The Western Sahara War (Arabic: , French: Guerre du Sahara occidental, Spanish: Guerra del Sahara 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 conflict.The conflict erupted after the withdrawal of Non-western state systems. The flag is a combination of the Pan-Arab colors of black, green, white, and red, and the Islamic symbol of the star and crescent. 56. The Green March caught Spain in a moment of political crisis. miles), has recently taken an ominous turn after decades of stalemate. The Arab League supports "the integrity of the Moroccan territorial sovereignty" without specifying a position on a solution to the conflict. Its first Secretary General was El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed. The Moroccan government was of the opinion that this allegiance existed during several centuries before the Spanish occupation and that it was a legal and political tie. Today the conflict is These are the Pan-Arab colors. The Moroccan Army immediately took control of the former Mauritanian territory. Negara; Mandala; Technology, Tradition, and the State in Africa; Legal systems. The Polisario engaged in guerrilla warfare with the Moroccan and Mauritanian forces. "[4]. On Tuesday President Cyril Ramaphosa offered his governments unapologetic backing for the partially recognised Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) in Western Sahara. The Royal Moroccan Air Force started a progressive modernization program of its ageing fleet and their technical and operational capacities. There are several other ergs such as Erg Chigaga near M'hamid.Technically all these ergs are within an area of semi-arid Pre-Saharan Steppes and not part of the Sahara desert which lies some distance to the south. Our Forums are vibrant and gives everyone a chance to be heard. [39], In mid-October 2020 tensions deepened between Morocco and the Polisario Front, when the Sahrawi refugees in Tindouf, Algeria, which houses about 100,000 Sahrawi refugees,[40] passing through SADR-controlled territories, camped and blocked the road, creating a large caravan of vehicles and blocking traffic in the region. The Polisario Front was formally constituted on 10 May 1973 in the Mauritanian city of Zouirate,[26] with the express intention of militarily forcing an end to Spanish colonization. [46], On 17 January 1980, the Spanish SPS Almirante Ferrandiz (D22) destroyer was machine-gunned by a Moroccan Mirage airfighter, 8 kilometres (5mi) from the southern coast of Western Sahara. The overwhelming majority of United Nation member states have not announced any position. The films producers and director said in a statement that they were sorry to see a misunderstanding take on such proportions, adding that the choice of tune was purely aesthetic and musical. Cf. Watch breaking news videos, viral videos and original video clips on CNN.com. The Case of the 2020 Womens Protests in Poland. The original goal of the Polisario, which was to end Spanish colonialism in the region, was achieved, but their neighbours, Morocco and Mauritania, seized sovereignty of the region, which the Polisario felt was entitled to self-determination and eventually independence. The following year, however, MiningWatch noted that Nutrien continued to profit from the export of phosphate from Western Sahara through its 22 percent ownership of the Chinese company Sinofert, which Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW) reported as being involved in the trade of phosphate from the occupied territory. 89). Metro News. Morocco faced heavy burdens due to the economic costs of its massive troop deployments along the Wall. The CCM suspended the filmmakers membership card and gave the movies production company 48 hours to comply with the original agreement and remove the tune. Morocco on Thursday blasted what it called Pretorias gesticulations and agitations over the disputed territory of Western Sahara, in reaction to the South African president backing the regions independence. While Spain started negotiating a handover of power in the summer of 1975, it ceded the administrative control of the territory to Mauritania and Morocco only after signing the Madrid Accords. [43] On 13 November 2020 clashes between Moroccan and the Polisario Front forces began in Guerguerat, but since has spread along the Moroccan Western Sahara Wall. The international community has long backed a referendum to be held to decide the territorys status. Morocco is a demographically young country with 27% of its population under the age of 15, 18% between the ages of 15 and 24, 42% between 25 and 54 years old, 7% between Morocco Demographics. The CCM said it had made its decision after critical articles in the Moroccan media pointed out the use of the tune, which it said was not part of the original agreement. Zanka Contact, made by French-Moroccan filmmaker Ismael El Iraki, tells the love story of a road trip by an ageing rock star and a singer. Mauritania finally withdrew in the summer of 1979, after signing the Algiers Agreement with the Polisario Front, recognizing the right of self-determination for the Sahrawi people, and renouncing any claims on Western Sahara. The ceasefire lasted for 29 years, but fell apart on November 13, 2020 when Morocco sent soldiers into a UN-controlled town to remove unarmed Sahrawi protestors blockading a road built illegally on their land. This work is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. 