Polisario Front

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national liberation movement political organization rebel group separatist movement

The Polisario Front is a Sahrawi nationalist liberation movement and political organization that seeks independence for Western Sahara from Moroccan control.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Polisario Front canonical 26
Sahrawi national liberation movement 2
Polisario Front General Popular Congress 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf national liberation movement ⓘ
political organization ⓘ
rebel group ⓘ
separatist movement ⓘ
armedWing Polisario Front self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sahrawi People's Liberation Army
associatedState Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ⓘ
claimsTerritory entire territory of Western Sahara ⓘ
conflict Western Sahara conflict ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
controls Sahrawi refugee camps near Tindouf ⓘ
parts of Eastern Western Sahara ⓘ
countryOfOperation Algeria ⓘ
Spanish Sahara ⓘ
surface form: Western Sahara
countryOfOrigin Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ⓘ
surface form: Western Sahara
dateOfDeclaration 27 February 1976 ⓘ
declared Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ⓘ
formerOpponent Mauritania ⓘ
surface form: Islamic Republic of Mauritania
foundedBy El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed ⓘ
Sahrawi students and workers in Morocco ⓘ
goal independence of Western Sahara ⓘ
hasPoliticalStructure General Popular Congress ⓘ
National Secretariat ⓘ
Secretary-General ⓘ
headquartersLocation Algeria ⓘ
Tindouf ⓘ
ideology Sahrawi nationalism ⓘ
self‑determination ⓘ
inception 1973 ⓘ
languageUsed Arabic ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
opposes Moroccan control of Western Sahara ⓘ
participatesIn United Nations-led peace process on Western Sahara ⓘ
placeOfFoundation Mauritania ⓘ
Zouerate ⓘ
politicalWing Polisario Front self-link ⓘ
primaryOpponent Morocco ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Morocco
recognizedAsRepresentativeBy African Union ⓘ
surface form: African Union (through SADR membership)

United Nations (de facto as representative of Sahrawi people in negotiations) ⓘ
region North Africa ⓘ
surface form: Maghreb
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
surface form: Sunni Islam (majority of members)
represents Berbers ⓘ
surface form: Sahrawi people
signed 1991 ceasefire with Morocco ⓘ
significantEvent 1975 start of armed struggle against Morocco and Mauritania ⓘ
status non-state actor ⓘ
supportedBy Algeria ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
surface form: Libya (historically)

various African and Latin American states (diplomatically) ⓘ
uses guerrilla warfare (historically) ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

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

Spanish Sahara → claimant → Polisario Front ⓘ
Green March → opposedBy → Polisario Front ⓘ
Madrid Accords → notRecognizedBy → Polisario Front ⓘ
Madrid Accords → relatedOrganization → Polisario Front ⓘ
Polisario Front → armedWing → Polisario Front self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sahrawi People's Liberation Army
Polisario Front → politicalWing → Polisario Front self-link ⓘ
Río de Oro → sovereigntyDispute → Polisario Front ⓘ
El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed → coFounded → Polisario Front ⓘ
El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed → foundingMemberOf → Polisario Front ⓘ
El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed → movement → Polisario Front ⓘ
El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed → movement → Polisario Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sahrawi independence movement
El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed → commanded → Polisario Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polisario Front armed forces
Tindouf → knownFor → Polisario Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polisario Front base
Western Sahara conflict → primaryParty → Polisario Front ⓘ
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic → rulingParty → Polisario Front ⓘ
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic → foundingOrganization → Polisario Front ⓘ
La Marche Verte → relatedOrganization → Polisario Front ⓘ
La Marche Verte → opposedBy → Polisario Front ⓘ
United Nations (de facto as representative of Sahrawi people in negotiations) → mediatesBetween → Polisario Front ⓘ
General Popular Congress → appliesTo → Polisario Front ⓘ
General Popular Congress → organizer → Polisario Front ⓘ
National Secretariat → partOf → Polisario Front ⓘ
National Secretariat → appliesTo → Polisario Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sahrawi national movement
National Secretariat → parentOrganization → Polisario Front ⓘ
National Secretariat → jurisdiction → Polisario Front ⓘ
National Secretariat → reportsTo → Polisario Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polisario Front General Popular Congress
Secretary-General → appliesToOrganization → Polisario Front ⓘ
subject surface form: Secretary-General of the Polisario Front
Secretary-General → roleIn → Polisario Front ⓘ
subject surface form: Secretary-General of the Polisario Front
Secretary-General → officeHolderOf → Polisario Front ⓘ
subject surface form: Secretary-General of the Polisario Front
Secretary-General → positionHeldIn → Polisario Front ⓘ
subject surface form: Secretary-General of the Polisario Front
this entity surface form: Sahrawi national liberation movement
Secretary-General → headOf → Polisario Front ⓘ
subject surface form: Secretary-General of the Polisario Front
Secretary-General → represents → Polisario Front ⓘ
subject surface form: Secretary-General of the Polisario Front
Secretary-General → represents → Polisario Front ⓘ
subject surface form: Secretary-General of the Polisario Front
this entity surface form: Sahrawi national liberation movement
Oued ed-Dahab → hasDisputeParty → Polisario Front ⓘ