, Says FM 02/24
allafrica.com Algeria: Bejaia Bomb Injures ANP Soldier 02/24
allafrica.com Morocco: Human Rights Are Violated in Western Sahara 02/24
allafrica.com Morocco: Saharawi Imams Asks Islamic World to Break Silence in Occupied Western Sahara 02/24
allafrica.com Morocco: Spanish Delegation Expelled From Airport of Occupied El Aaiun 02/23

Summary

Morocco has controlled Western Sahara since 1979. The Algeria-backed Polisario Front is pushing for its independence. Last active fighting was in 1991 but the status of the territory is not settled and approximately 100,000 refugees are living in Algeria.