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 | | The sovereignty of the Western Sahara remained the subject of dispute between the Government of Morocco and the Polisario Front (Popular Front for the Liberation of the Saguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro), an organization seeking independence for the region. | | | The Moroccan Government sent troops and settlers into the northern two-thirds of the Western Sahara after Spain withdrew from the area in 1975, and extended its administration over the southern province of Oued Ed-Dahab after Mauritania renounced its claim in 1979. | | | The Court held that while some of the region's tribes had historical ties to Morocco, the ties were insufficient to establish "any tie of territorial sovereignty" between the Western Sahara and Morocco. |
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http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2002/18292.htm
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| | The Green March, the action of Morocco to claim Western Sahara, has resulted in unity and national pride among Moroccans, where the idea that the capital of Laayoune is an extraordinarily beautiful city, while it is just like anywhere else in Morocco, should be an indicator of how strong sentiments are. | | | For the former king of Morocco, king Hassan 2, the Western Sahara situation resulted in unity around his position and as well as damming of the struggle for democratization. | | | But Morocco moves in, and annexes this part of Western Sahara too. |
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| | Western Sahara - Country Page |
| | While the Secretary General viewed the release of the largest group of prisoners of war in Western Sahara with optimism, he called for the further release of the 613 prisoners who remain in prison, most for a period exceeding 20 years. | | | The report contained two enclosures, including a letter from the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Morocco to the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General dated 9 April 2004 and a reply letter from the Kingdom of Morocco to Mr. | | | Both Morocco and Mauritania affirmed their claim to the territory, a claim opposed by the Frente Popular para la Liberación de Saguia el-Hamra y de Río de Oro (Frente POLISARIO). |
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http://www.womenwarpeace.org/western_s/western_sahara.htm
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| | ZNet Africa Western Sahara |
| | A Western Saharan solidarity campaign could actually enhance the credibility of the Palestinian solidarity campaign, since it would demonstrate that progressives are opposed to all occupations, including those by Arab countries. | | | One claim against a Sahrawi state is that the fate of the long-standing, West-friendly Arab dynasty in Morocco is tied to the Western Sahara. | | | Similarly, the Western Sahara dispute has damaged the once-lofty goals of economic integration by the Arab Maghreb Unionâ”the economic pact between Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania, Tunisia, and Libya signed nearly a decade ago. |
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http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=2&ItemID=4819
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| | CorpWatch : Mixing Occuption and Oil in Western Sahara |
| | Before the vote could be held, Morocco invaded, claiming the Western Sahara as a historical part of Morocco. | | | Even Morocco's allies have had to clarify their position on the status of the Western Sahara. | | | Although colonial authorities had only counted some 74,000 Western Saharans of all ages in 1974, Morocco managed to find some 170,000 voting-age Saharans that Spain somehow missed. |
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| | Western Sahara - Global Policy Forum UN Security Council |
| | Eyeing Western Sahara's rich phosphate mines, fishing resources and potential oil reserves, Morocco insisted that some of its nationals be allowed to vote in the referendum and it delayed talks aimed at resolving the issues. | | | Though the conflict between Morocco and the Saharawi people over Western Sahara has dragged on for decades, the release of 404 Moroccan prisoners by liberation movement Polisario Front could indicate a small step towards reconciliation. | | | The US-Western Sahara Foundation asks him to support a free, fair, and transparent referendum, or request Morocco to withdraw from its illegal occupation. |
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| | Aljazeera.Net - Uruguay recognises Western Sahara |
| | Western Sahara was annexed by Morocco in 1975 after Spain gave up its rule. | | | The Uruguayan Foreign Ministry's website said the Latin American country had established diplomatic relations with the "sole Spanish-speaking Arab nation", referring to Western Sahara's former status as a Spanish colony. | | | Rabat has dismissed the last United Nations attempt to settle the dispute - a proposal for a five-year period of autonomy followed by a self-determination referendum. |
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http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/912B0A5C-4383-44DB-B878-FFD7D8D6C7B7.htm