89). It is composed of the geographic regions of Ro de Oro (River of Gold), occupying the southern two-thirds of the region (between Cape Blanco and In remembrance of Barbara Ehrenreich (19412022), we are reposting this article, which first appeared in WIN magazine on June 3, 1976, and then published in Monthly Review in 2005 (Volume 57, Issue 03). Fatima Karim is 39 years old and owns two sewing and cosmetics companies in Oued Zem, a city in central Morocco, about 150km from Casablanca. Israeli and Turkish settlers).[7]. The prolonged cease-fire has held without major disturbances, but Polisario has repeatedly threatened to resume fighting if no break-through occurs. The referendum, however, stalled over disagreements on voter rights, and numerous attempts at restarting the process (most significantly the launching of the 2003 Baker plan) seem to have failed. Mauritania waged four years of war against Polisario guerrillas, conducting raids on Nouakchott, attacks on the Zouerate mine train and a coup d'tat that deposed Ould Daddah. The Polisario Front launched a raid on the capital Nouakchott, during which Polisario leader El Ouali was killed, and was replaced by Mohamed Abdelaziz, with no letup in the pace of attacks. Morocco gained control of most of the former Spanish Sahara, which it still holds to this day. #WesternSahara community #CORCAS members are happy to be part of #Morocco delegation to #UPR41 to relate the facts on the daily life of WS community & to condemn the daily maneuvers of algerian intelligence to hurt Morocco's reputation. The simmering 46-year-old conflict between Morocco and the Polisario Front over the disputed territory of Western Sahara, a Northwest African area of around 252,120 km2 (some 97,000 sq. From the mid-1980s Morocco largely had kept Polisario troops off by building a huge berm or sand wall (the Moroccan Wall). While staying mum about the occupation and its abuses, many Western countries profit from the illegal exploitation of Sahrawi resources. FollowAfrican InsideronFacebook,TwitterandInstagram, For moreAfricannews,visitAfricaninsider.com, Morocco suspends film over Western Sahara music track, Morocco king calls for unequivocal support over Western Sahara, Morocco jails activist for offending king, Moroccan activist sentenced to two years for online posts, Germany backs Moroccan autonomy plan for Western Sahara, Morocco recalls envoy from Tunisia over Polisario meeting, Moroccan dissident Monjib on new hunger strike over travel ban, Morocco blasts South Africas agitation of Western Sahara dispute, Amnesty demands Morocco probe assaults on 5 Sahrawi activists. [47], In 1984, Polisario shot down a Belgian airplane as well as two Moroccan aircraft. In the late 19th-century, Western Sahara became a Spanish colony. After attempting in vain to gain backing from several Arab governments, including both Algeria and Morocco, but only drawing faint notices of support from Libya and Mauritania, the movement eventually relocated to Spanish-controlled Western Sahara to start an armed rebellion. The Berbers of the Maghreb in the early Middle Ages could be roughly classified into three major groups: the Zenata across the north, the Masmuda, concentrated in central Morocco, and the Sanhaja, clustered in the western part of the Sahara and the hills of the eastern Maghreb. Today most of the territory of Western Sahara is under Moroccan occupation, while the inland parts are governed by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, managed by the Polisario Front. A cease-fire between the Polisario and Morocco, monitored by MINURSO (UN) has come into effect on 6 September 1991, with the promise of a referendum on independence the following year. Through our development agenda, we seek to consolidate this historical role and make sure the region is more open to the future. 7. Despite the overwhelming military and logistic superiority of the Spanish armed forces based in Western Sahara in relation to the Moroccan armed forces, the Spanish government feared that the conflict with Morocco could lead to an open colonial war in Africa, which could put Francoist Spain into question and lead to an abrupt political change or a social instability and disaster. THE MOST EXCITING CRUISE DESTINATIONS AND AWARD-WINNING SHIPS Unlock some of the most incredible travel destinations.Get on island time and unwind on some of the best beaches in the world, venture deep into the rainforests, and snorkel the most vibrant reefs on a Caribbean or Bahamas cruise getaway with the whole family.. the Russian annexation of Crimea). In April 2009, 229 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, a clear majority and more than 50 more than the number who