Western Sahara
16 April 2009
Western Sahara has been the site of active or frozen conflict since 1975. Spain, the colonial power until 1975, originally planned to organize a referendum on self-determination for the people of Western Sahara. Instead, in 1974, the UN General Assembly asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for an advisory opinion on the status of the territory -- at the request of Morocco and Mauritania.
16 March 2009
Is there any chance for a compromise in the near future in the conflict about Western Sahara?
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