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Polisario

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Polisario

 officially Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el Hamra and Río de Oro

Sahrawi political and military group. Initially an insurgent against Spanish control of Western Sahara, it turned to agitation against Morocco and Mauritania when the Spanish withdrew in 1976 and those two countries partitioned the country. Mauritania made peace with the group in 1979, whereupon Morocco annexed the whole territory. Polisario continued its resistance, mostly from bases in Algeria. In 1991 it agreed to a ceasefire and a referendum, which has been repeatedly postponed by Morocco, to determine the state's fate. See also Saharan Arab Democratic Republic.
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If it is true that the Mauritanians joined the conflict in the mid-1970s for regional considerations first and foremost - ones that affect the balance of powers and the mobilization - then it is also true that the emergence of the Polisario Front will be linked to the post-Madrid Agreement period and not prior to it.
A Case That Sums up The Sahara Crisis by Dar Al Hayat, International ed. (Beirut, Lebanon)
Moroccan authorities on Friday detained a Western Sahara activist close to the Polisario Front rebels, Aminatou Haidar, in the disputed territory's main city, a Moroccan security source said.
Polisario militant arrested in Morocco by AFP / AFP Global Edition
AaMorocco took control of most of Western Sahara in 1975 after Spain withdrew, triggering a war with the independence-seeking Polisario Front that lasted until 1991 when the United Nations brokered a ceasefire.
Morocco's king calls for action against 'traitors' threatening unity by The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon)
 
 
 
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