signed the letter[clarification needed] in 2007, called on President Obama to support Morocco's autonomy plan and to assist in drawing the conflict to a close. However, in her speech to the Spanish Parliament of 15 December 2010, the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs Trinidad Jimenez denied that Spain supports the Moroccan position in Spanish Sahara. Light cavalry groups of the Third and Fourth Thirds of the Legion. In late 2014 Morocco sent F-16s into combat against ISIL in Iraq and Syria. Economic and military aid was sent to Morocco by Saudi Arabia,[37] France and the United States[38] to relieve the situation, but matters gradually became unsustainable for all parties involved. The Free Trade Agreement will not include Western Sahara. Negara; Mandala; Technology, Tradition, and the State in Africa; Legal systems. A U.N.-brokered ceasefire was signed in 1991 between the two parties, but the sovereignty of the territory remains unresolved pending ongoing peace-talks. Mauritania later abandoned all claims to its portion in August 1979 and ceded this area to Popular Army of Saharwi Liberation (Polisario), but it was instead promptly occupied by Morocco. The Sahrawi people aspired to form an independent state. [22][30][31][32], On February 26, 1976, Spain officially announced its full withdrawal from the area.[29]. Part of MINURSOs mandate was the enforcement of a ceasefire between the Moroccan military and the national liberationist Polisario Front. He is primarily interested in applying theories of imperialism, neocolonialism, and underdevelopment to global capitalism and Canadas role therein. The Green March was a well-publicized popular march of enormous proportions. In April 1976, Mauritania and Morocco partitioned the country into three parts, Mauritania getting the southern one, which was named Tiris al-Gharbiyya. The platform brings you the latest breaking News, Business, Showbiz, Sports, Diaspora and gives you everything youve come to expect and love. Bull. In recent years, it has launched various plans to promote the development of Western Sahara. The Polisario, now with heavy Algerian backing, refused the Madrid Accords, and demanded that the ICJ's opinion on Sahrawi self-determination be respected. Raids and rebellions by the indigenous Saharan population kept the Spanish forces out of much of the territory for a long time. It was slightly modified in June 1991. (Seven years later, he formally agreed to a referendum before the Organisation of African Unity). Under international law, Western Sahara is not a legal part of Morocco and it remains under the international laws of military occupation.[1]. pp. It is used on Polisario-controlled areas, while the Moroccan flag is used on the rest of the occupied territory. A UN visiting mission headed by Simeon Ak that was conducted in June 1975 concluded that Sahrawi support for independence (as opposed to Spanish rule or integration with a neighbouring country) amounted to an "overwhelming consensus" and that the Polisario Front was by far the most powerful political force in the country. In July 2021, she declared to have been targeted by death threats for her pro-Israel position. 7. 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Some of the states announcing support of the "right of self-determination" currently recognize the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. Its soundtrack includes a tune by the late Sahrawi singer Mariem Hassan, who supported the Polisario Front, which wants an independent state in the Western Sahara. All three crew members died. On 20 May he led the Khanga raid, Polisario's first armed action,[27] in which a Spanish post manned by a team of Tropas Nomadas (Sahrawi-staffed auxiliary forces) was overrun and rifles seized. The OIC supports the achievement of a just, lasting and mutually acceptable political solution that would provide for the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara consistent with relevant resolutions. Mohamed Abdelaziz, president of the SADR, has been vicepresident of the OUA in 1985, and of the AU in 2002. 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The territories under its control, the so-called Free Zone, are claimed in whole by Morocco as part of its Southern Provinces. ICJ, Reports 1975, p. 83. Europe and the People Without History; Part of the difficulty with the term is that it seeks to construct and apply a common conceptual framework across diverse cultures and peoples. Another section, the Liberated Territories, is administered by the Polisario Front as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). The CELAC supports efforts by all parties to achieve a just, lasting and mutually acceptable political solution that would provide for the right of self-determination for the inhabitants. Hearing before the Committee on Foreign Affairs of House of Representatives. ALSO READ | EU and Morocco sign green energy deal. The Ifni War, sometimes called the Forgotten War in Spain (la Guerra Olvidada), was a series of armed incursions into Spanish West Africa