The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic:

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), also known as the Sahrawi Republic and Western Sahara, is a partially recognized state in the western Maghreb, which claims the non-self-governing territory of Western Sahara, but controls only ...

(SADR) –

partially recognised state A sovereign state is a state that has the highest authority over a territory. It is commonly understood that a sovereign state is independent. When referring to a specific polity, the term "country" may also refer to a constituent country, or a ...

that claims sovereignty over the entire territory of

Western Sahara Western Sahara is a territorial dispute, disputed territory in Maghreb, North-western Africa. It has a surface area of . Approximately 30% of the territory () is controlled by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR); the remaining 70% is ...

, is a former

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

colony. The SADR was proclaimed by the

Polisario Front The Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el-Hamra and Río de Oro (Spanish language, Spanish: ; ), better known by its acronym Polisario Front, is a Sahrawi nationalism, Sahrawi nationalist liberation movement seeking to end the occupatio ...

on February 27, 1976, in

Bir Lehlou Bir Lehlou (also transliterated ''Bir Lahlou'', ''Bir Lehlu'' Arabic language, Arabic: بئر الحلو) is an oasis town in north-eastern Western Sahara, 236 km from Smara, near the Mauritanian border and east of the Moroccan Western Sahara ...

, Western Sahara. The SADR government controls about 20-25% of the

territory A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, belonging or connected to a particular country, person, or animal. In international politics, a territory is usually a geographic area which has not been granted the powers of self-government, ...

it claims. It calls the territories under its control the Liberated Territories or the Free Zone.

Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...

controls and administers the rest of the disputed territory and calls this area its Southern Provinces. The

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is the Earth, global intergovernmental organization established by the signing of the Charter of the United Nations, UN Charter on 26 June 1945 with the stated purpose of maintaining international peace and internationa ...

and the SADR government considers the Moroccan-controlled territory to be an occupied territory.

General reference

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: * Common English country name:

* Official English country name: The

* Common

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s ** – ** * Official endonym(s): * Adjectival(s): *

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(s): *

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: Name of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic * ISO country codes: See the Outline of Western Sahara * ISO region codes: See the Outline of Western Sahara *

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: See the Outline of Western Sahara

Geography of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Geography of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic * Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is: a republic in exile, holding but a small portion of the territory they claim * Location ** Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is situated within the following regions of the world: ***

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and

Western Hemisphere The Western Hemisphere is the half of the planet Earth that lies west of the Prime Meridian (which crosses Greenwich, London, United Kingdom) and east of the 180th meridian.- The other half is called the Eastern Hemisphere. Geopolitically, ...

***

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...

****

Sahara Desert The Sahara (, ) is a desert spanning across North Africa. With an area of , it is the largest hot desert in the world and the list of deserts by area, third-largest desert overall, smaller only than the deserts of Antarctica and the northern Ar ...

****

North Africa North Africa (sometimes Northern Africa) is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region. However, it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of t ...

*****

** Territory claimed:

** Territory held: Free Zone ** Location of most of the citizens in exile: Sahrawi refugee camps (self-managed camps in

Tindouf Province Tindouf, also written Tinduf (), is the westernmost province of Algeria, having a population of 58,193 as of the 2008 census (not including the Sahrawi refugees at the Sahrawi refugee camps). Its population in reality could be as high as 160,00 ...

Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...

) **

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UTC+00 * Atlas of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Environment of Western Sahara

Environment of Western Sahara * Climate of Western Sahara * Ecoregions in Western Sahara * Wildlife of Western Sahara ** Fauna of Western Sahara *** Birds of Western Sahara *** Mammals of Western Sahara

Natural geographic features of Western Sahara

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s in Western Sahara * Deserts in Western Sahara **

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* Glaciers in Western Sahara: none * World Heritage Sites in Western Sahara: None

Administrative divisions of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Regions of Western Sahara * Free Zone – area that lies between the Moroccan Wall and the border with Algeria. * Sahrawi refugee camps – self-managed camps in

