Polisario Front - Wikipedia
On 1 May 1977, the Polisario Front raided the city of Zouerate, Mauritania, kidnapping six French iron mining technicians and killing two civilians. [10] The Polisario abducted two more civilians in October. [11][12] They were freed in December. [13] Its first Secretary General was Brahim Gali. [14]
Polisario Front | Conflict, History, Movement, & Rebel Group
3 days ago · Polisario Front, politico-military organization in Western Sahara seeking independence. It began as an insurgency against Spanish control and later fought against Moroccan control. The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) was established by the Polisario Front as a government-in-exile.
UN envoy proposes partitioning Western Sahara - ABC News
4 days ago · UNITED NATIONS -- The U.N. envoy to Western Sahara suggested dividing the territory between Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front as a way to settle the decades-long conflict. Staffan ...
UN envoy proposes partition of Western Sahara between Morocco and Polisario
3 days ago · Staffan de Mistura, the UN envoy to Western Sahara, proposed dividing the disputed territory between Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front as a potential solution to the long-running ...
UN envoy proposes Western Sahara partition plan
4 days ago · Oct 17, 2024, 09:30 PM. NEW YORK - The U.N. envoy for Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, has floated the idea of dividing the territory between Morocco and the Polisario front as a solution to ...
Decolonization’s Last Stand in the Sahara – Foreign Policy
Jun 24, 2023 · How the Polisario Front’s 50-year war for independence is escalating a battle over a territory long disputed—and feeding a broader crisis.
The Polisario Front, Morocco, and the Western Sahara Conflict
Jun 22, 2021 · In 1976, the Polisario Front, recognized by the United Nations as the only legitimate representative of the Sahrawi people, announced (from exile in Algeria) the establishment of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) as an independent state.
The Western Sahara conflict: A fragile path to negotiations
Aug 3, 2023 · The conflict between Morocco and the Western Sahara’s pro-independence Polisario Front goes back to the end of Spanish colonial rule. It was ignited in 1975 after Spain relinquished control of Spanish Sahara, later known as Western Sahara.
The end of the ceasefire in Western Sahara - IISS
In November 2020, the Polisario Front – a group representing the Sahrawi people of Western Sahara – declared that it would end its 29-year ceasefire with Morocco after Rabat used force to remove unarmed Sahrawi protestors blocking a strategic road leading to Mauritania.
50 years of struggles and victories of the Polisario Front
May 27, 2023 · The Polisario Front, founded in 1973 by El Uali Mustafa Sayed, along with other young Saharawis, gave continuity to the struggles undertaken since the 1960s by the Movement for the Liberation of the Sahara, led by Mohamed Sidi Brahim Basir.
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