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- Western_Sahara_conflict abstract "The Western Sahara conflict or Polisario Front dispute for independence is an ongoing conflict between the Polisario Front of the Sahrawi people and the kingdom of Morocco. The conflict is the continuation of the past insurgency by Polisario against the Spanish colonial forces in 1973–1975 and the subsequent Western Sahara War between the Polisario and Morocco (1975–1991). Today the conflict is dominated by unarmed civil campaigns of the Polisario Front and their self-proclaimed SADR state to gain fully recognized independence for Western Sahara.The conflict escalated after the withdrawal of Spain from the Spanish Sahara in accordance with the Madrid Accords. Beginning in 1975, the Polisario Front, backed by Algeria, waged a 16-year-long war for independence against Mauritania and Morocco. In February 1976, the Polisario Front declared the establishment of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, which was not admitted into the United Nations, but won limited recognition by a number of other states. Following the annexation of Western Sahara by Morocco and Mauritania in 1976, and the Polisario Front's declaration of independence, the UN addressed the conflict via a resolution reaffirming the right to self-determination of the Sahrawi people. In 1977, France intervened, as the conflict reached its peak intensity. In 1979, Mauritania withdrew from the conflict and territories, leading to a stalemate through most of the 1980s. After several more engagements between 1989 and 1991, a cease-fire agreement was reached between the Polisario Front and the Moroccan government. At the time, most of the Western Sahara territory remained under Moroccan control, while the Polisario controlled some 20% of the territory in its capacity as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, with additional pockets of control in the Sahrawi refugee camps along the Algerian border. At present, these borders are largely unchanged.Despite multiple peace initiatives through the 1990s and early 2000s, the conflict reemerged as the "Independence Intifada" in 2005; a series of disturbances, demonstrations and riots, which broke out in May 2005 in the Moroccan-held portions of Western Sahara, and lasted until November of that same year. In late 2010, the protests re-erupted in the Gdeim Izik refugee camp in Western Sahara. While the protests were initially peaceful, they were later marked by clashes between civilians and security forces, resulting in dozens of casualties on both sides. Another series of protests began on 26 February 2011, as a reaction to the failure of police to prevent anti-Sahrawi looting in the city of Dakhla, Western Sahara; protests soon spread throughout the territory. Though sporadic demonstrations continue, the movement had largely subsided by May 2011.To date, large parts of Western Sahara are controlled by the Moroccan Government and known as the Southern Provinces, whereas some 20–25% of the Western Sahara territory remains controlled by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), the Polisario state with limited international recognition. The questions of mutual recognition, establishment of a possible Sahrawi state and the large numbers of Sahrawi refugees displaced by the conflict are among the key issues of the ongoing Western Sahara peace process".
- Western_Sahara_conflict causalties "2,155 – 2,300 captured".
- Western_Sahara_conflict causalties "Mauritania: 2,000 soldiers killed".
- Western_Sahara_conflict causalties "Morocco: 7,000 – 15,000 soldiers killed;".
- Western_Sahara_conflict combatant "(1975–1979)".
- Western_Sahara_conflict combatant "(1976)".
- Western_Sahara_conflict combatant "(1977–78)".
- Western_Sahara_conflict combatant "----".
- Western_Sahara_conflict combatant "Polisario Front/SADR".
- Western_Sahara_conflict combatant "Supported by:".
- Western_Sahara_conflict commander Abdelaziz_Bennani.
- Western_Sahara_conflict commander Ahmed_Dlimi.
- Western_Sahara_conflict commander El-Ouali_Mustapha_Sayed.
- Western_Sahara_conflict commander Francisco_Franco.
- Western_Sahara_conflict commander Hassan_II_of_Morocco.
- Western_Sahara_conflict commander Houari_Boumediene.
- Western_Sahara_conflict commander Mohamed_Abdelaziz.
- Western_Sahara_conflict commander Mohamed_Khouna_Ould_Haidalla.
- Western_Sahara_conflict commander Moktar_Ould_Daddah.
- Western_Sahara_conflict commander Mustafa_Ould_Salek.
- Western_Sahara_conflict commander Valxc3xa9ry_Giscard_dEstaing.
- Western_Sahara_conflict place Algeria.
- Western_Sahara_conflict place Mauritania.
- Western_Sahara_conflict place Morocco.
- Western_Sahara_conflict place Western_Sahara.
- Western_Sahara_conflict strength "----".
- Western_Sahara_conflict strength "5,000 (1976)".
- Western_Sahara_conflict strength "Mauritania: 3,000–5,000 (1976) – 18,000 (1978)".
- Western_Sahara_conflict strength "Morocco: 30,000 (1976) – 150,000 (1988)".
- Western_Sahara_conflict strength "Spain: 3,000 troops (1973)".
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- Western_Sahara_conflict wikiPageExternalLink FranceLiberte.pdf.
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- Western_Sahara_conflict wikiPageWikiLink Erik_Jensen_(politician).
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- Western_Sahara_conflict wikiPageWikiLink Kofi_Annan.
- Western_Sahara_conflict wikiPageWikiLink List_of_modern_conflicts_in_North_Africa.
- Western_Sahara_conflict wikiPageWikiLink List_of_rulers_of_Morocco.
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- Western_Sahara_conflict wikiPageWikiLink Mauritania.
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