* The SADR claims the rest of Western Sahara, but the portion west of the Moroccan Wall is occupied by

. * Provinces of Western Sahara ** Districts of Western Sahara

Municipalities of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Capital Capital and its variations may refer to: Common uses * Capital city, a municipality of primary status ** Capital region, a metropolitan region containing the capital ** List of national capitals * Capital letter, an upper-case letter Econom ...

of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic: **

Tifariti Tifariti () is an oasis town and the temporary capital of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, located in north-eastern Western Sahara, east of the Moroccan Berm, from Smara and north of the border with Mauritania. It is part of what Polisario ...

–

temporary capital A temporary capital or a provisional capital is a city or town chosen by a government as an interim base of operations due to some difficulty in retaining or establishing control of a different metropolitan area. The most common circumstances leadi ...

and headquarters of the

** El Aaiún (de jure) – headquarters of Moroccan occupation, but still considered by the SADR to be its true capital * Towns within the Free Zone, administered by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic **

–

and headquarters of the

former temporary capital **

Meharrize Meharrize (also transliterated Mheiriz, Mehaires; Arabic: محيرس) is an oasis located in Western Sahara. It is situated between Tifariti and Amgala, 93 km from Smara, to the east of the Moroccan Wall, and in the Polisario Front-held ...

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Dougaj Dougaj is a region and town situated in the south of Western Sahara of Africa approximately midway between the Agwanit region and the Moroccan Wall, 119 km from Fderik, Mauritania. Dougaj is located in the part of Western Sahara control ...

Agounit Agounit (also transliterated: Aghouinite, Aghounit, Aghoueinit, Agueinit, Agwenit, Agwanit, Agüenit, Aguanit; Arabic: أغوانيت) is a small town or village in the Río de Oro area of the disputed territory of Western Sahara. It is situate ...

Mijek Mijek (also transliterated "Mijik", "Miyek" or "Miyec"; ) is a small town in the Río de Oro region of Western Sahara. It is located east of the berm, in the Liberated Territories (controlled by the Polisario Front and administered by the Sahr ...

(Miyek, ) * For the rest of the cities and towns within Western Sahara claimed by the SADR, see List of cities in Western Sahara

Government and politics of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Politics of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic The politics of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic refers to politics of the Polisario Front's proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, a country in North Africa with limited recognition by other states, controlling parts of the Western ...

Politics of Western Sahara

State

of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic: **

– temporary provincial capital ** El Aaiún – claimed capital of the SADR, occupied by Morocco **

Tindouf Tindouf () is the main town, and a Communes of Algeria, commune in Tindouf Province, Algeria, close to the Algeria–Mauritania border, Mauritanian, Algeria–Western Sahara border, Western Saharan and Algeria–Morocco border, Moroccan borders. Th ...

, Algeria **

–

of the SADR

Elections

* Elections in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ** Sahrawi legislative election, 2008 * Political parties in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic * International recognition of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic * Former members of the Polisario Front

Branches of the government of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Government of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Executive branch of the government of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

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being an embodiment of the State itself or representative of its international persona." The name given to the office of head of sta ...

President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic The president of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is the head of state of the partially recognized Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), a government in exile based in the Sahrawi refugee camps of Tindouf, Algeria. From the declara ...

Brahim Ghali Brahim Ghali () (, born 19 August 1949) is a Sahrawi politician, military officer and current president of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), formerly its ambassador to Algeria and Spain. Ghali played a key role in the struggle of th ...

Head of government In the Executive (government), executive branch, the head of government is the highest or the second-highest official of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, autonomous region, or other government who often presid ...

Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic The prime minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is the head of government of the partially recognized Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), a government in exile based in the Sahrawi refugee camps of Tindouf, Algeria ...

, Bucharaya Hamudi Beyun

Legislative branch of the government of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

* Sahrawi National Council

Judicial branch of the government of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

* Court system of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Foreign relations of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Foreign relations of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic The foreign relations of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) are conducted by the Polisario Front, which maintains a network of representation offices and diplomatic mission, embassies in foreign countries. The Sahrawi Arab Democratic R ...

