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United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (UN-Geführt)
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03.10.2023
Report of the Secretary-General on Western Sahara

[…] Limited access to areas near the berm and difficulties with obtaining timely permission to move to sites of alleged firing incidents and aerial strikes continued to pose challenges for MINURSO observation activities and compromised the Mission’s ability to obtain first-hand information and verify reported developments on the ground.

Source: S/2023/729
27.09.2023
Moroccan and Algerian representatives to the United Nations sparred over the fate of Western Sahara on Tuesday, with Algiers calling for the revival of a long-stalled referendum on the fate of the former Spanish colony.

https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/rest-of-africa/algeria-morocco-spar-over-western-sahara-at-un-4381620

Source: The East African
20.07.2023
Paving the way to talks on Western Sahara

Renewed negotiations to reach a settlement on the disputed territory of Western Sahara could be within grasp after painstaking diplomatic spadework. But progress toward resolving the controversy over the area will prove hard to achieve without stronger U.S. backing.

Source: International Crisis Group
19.07.2023
Morocco and Western Sahara: A new conflict brewing?

With Israel recognizing Western Sahara as part of the Moroccan kingdom and a contentious fishing agreement between Morocco and the EU expiring, tensions are intensifying between the Polisario Front, Morocco and Algeria.

Source: DW
17.07.2023
Israel recognizes Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara

Israel announced Monday it was recognizing Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara, joining the United States as the only countries to acknowledge the kingdom's annexation of the disputed north African territory.

Source: VOA News
16.03.2023
Morocco adopts new tact to dissuade Africa against Sahrawi

The Moroccan government says it is strengthening ties with African countries that have a “clear position” on the Sahrawi issue, raising the ante of soft power by Rabat to endorse its autonomy plan.

Source: The East African
01.02.2023
Western Sahara’s ‘frozen conflict’ heats up

[…] After a 29-year ceasefire, fighting re-erupted in November 2020 as the Polisario Front – a political-military movement that claims representation of the Sahrawi people – resumed its struggle to eject Morocco from the 80% of Western Sahara they control, and which Rabat claims as its own. … While the Polisario Front has reported heavy fighting in recent weeks, Morocco refuses to acknowledge the war in what it refers to as its “southern provinces”.

Source: The New Humanitarian
27.08.2022
Morocco recalls Tunisia ambassador over Western Sahara

The row opens a new front in a series of disputes over Western Sahara that has already dragged in Spain and Germany.

Source: Al Jazeera
31.07.2022
Morocco king favours restoration of diplomatic ties with Algeria

(The) king says he wants to re-establish normal relations with Algeria, which cut off ties last August over the disputed territory of Western Sahara.

Source: Al Jazeera
08.06.2022
Algeria suspends Spain co-operation treaty over Western Sahara dispute

Algeria said Wednesday it was suspending a decades-old co-operation treaty with Spain, after Madrid backed the position of the North African country's arch-rival Morocco on the disputed Western Sahara.

Source: Frane24