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| | Spanish Sahara was also known as Spanish West Africa, but that one included other bits like Ifni (to Morocco in 1969), Cape Juby (the southernmost part of Morocco not including WS) and La Aguera. | | | Empire of the Sahara (Lebaudy’s attempt to establish, 1903) | | | Since Morocco and POLISARIO have not been able to reach an accord on a self-determination referendum (the problem is who is allowed to vote in this predominantly nomadic region), UN will prefer to postpone the decision, form an autonomous region within Morocco, and (maybe) organize the referendum in five years. |
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| | Aljazeera.Net - Western Sahara rights activist arrested |
| | A leading Western Sahara human rights activist has been arrested by police on suspicion of encouraging rioters in the disputed territory controlled by Morocco. | | | Tamek was freed last year under an amnesty by King Mohammed VI after spending nearly 15 months in jail over his alleged support for the Algeria-backed Polisario Front, which seeks independence in the northwest African desert territory. | | | Tamek will be brought before the courts once the inquiry has been completed, Morocco's official MAP news agency said. |
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| | WSO Latest News |
| | He and a number of activists have been seeking to register the association in recent months, but have been unable to complete the process due to a series of what appear to be politically motivated administrative obstacles. | | | With trials of Sahrawi demonstrators beginning this week in Laayoune, Amnesty International today called on the Moroccan government to ensure that all reports of torture and ill-treatment of detainees held in connection with recent disturbances in Western Sahara are fully and impartially investigated and that all those charged are guaranteed fair trials... | | | The new socialist government however has promised to improve relations with Morocco and is causing confusion in Parliament and in the UN regarding Spain's view. |
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| | Western Sahara (proposed state) |
| | In August 2003, a UN Security Council resolution adopted a new peace plan that would turn Western Sahara into a semiautonomous region of Morocco for five years, after which a referendum would be held to determine independence, autonomy, or integration into Morocco. | | | For more than a decade, however, the UN has failed to hold the referendum; disputes over voter eligibility have been the major stumbling block, as well as Morocco's opposition to the referendum. | | | The Polisario agreed to the plan; Morocco refused to consider it. |
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| | WESTERN SAHARA - weekly news 2005, weeks 49-50 |
| | In reaction to a joint statement and in response to the king's speech pronounced on his arrival at the imperial palace, the Japanese friends of the Saharawi people wrote letters to their government and to the King of Morocco. | | | Khaddad in particular asked that the ANC should support an international campaign to condemn the crimes committed by Morocco against the defenceless civil population of Western Sahara. | | | All the accused are acquitted of the serious crimes of which they were accused, but found guilty of minor offences figuring in their charges. |
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| | Western Sahara Update |
| | The UN secretary-general says he has the agreement of Polisario rebels to his peace plan for the Western Sahara, although Morocco has raised questions. | | | Appeal of Médecins du Monde Switzerland for demining of Western Sahara | | | Three people were sentenced to eight months in prison and a fine of 5,500 dirhams (about 550 US dollars). |
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| | African Studies: Western Sahara |
| | An archive of news reports and links to web sites on the Western Sahara...generally in support of the referendum and critical of Morocco. | | | Amnesty International on the Western Sahara (and Morocco), 1996-- | | | Le Monde Diplomatique Archives: Sahara Occidental, 1997- (Paris) |
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http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/africa/cuvl/WSahara.html
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| | While the peace has held in Western Sahara for more than a decade, there has been no real rapprochement between Morocco and Polisario. | | | Polisario has continued to lobby for self-determination for the Saharawi people. | | | The final vote would offer the inhabitants of the territory a choice between independence, autonomy within Morocco or complete integration with Morocco. |
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http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/western-sahara.htm
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| | In sum, one should expect France to continue supporting Morocco on the question of Western Sahara but will also assist it against its recovering neighbor, which supports the Sahrawis, especially at a time when the young monarch is confronted with serious domestic difficulties. | | | Given that Moroccans control the interregnum, there is no doubt that Western Sahara would ultimately be simply integrated into the Kingdom of Morocco. | | | Annan insisted that this opportunity ought to be seized by all parties concernedandas well as those of the countries in the region. |
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| | SUMMARY: Western Sahara, Avisory Opinion - 16 October 1975 |