* International recognition of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ** Diplomatic missions in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ** Diplomatic missions of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic * Relations with Algeria * Relations with Cuba * Relations with East Timor * Relations with Mexico * Relations with Nigeria * Relations with Panama * Relations with South Africa * Relations with Venezuela

International organization membership

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(AU) *

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(WFTU)

Law and order in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Law of Western Sahara * Constitution of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic * Human rights in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ** LGBT rights in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic * Human rights in Western Sahara * Law enforcement in Western Sahara

Military of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Military of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic * Command ** Commander-in-chief: Secretary General of the

* Forces ** Army: Sahrawi People's Liberation Army, with 6,000 to 7,000 active troops. ** Navy: none ** Air Force: none

History of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

History of Western Sahara The history of Western Sahara can be traced back to the times of Carthaginian explorer Hanno the Navigator in the 5th century BC. Though few historical records are left from that period, Western Sahara's modern history has its roots linked to so ...

Hanno the Navigator Hanno the Navigator (sometimes "Hannon"; , ; ) was a Ancient Carthage, Carthaginian explorer (sometimes identified as a king) who lived during the 5th century BC, fifth century BC, known for his Navy, naval expedition along the coast of West A ...

– Carthaginian explorer c. 500 BC, best known for his naval exploration of the African coast. *

Sanhaja The Sanhaja (, or زناگة ''Znāga''; , pl. Iẓnagen, and also Aẓnaj, pl. Iẓnajen) were once one of the largest Berbers, Berber tribal confederations, along with the Zenata, Zanata and Masmuda confederations. Many tribes in Algeria, Libya ...

– a nomadic people who were once one of the largest Berber tribal confederations of the Maghreb region. **

Almoravid dynasty The Almoravid dynasty () was a Berber Muslim dynasty centered in the territory of present-day Morocco. It established an empire that stretched over the western Maghreb and Al-Andalus, starting in the 1050s and lasting until its fall to the Almo ...

– during the 11th century, the Sanhaja tribal confederation allied with the Lamtuna tribe to found the Almoravid dynasty. * Trans-Saharan trade – throughout history, some trade routes crossed this region, particularly to and from the Ghana Empire during the Middle Ages. *

Spanish Sahara Spanish Sahara (; ), officially the Spanish Possessions in the Sahara from 1884 to 1958, then Province of the Sahara between 1958 and 1976, was the name used for the modern territory of Western Sahara when it was occupied and ruled by Spain bet ...

– name used for the modern territory of Western Sahara when it was ruled as a colonial territory by Spain between 1884 and 1975. **

Ifni War The Ifni War, sometimes called the Forgotten War (''la Guerra Olvidada'') in Spain, was a series of armed incursions into Spanish West Africa by Morocco, Moroccan insurgents that began in November 1957 and culminated with the abortive siege ...

– series of armed incursions into Spanish West Africa by Moroccan insurgents and Sahrawi rebels that began in October 1957 and culminated with the abortive siege of Sidi Ifni. **

emerges – formally constituted on May 10, 1973 with the express intention of militarily forcing an end to Spanish colonization. *** El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed – first Secretary General of the Polisario Front. ** Green March – strategic mass demonstration in November 1975, coordinated by the Moroccan government, to force Spain to hand over the disputed, autonomous semi-metropolitan Spanish Province of Sahara to Morocco. The demonstration of some 350,000 Moroccans advanced several miles into the Western Sahara territory, escorted by near 100,000 Moroccan troops (camouflaged as civilians and uniformed), and meeting very little response by the Sahrawi Polisario Front. **

Madrid Accords The Madrid Accords, formally the Declaration of Principles on Western Sahara, was a treaty between Spain, Morocco, and Mauritania setting out six principles which would end the Spanish presence in the territory of Spanish Sahara and arrange a ...

