Western Sahara conflict

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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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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 Western Sahara ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Sahara
diplomaticMediationBy 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 ⓘ
Western Sahara ⓘ
linked to: Spanish 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 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 ⓘ

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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 War ⓘ
linked to: Western Sahara conflict
Polisario Front → conflict → Western Sahara conflict ⓘ
Arab Maghreb Union → borderDisputeAffectingFunctioning → Western Sahara conflict ⓘ
subject linked to: UMA
La Legión → engagement → Western Sahara conflict ⓘ
Ifni–Sahara War → relatedTo → Moroccan War of Independence ⓘ
linked to: Western Sahara conflict
Forgotten War → relatedTo → Moroccan struggle for territorial unification ⓘ
linked to: Western Sahara conflict
Mirage F1 → combatUse → Western Sahara War ⓘ
linked to: Western Sahara conflict
Laâyoune Province → sovereigntyDispute → Western Sahara conflict ⓘ
El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed → conflict → Western Sahara War ⓘ
linked to: Western Sahara conflict
Tindouf → politicallyAssociatedWith → Western Sahara conflict ⓘ
Tindouf → conflictRelatedTo → Algeria–Morocco border dispute ⓘ
linked to: Western Sahara conflict
Tindouf → conflictRelatedTo → Western Sahara independence movement ⓘ
linked to: Western Sahara conflict
La Marche Verte → relatedToConflict → Western Sahara conflict ⓘ
La Marche Verte → relatedToDispute → Western Sahara territorial dispute ⓘ
linked to: Western Sahara conflict
General Popular Congress → topic → Western Sahara conflict ⓘ
National Secretariat → operatesInContextOf → Western Sahara conflict ⓘ
Secretary-General of the Polisario Front → associatedWith → Sahrawi independence movement ⓘ
subject linked to: Secretary-General
linked to: Western Sahara conflict
Dassault Mirage F1 → usedInConflict → Western Sahara War ⓘ
linked to: Western Sahara conflict
Oued ed-Dahab → partOfConflict → Western Sahara conflict ⓘ