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Spanish Sahara

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Spanish Sahara see Western Sahara .


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VICTORY ELUSIVE IN MOROCCO'S BATTLE FOR THE WESTERN SAHARA
; LAAYOUNE, Western Sahara - The Moroccans say these 100,000-pl...of the desert land known as the Western Sahara. Yet diplomatic victory is elusive...Morocco, who is an authority on the Western Sahara. "It's one thing to get in, but... Read more
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; ...dispute over the territory of Western Sahara remains unresolved. Located on Africa's northwestern edge, Western Sahara is one of the most sparsely populated...mainly desert-like environment, Western Sahara contains substantial phosphate... Read more
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; The Western Sahara Conflict: The Role of Natural Resources...deposits in the waters off the disputed Western Sahara, occupied by Rabat since late 1975...s) opposing any exploitation of Western Sahara's natural resources without the... Read more
Endgame in the Western Sahara: What Future for Africa's Last Colony?
; Endgame in the Western Sahara: What Future for Africa's Last...the former Spanish colony of Western Sahara has seen three full decades pass...Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), has maintained a cease-fi... Read more
Western Sahara: Anatomy of a Stalemate/Endgame in the Western Sahara: What Future for Africa's Last Colony?
; WESTERN SAHARA: LINES IN THE SAND Erik Jensen. Western Sahara: Anatomy of a Stalemate. Boulder, CoIo.: Lynne Rienner...Index. $15.95. Paper. Toby Shelley. Endgame in the Western Sahara: What Future for Africa's Last Colony? London: Zed... Read more
LETTERS TO THE EDITORMorocco and Western Sahara
; ...became known as the ''Baker Plan'' for Western Sahara, I must disagree with Ambassador Frederick...pro-Moroccan argument for an autonomous Western Sahara in ''A young king's wise proposal...Morocco's claim to sovereignty over Western Sahara was specifically rejected by the ... Read more
Western Sahara guerrillas to release POWs from long-ended war Pitts urges Morocco to account for missing Sahrawis
; STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS WASHINGTON Western Sahara guerrillas have promised to release...fighting Moroccans who had taken over the Western Sahara. The lawmakers also want Morocco to...civilians and to allow a referendum on Western Sahara's future that was promised as an enticement... Read more
The forgotten referendum Western Sahara
; ...the UN mission for the referendum in Western Sahara until April 30, 2007. When it was established...When Spain relinquished control of Western Sahara in 1975, the United Nations had already...of Moroccans crossed the border into Western Sahara to stake Moroccan sovereignty. This... Read more
Endgame in the Western Sahara: What Future for Africa's Last Colony?(Book Review)
; Endgame in the Western Sahara: What Future for Africa's Last Colony...across North Africa: Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara. Financial Times reporter Toby Shelley's Endgame in the Western Sahara is the first real study of this obscure... Read more
A young king's wise proposal Western Sahara
; ...refugees from the disputed territory of Western Sahara have been eking out a miserable existence...for most of that time, the problem of Western Sahara has envenomed relations among its neighbors...bulwark against Islamic extremism. Western Sahara, a desert land on the Atlantic ... Read more

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Spanish Sahara
Spanish Sahara Former name of Western Sahara Read more
Western Sahara
...x1FBD; al‐Gharbīyah) Spanish Sahara In 1884 Spain established a protectorate...1958 into a province they called Spanish Sahara. When the Spanish withdrew in...de Oro Tiris el‐Gharbia. Spanish Sahara became known as Western Sahara... Read more
Western Sahara
Western Sahara (formerly Spanish Sahara) Desert territory on the...the Spanish. In 1958 the Spanish regained control of the region...Oro to form the province of Spanish Sahara. In 1963, large phosphate...which eventually forced a Spanish withdrawal in 1976. Within... Read more
Western Sahara
formerly Spanish Sahara Territory, North Africa. Area: 97,344...parts into the overseas province of the Spanish Sahara in 1958. In 1976 Spain relinquished...declared a government-in-exile called the Saharan Arab Democratic Republic in 1976; the... Read more
The Western Sahara
The Western Sahara Basic Data Official Country Name: Western Sahara Region (Map name): Africa Population: 244,943 Language...Arabic,Moroccan Arabic Literacy rate: N/A The Western Sahara is located at the northwest bend of North Africa, just...northwestern border is the Atlantic coast. The Western ... Read more

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