by Moroccan insurgents that began in October 1957 and culminated with the abortive siege of Sidi Ifni.. Modernization in the 21st century. Latest news from around the globe, including the nuclear arms race, migration, North Korea, Brexit and more. 8. The Rio Group supports the resolutions adopted by the UN to achieve a just, lasting and mutually acceptable solution that leads to the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara, in the context of compatible accords with the principles of the UN charter and the Resolution 1514 (XV) of the General Assembly and other pertinent resolutions. #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #SDGs #GlobalWarming #GreenIsBetter #ParisAgreement #SaharaOccidental #Morocco #_ #COP27 . This was a treaty which divided Spanish Sahara between Mauritania and Morocco. The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is an Observer member in the framework of the Andean Parliament. [9], The Moroccan government further pointed to several treaties between it and other states, such as with Spain in 1861, the United States of America in 1786, and 1836 and with the United Kingdom in 1856 [10][11], The International Court of Justice found that "neither the internal nor the international acts relied upon by Morocco indicate the existence at the relevant period of either the existence or the international recognition of legal ties of territorial sovereignty between Western Sahara and the Moroccan State. The Polisario Front (pro-independence), supported by Algeria, wants an independent state in Western Sahara, a vast desert area that Morocco considers part of its own territory. In turn, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic claims the part of Western Sahara to the west of the Moroccan Wall controlled by Morocco. Bull. In July 2021, she declared to have been targeted by death threats for her pro-Israel position. Therefore, both the Republican and Democratic parties have lent their support to the illegal occupation and colonization of Western Sahara, a clear refutation of the position supported by the United Nations, the African Union, the Court of Justice of the European Union, the African Court on Human and Peoples Rights, and the International Court of Justice. [citation needed]. Morocco's proposal to resolve the regional conflict is based on broad autonomy for Western Sahara under Moroccan sovereignty, respecting the resolutions of the United Nations (UN). [citation needed]. They brandished Moroccan flags and Qur'an; banners calling for the "return of the Moroccan Sahara," photographs of the King and the Qur'an; the color green for the march's name was intended as a symbol of Islam. Like other demarcations of Spain, such as Cantabria, which created their symbols taking as references the flags of their maritime provinces, the Saharawi National Union Party created its flag based on that of the Maritime Province of Villa Cisneros, until its entry into the Polisario Front in a meeting held on October 12, 1975, with the leadership of said movement. The reorganized army was able to inflict severe damage through guerrilla-style hit-and-run attacks against Moroccan forces in Western Sahara but also raided cities and towns in Morocco and Mauritania proper. Further soiling Canadas reputation wrote Mitchell Anderson in 2017. is the fact that companies importing phosphate from Western Sahara also enjoy the support of Export Development Canada (EDC), a Crown corporation. Guedra is a music and dance style associated with the Tuareg "blue people" of the Moroccan sahara. The Polisario Front proclaimed the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic in Bir Lehlou (Western Sahara), on 27 February 1976. [citation needed], The African Union (formerly the OAU) has given the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic full recognition,[202] and accepted it as a member state (which has led Morocco to leave the union.[216]). Some sources put the final death toll between 10,000 and 20,000 people.[23]. Prior to being the flag of Palestine, it was the flag of the short-lived Arab Federation of Iraq and Jordan. NIGERIA NEWS TOP NIGERIAN Newspapers Top news headlines from Nigeria. MetBase: v7.2 (current through Met. The simmering 46-year-old conflict between Morocco and the Polisario Front over the disputed territory of Western Sahara, a Northwest African area of around 252,120 km2 (some 97,000 sq. Later, the Spanish extended their area of control. The star and crescent are considered symbols of Islam, and can be seen on flags of other neighbouring Islamic countries such as Algeria and Mauritania. The war, which may be seen as part of the general movement of decolonization that swept Africa throughout the latter half of the 20th The territories under its control, the so-called Free Zone, are claimed in whole by Morocco as part of its Southern Provinces. [200], On 10 December 2020, President Donald Trump announced that the United States would officially recognize Morocco's claims over Western Sahara, as a result of Morocco agreeing to normalize relations with Israel.