– treaty between Spain, Morocco, and Mauritania to end the Spanish presence in the territory of Spanish Sahara, which was until the Madrid Accords' inception a Spanish province and former colony. ** Tropas Nómadas – auxiliary regiment to the colonial army in Spanish Sahara composed of Sahrawi tribesmen, equipped with small arms and led by Spanish officers, guarding outposts and sometimes conducting patrols on camelback. Following the Spanish Government's decision to hand over the territory to Morocco and Mauritania towards the end of 1975, numbers of them deserted. Many of the Tropas Nómadas soldiers are believed to have joined Polisario and Spanish-trained fighters formed the core of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army set up to fight Morocco and Mauritania after the Green March. ** 1975 United Nations visiting mission to Spanish Sahara – United Nations General Assembly in 1975 dispatched a visiting mission to the territory and the surrounding countries, in accordance with its resolution 3292 (December 13, 1974), to assist in the decolonization process. *

Western Sahara conflict The Western Sahara conflict is an ongoing conflict between the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic/Polisario Front and the Morocco, Kingdom of Morocco. The conflict originated from an insurgency by the Polisario Front against Spanish colonial ...

– ongoing conflict between the Polisario Front of the Sahrawi people and the state of Morocco. The conflict is the continuation of the past insurgency by Polisario against the Spanish colonial forces in 1973-1975 and the subsequent Western Sahara War between the Polisario and Morocco (1975–1991). **

Western Sahara War The Western Sahara War (, , ) was an armed conflict between the Sahrawi indigenous Polisario Front and Morocco from 1975 to 1991 (and Mauritania from 1975 to 1979), being the most significant phase of the Western Sahara conflict. The confl ...

– armed struggle between the Sahrawi Polisario Front and Morocco between 1975 and 1991, being the most significant phase of the Western Sahara conflict. *** Polisario declaration of independence – took place in 1976, establishing the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. *** Sahrawi refugee camps – set up in the Tindouf Province, Algeria in 1975-76 for Sahrawi refugees fleeing from Moroccan forces. With most refugees still living in the camps, the refugee situation is among the most protracted ones worldwide. *** First Battle of Amgala (1976) – Units from the Algerian Army were attacked by units from the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces on the night of 27 January. Algeria claimed their troops were providing food and medical supplies to refugees at Amgala, while Morocco said the Algerian troops were heavily armed and were aiding Polisario. *** Settlement Plan – agreement made in 1991 between the Polisario Front and Morocco on the organization of a referendum, which would constitute an expression of self-determination for the people of Western Sahara, leading either to full independence, or integration with the kingdom of Morocco. It resulted in a cease-fire which remains in effect (more or less) to this day. *** United Nations Security Council Resolution 690 – adopted unanimously on 29 April 1991, established MINURSO (see below) to implement the Settlement Plan (see above). ****

United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara The United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (; ; ; MINURSO) is the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara, established in 1991 under United Nations Security Council Resolution 690 as part of the Settlement P ...

(MINURSO) – UN peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara established in 1991 under United Nations Security Council Resolution 690 as part of the Settlement Plan, which had paved way for a cease-fire in the conflict between Morocco and the Polisario Front (as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic) over the contested territory of Western Sahara (formerly Spanish Sahara). ** Independence Intifada – series of disturbances, demonstrations and riots that broke out in May 2005 in the Moroccan-occupied parts of Western Sahara and south of Morocco. *** Gdeim Izik protest camp – protest camp in Western Sahara established by a group of Sahrawis on 9 October 2010 and lasting into November, with related incidents occurring in the aftermath of its dismantlement on 8 November. It has been suggested by Noam Chomsky, that the month-long protest encampment at Gdeim Izik constituted the start of the Arab Spring, traditionally considered to be the

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Mohamed Bouazizi Tarek El-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi (; 29 March 1984 – 4 January 2011) was a Tunisian street vendor who set himself on fire on 17 December 2010 in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia, an act which became a catalyst for the Tunisian Revolution and the wider A ...

