Polisario Front
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The Polisario Front is a Sahrawi nationalist liberation movement and political organization that seeks independence for Western Sahara from Moroccan control.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sahrawi People's Liberation Army | 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 (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sahrawi People's Liberation Army