Western Sahara conflict

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independence conflict territorial conflict

The Western Sahara conflict is a long-running territorial dispute, primarily between Morocco and the Polisario Front, over sovereignty and self-determination in the Western Sahara region.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Western Sahara conflict canonical 15
Western Sahara War 4
Algeria–Morocco border dispute 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf independence conflict ⓘ
territorial conflict ⓘ
cause dispute over sovereignty of Western Sahara ⓘ
right to self-determination of Sahrawi people ⓘ
ceasefire 1991 UN-brokered ceasefire ⓘ
characterizedBy protracted stalemate ⓘ
refugee crisis ⓘ
conflictOver Spanish Sahara ⓘ
surface form: Western Sahara
diplomaticMediationBy Special Representative of the Secretary-General ⓘ
surface form: United Nations Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy
hasHumanRightsIssue conditions in Sahrawi refugee camps ⓘ
restrictions on political expression in Western Sahara ⓘ
hasMilitaryAspect Moroccan Western Sahara Wall ⓘ
guerrilla warfare ⓘ
hasProposedSolution autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty ⓘ
independence for Western Sahara ⓘ
integration into Morocco ⓘ
self-determination referendum ⓘ
hasRootIn decolonization of Spanish Sahara ⓘ
involves Algeria ⓘ
Mauritania ⓘ
Sahrawi people ⓘ
location North Africa ⓘ
Spanish Sahara ⓘ
surface form: Western Sahara
monitoredBy MINURSO ⓘ
nature frozen conflict ⓘ
opposedBy Morocco ⓘ
predecessor Spanish colonial rule in Western Sahara ⓘ
primaryParty Morocco ⓘ
Polisario Front ⓘ
recognizedAs non-self-governing territory by the United Nations ⓘ
regionalImpactOn Maghreb integration ⓘ
relatedAgreement Houston Agreement ⓘ
Madrid Accords ⓘ
relatedConcept decolonization ⓘ
non-self-governing territories ⓘ
self-determination ⓘ
relatedEntity Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ⓘ
relatedOrganization African Union ⓘ
MINURSO ⓘ
Organization of African Unity ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
relatedPeaceProcess UN-led negotiations between Morocco and Polisario Front ⓘ
resultsIn Sahrawi refugee camps ⓘ
surface form: Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf, Algeria
startTime 1975 ⓘ
status ongoing ⓘ
supportedBy Algeria ⓘ
some African Union member states ⓘ
UNResolution UN General Assembly resolutions on Western Sahara ⓘ
UN Security Council Resolution 690 ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Royal Moroccan Air Force → engagement → Western Sahara conflict ⓘ
Laayoune → disputedTerritoryContext → Western Sahara conflict ⓘ
Saguia el-Hamra → conflict → Western Sahara conflict ⓘ
Green March → relatedTo → Western Sahara conflict ⓘ
Madrid Accords → hasEffectOn → Western Sahara conflict ⓘ
Madrid Accords → relatedConflict → Western Sahara conflict ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Sahara War
Polisario Front → conflict → Western Sahara conflict ⓘ
UMA → borderDisputeAffectingFunctioning → Western Sahara conflict ⓘ
subject surface form: Arab Maghreb Union
La Legión → engagement → Western Sahara conflict ⓘ
Ifni–Sahara War → relatedTo → Western Sahara conflict ⓘ
this entity surface form: Moroccan War of Independence
Forgotten War → relatedTo → Western Sahara conflict ⓘ
this entity surface form: Moroccan struggle for territorial unification
Mirage F1 → combatUse → Western Sahara conflict ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Sahara War
Laâyoune Province → sovereigntyDispute → Western Sahara conflict ⓘ
El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed → conflict → Western Sahara conflict ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Sahara War
Tindouf → politicallyAssociatedWith → Western Sahara conflict ⓘ
Tindouf → conflictRelatedTo → Western Sahara conflict ⓘ
this entity surface form: Algeria–Morocco border dispute
Tindouf → conflictRelatedTo → Western Sahara conflict ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Sahara independence movement
La Marche Verte → relatedToConflict → Western Sahara conflict ⓘ
La Marche Verte → relatedToDispute → Western Sahara conflict ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Sahara territorial dispute
United Nations (de facto as representative of Sahrawi people in negotiations) → operatesInContextOf → Western Sahara conflict ⓘ
General Popular Congress → topic → Western Sahara conflict ⓘ
National Secretariat → operatesInContextOf → Western Sahara conflict ⓘ
Secretary-General → associatedWith → Western Sahara conflict ⓘ
subject surface form: Secretary-General of the Polisario Front
this entity surface form: Sahrawi independence movement
Dassault Mirage F1 → usedInConflict → Western Sahara conflict ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Sahara War
Oued ed-Dahab → partOfConflict → Western Sahara conflict ⓘ