[201]. Although the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) treats the status of Western Sahara as 'undetermined', its lack of reference to its current effective partition, considering the existence of the Polisario-held areas, indicates an acceptance of Morocco as the administering power in the entire territory. Polisario then gradually gained control over large swaths of desert countryside, and its power grew from early 1975 when the Tropas Nomadas began deserting to the Polisario, bringing weapons and training with them. Watch breaking news videos, viral videos and original video clips on CNN.com. Nasser Bourita, Moroccan Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter: through 43(2), 2020 Sept. 83-102. Slouching towards utopia, or hurtling towards disaster? Kapu; Colonialism and resistance. Polisario Front denounces blocking by France of human rights monitoring in Western Sahara. The EU and Morocco established a Free Trade Area as part of the EU-Morocco Association Agreement, signed in 1996, which entered into force on 1 March 2000.The EU and Morocco also signed an Agreement on additional liberalisation of trade in agricultural products, processed agricultural products, and fish and fisheries products, which entered into The Polisario Front is considered by Morocco to be a Moroccan separatist movement, referring to the Moroccan origins of most of its founding members. Erg Chebbi (Berber: , Arabic: ) is one of Morocco's several ergs large seas of dunes formed by wind-blown sand. Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the most western of the North African countries with an alternative Arabic name that translates to "The Western Kingdom.". [6], Protocol Section of the Office of the President of the Republic (June 1987), "Divisin del litorial en provincias y distritos, Diario Oficial del Ministerio de Marina", Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Western_Sahara&oldid=1112979486, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from February 2013, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 29 September 2022, at 02:51. Morocco later gained control over most of the former Spanish Sahara, which it continues to hold. The Green March was condemned by the international community, notably in United Nations Security Council Resolution 380, as the march was considered an attempt to bypass the International Court of Justice's Advisory opinion on Western Sahara that had been issued three weeks prior.[2]. Bourita accused South Africa of being on the wrong side of history. The Moroccan army stationed a number of troops roughly the same size as the entire Sahrawi population to defend the wall, enclosing the Southern Provinces, the economically useful parts of Western Sahara (Bou Craa, El-Aaiun, Smara etc.). It began as a movement of students who felt torn between the divergent Spanish and Moroccan influences on the country. Western Sahara is a founding member of the African Union and a full member state to this day. The Polisario proclaimed the SADR in 1976, placing it in conflict with Morocco, which considers the Western Sahara to be part of its own territory. National Geographic stories take you on a journey thats always enlightening, often surprising, and unfailingly fascinating. Other than Morocco and the United States, no state officially recognises Morocco's annexation of Western Sahara, but some states support the Moroccan autonomy plan. Within hours of the ICJ verdict's release, he announced the organizing of a "green march" to Spanish Sahara, to "reunite it with the Motherland". The traditional position of all the Spanish democratic governments until the election of Prime Minister Zapatero had been that the wishes of the Western Saharan population have to be respected, and of support to the organization of the referendum requested by the United Nations. Potash Corp and Agrium have received more than $200 million in loans, despite EDCs vague one-page statement on human rights. Part of MINURSOs mandate was the enforcement of a ceasefire between the Moroccan military and the national liberationist Polisario Front. This clear hypocrisy is likely one reason why the African continent has not joined the collective West in its unconditional support for Ukraine and its efforts to isolate Russia economically. [3], In 1979, Mauritania signed a peace treaty with the Polisario Front, and Morocco annexed the part formerly controlled by Mauritania. It has provided aid to the 'Polisario Front'. The fact that a red rag or carpet has been laid out does not alter the situation, but rather expresses the inability to influence it, Bourita insisted during a press briefing in Rabat with his Belgian counterpart Hadja Lahbib. In addition to acknowledging that Western Sahara has become a recruiting post for radical Islamists, the letter affirmed that the conflict is "the single greatest obstacle impending the security and cooperation necessary to combat" terrorism in the Maghreb. 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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