| | Morocco (paragraphs 90-129 of the Advisory Opinion) presented its claim to legal ties with Western Sahara as a claim to ties of sovereignty on the ground of an alleged immemorial possession of the territory and an uninterrupted exercise of authority. | | | Although their views appeared to have evolved considerably in that respect, the two States both stated at the end of the proceedings that there was a north appertaining to Morocco and a south appertaining to Mauritania without any geographical void in between, but with some overlapping as a result of the intersection of nomadic routes. | | | The Court cannot accept the view that the ties in question could be limited to ties established directly with the territory and without reference to the people who may be found in it. |
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http://www.icj-cij.org/icjwww/idecisions/isummaries/isasummary751016.htm
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| | Islamic World.Net: Countries |
| | Western Sahara - Picture and history of the flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (Western Sahara). | | | Amnesty International - Publications on Morocco (the Kingdom of) and Western Sahara Amnesty International publications and news releases since 1996 concerning Morocco and Western Sahara. | | | Western Sahara News - Local, National and regional news for Sahara |
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| | Western Sahara is one of only a few nations in the world that remain dominated by a foreign state. | | | As Generalissimo Francisco Franco—Europe’s last fascist dictator—lay dying, his government cut a deal with the King of Morocco to annex Western Sahara. | | | East Timor’s path to independence has been a long and violent one, but a united world community has at last brought justice for the long-suffering Timorese. |
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| | Western Sahara on the Internet |
| | Reports, analysis, major battles, detailed chronology, human rights issues from Amnesty and other reports, recent journal articles, news, bibliography, landmines, related sites. | | | One World is a "civil society network online, supporting people’s media to help build a more just global society. | | | Morocco claims the territory, while the nationalist Polisario Front fights for independence of Western Sahara. |
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http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/westernsahara.html
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| | Western Sahara impasse, by Khadija Finan |
| | Last year there were demonstrations in Western Sahara in support of its secession from Morocco: these were aggressively suppressed. | | | How the US and Morocco seized the Spanish Sahara | | | Despite an attempt at UN mediation, both sides are recalcitrant and unwilling to make any of the necessary compromises. |
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http://mondediplo.com/2006/01/11impasse
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| | Western Sahara on richardknight.com |
| | This right has been denied by Morocco, which occupies much of the Western Sahara which it is seeking to annex as part of “Greater Morocco.” The struggle is led by the Polisario Front, which was formed in 1973 to fight Spanish colonialism. | | | Alert: Bush Administration Seeks to Deny Self-Determination to the people of Western Sahara | | | A UN settlement plan, based on a referendum in which the people of Western Sahara would exercise their right to self-determination by choosing between independence and integration in Morocco, is deadlocked. |
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| | western sahara map and information page |
| | With most of its land annexed, actively claimed and administered by Morocco, the legal status of Western Sahara and its sovereignty is unresolved (so to speak), as it is not yet officially recognized as a part of Morocco by the United Nations. | | | Western Sahara (Complete) information on the (GDP) overall economy, imports and exports, resources, government, population, military, transportation, and more here | | | Read more about the history and timeline of Western Sahara here! |
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| | BBC NEWS Africa Sahara women relish their rights |
| | It is not something new says Fatma, but the result of years of nomad life, when men went off to wander and women assumed responsibility for the camps. | | | But unlike most Muslim women, Fatma has been divorced twice and is now on her third husband. | | | Divorce is not usually acrimonious in the Sahara, says Fatma. |
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| | The referendum would ask Sahrawis to choose between independence or integration into Morocco. | | | The plan called for a referendum, to be organized and conducted by the U.N. Mission for the Referendum in the Western Sahara. | | | The United Nations Operation in the Western Sahara |
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| | WesternSaharaOnline.net - Welcome! |
| | The Association for the Freedom of the Moroccans Detained in Tindouf organised on Wednesday in Rabat a meeting with a Spanish delegation of human rights activists, Map news agency reported. | | | Moroccan journalist denied access to conference on Moroccan Sahara in Madrid | | | Former Algerian President Ahmed Ben Bella has advocated the political solution of the Sahara conflict, which is based on the autonomy of the Southern provinces under the Moroccan sovereignty. |