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on 17 December 2010. *** 2011 Western Saharan protests – began on 25 February 2011 as a reaction to the failure of police to prevent anti-Sahrawi looting in the city of Dakhla, Western Sahara, and blossomed into protests across the territory. They were related to the Gdeim Izik protest camp in Western Sahara established the previous fall, which had resulted in violence between Sahrawi activists and Moroccan security forces and supporters. * Former members of the Polisario Front

Demographics of Western Sahara

Culture of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Culture of Western Sahara

National symbols

* National symbols of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ** Coat of arms of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ** Flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ** National anthem of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic * Public holidays in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Culture

* Languages of Western Sahara * National symbols of Western Sahara ** Coat of arms of Western Sahara ** Flag of Western Sahara **

National anthem of Western Sahara National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...

* Public holidays in Western Sahara * Religion in Western Sahara ** Christianity in Western Sahara ** Hinduism in Western Sahara ** Islam in Western Sahara ** Sikhism in Western Sahara * World Heritage Sites in Western Sahara: None

Art in Western Sahara

* Music of Western Sahara ** Sahrauis: The Music of the Western Sahara * Television in Western Sahara

People of Western Sahara

Persons and personalities

* Djema'a * El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed *

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* Ma El Ainin * Marrack Goulding *

Mohammed VI of Morocco Mohammed VI (; born 21 August 1963) is King of Morocco. A member of the Alawi dynasty, he acceded to the throne on 23 July 1999, upon the death of his father, King Hassan II. Upon ascending to the throne, Mohammed initially introduced severa ...

* Mohamed Abdelaziz *

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Sports in Western Sahara

Sports in Western Sahara * Football in Western Sahara ** Sahrawi Football Federation ** Sahrawi national football team ** Sahrawi Republic Cup

Economy and infrastructure of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Economy of Western Sahara * Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): *

Currency A currency is a standardization of money in any form, in use or circulation as a medium of exchange, for example banknotes and coins. A more general definition is that a currency is a ''system of money'' in common use within a specific envi ...

of Western Sahara:

Dirham The dirham, dirhem or drahm is a unit of currency and of mass. It is the name of the currencies of Moroccan dirham, Morocco, the United Arab Emirates dirham, United Arab Emirates and Armenian dram, Armenia, and is the name of a currency subdivisi ...

(Imposed in The Occupied Territories under duress and illegal military occupation) **

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: MAD *In Free Zone and Refugee Camps: Peseta Saharaui (''de iure'') **

: EHP ** (''de facto'')

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, ''Franco'', Dólar, Uguiya,

Dinar The dinar () is the name of the principal currency unit in several countries near the Mediterranean Sea, with a more widespread historical use. The English word "dinar" is the transliteration of the Arabic دينار (''dīnār''), which was bor ...

* Health in Western Sahara * Transport in Western Sahara ** Airports in Western Sahara ** Rail transport in Western Sahara ** Road transport in Western Sahara

Communications of SADR

Communications in Western Sahara * Sahara Press Service * Internet in Western Sahara ** .eh

Education in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Education in Western Sahara * Zawiya * Universities in Western Sahara ** University of Tifariti

References

Baker Plan The Baker Plan is a United Nations initiative to grant self-determination to Western Sahara initially proposed by UN special envoy James Baker in 2000. It was intended to replace the Settlement Plan of 1991, which was further detailed in the ...

debate
Western Sahara Project: archaeology and past environmental change in Western Sahara

Association for a Free and Fair Referendum in Western Sahara (ARSO)
; Maps
Minurso Deployment as of October 2006, Map No. 3691 Rev. 53 United Nations, October 2006 (Colour), Department of Peacekeeping Operations, Cartographic Section
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Association de soutien à un référendum libre et régulier au Sahara Occidental, a multilingual resource

Western Sahara Online (pro-Polisario)--now a search site
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Sahara-Update · News from and about Western Sahara
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

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