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Fighting for Land, Oil, and People of Western Sahara
Fighting for Land, Oil, and People of Western Sahara Africa's Western Sahara fight for freedom has been a 40 year battle with no resolution in sight. The disputed territory is on the northwest coast of Africa bordered by Morocco, Mauritania, and Algeria.
Fighting for Land, Oil, and People of Western Sahara
Western Sahara has a population of around 554 thousand people. After
Spain withdrew from Western Sahara in 1976, Morocco seized the area in 1979,
following Mauritania's withdrawal.
War broke out in the same year due to the Frente Polisario people's party contesting Morocco's self-proclaimed rule over the territory.
Since 1979, the Frente Polisario
has been recognized by the United Nations as the representative of the people
of Western Sahara. The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic led by President
Mohamed Abdelaziz is in exile in Algeria. About 95,000 Sahrawi refugees
continue to be sheltered in camps in Tindouf, Algeria, which has housed Sahrawi
refugees since the 1980s.
The United Nations Mission for the Referendum in
Western Sahara or MINURSO was initiated in 1985 and established by Security
Council resolution 690 on April 29, 1991.
MINURSO provided for the sole and
exclusive responsibility for monitoring ceasefires, verifying the reduction
of Moroccan troops in the territory, overseeing exchanges of prisoners of war, identify
and register qualified voters.
In August 1994, MINURSO
began the process of identifying potential voters in which the people of Western Sahara would choose between independence and integration with Morocco. In May 1996, the
Secretary-General suspended the identification process but the military
component remained to monitor and verify ceasefires.
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The identification process was finally completed
in 1999, however, aspects of the identification process, the appeals process itself, the return of refugees and other crucial aspects of
the MINURSO plan remains in dispute by the Frente Polisario people's party and the Government
of Morocco.
Over 20 years later, the United Nations continues talks with the parties to
seek a resolution, Western Sahara remains a hotly disputed territory in West Africa for land, oil, and people to this day.
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Africa’s Western Sahara Disputed Territory |
Western Sahara’s former names are Rio de Oro, Saguia el Hamra, and Spanish Sahara.
Africa is surrounded by water but is not an island, here are a few African Island facts.
Madagascar is the 4th large island in the world and is located in the Indian Ocean supporting a unique biology, about 90% of its plants and animals are found nowhere else on earth.
Composed of 155 islands, Seychelles is Africa's smallest country. By far the largest island is Mahe, home to about 90% of the population and the site of its capital city of Victoria.
Cabo Verde has a strategic location 310 miles or 500 km from the west coast of Africa near major north-south sea routes; important communications station; important sea and air refueling site.
Africa is surrounded by water but by definition Africa is not an island because Africa is a continent. Continents can not be considered islands because of their size and also by historic definition since many people who study geography define islands and continents as two different things.
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