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| | From the start, however, Morocco pursued delaying tactics, knowing that a free and fair vote would result in independence. | | | This was once the capital of Spanish Sahara. | | | Here there is another L'ayoun, just as there is another Smara, Aoserd and Dakhla--the Saharawis, who have lived in refugee exile for the last three decades, named their own 'temporary' settlements after the major cities of their homeland. |
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| | WashingtonPost.com: International: Western Sahara |
| | This document describes the history, government, politics and economy of Western Sahara. | | | A detailed list of facts and figures for Western Sahara. | | | Enter a country name for news, background and Internet links: |
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| | African Studies Center Western Sahara Page |
| | Information about the decolonization process of W. Sahara, UN referendum, human rights violations, the situation of the Saharawi refugees in Algeria; besides historical, ethnological, geographical, and political background. | | | This site is supported by ARSO (Association de soutien a un Referendum libre et regulier au Sahara Occidental) ARSO is a non-governmental and an independant organization, located in Switzerland with local groups in some European countries and USA. | | | Information about WS history, people, conflict, geographay, and relevant web links. |
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| | Western Sahara Campaign UK |
| | Western Sahara is a mere 80 miles from the Canary Islands (see map), but life here is no holiday for the Saharawi people. | | | The United Nations brokered a ceasefire in 1991 on the condition that they would hold a referendum of self-determination for the Saharawi people. | | | We join in solidarity with the Saharawi people and are determined to ensure that their voice is heard by governments, the media and the general public. |
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| | Political Resources on the Net - Western Sahara |
| | Western Sahara: the country, the people & their history | | | Sahara Press Service Advocating freedom for the people of Western Sahara | | | Westelijke Sahara Western Sahara Homepage in " Exchange project FREEDOM", Belgium |
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| | The Western Sahara, given its name in 1975 by the United Nations, is the last African colonial state still to declare its independence. | | | The Western Sahara's map borders are a result of colonial agreements made between France, Spain and Morocco in 1900, 1904 and 1912. | | | The Western Sahara, located on the north west coast of Africa borders Morocco to the north, Algeria to the east and Mauritania to the south. |
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| | Morocco - Western Sahara expedition, Lahmada samples |
| | Spring is the best time to visit Morocco, we have made a trip to the far South of this country, the Western Sahara, in April 1999 and found some new meteorites on the Lahmada plateau and near a place named Jdiriya. | | | Just a few years ago this region also called Western Sahara was the site of offensive actions and all the area is still under military control. | | | To reach the Western Sahara, you must drive across Morocco from North to South. |
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| | NationMaster.com - Detailed Nation Profile: Western Sahara |
| | Because there is no farmable land and because rivers do not make it to the sea, there are no rainfall charts. | | | A guerrilla war with the Polisario Front contesting Rabat's sovereignty ended in a 1991 UN-brokered cease-fire; a UN-organized referendum on final status has been repeatedly postponed. | | | The other 10% live around oases, raise a few crops and goats. |
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| | Western Saharan Newspapers : Newspapers from Western Sahara : Western Sahara News |
| | Western Sahara newspapers for information on local issues, politics, events, celebrations, people and business. | | | Please EMAIL US if you know of any new online newspapers or those on our lists where the address has changed. | | | Information about holidays, vacations, resorts, real estate and property together with finance, stock market and investments reports; also look for theater, movies, culture, entertainment, activities and events all covered in Western Sahara newspapers. |
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| | Atlas: Western Sahara |
| | Western Sahara Profile: History · Government · Economy · Population … | | | Travel to Western Sahara—Unbiased reviews and great deals from Trip Advisor |
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| | Western Sahara Geography 2000 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, ... |
| | Western Sahara Geography 2000 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, Political System |
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| | Western Sahara |
| | Annual Energy and Energy-Related Data: Data for Western Sahara for the years 1980-2003, reported by fuel (energy) category, are available to be downloaded in Excel (xls) spreadsheet format. | | | To see a complete energy balance for Western Sahara for a recent year scroll down to the next item. | | | Go to the International Energy Data Page [html], select a fuel (energy) category, and scroll down to the xls spreadsheets. |
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