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Arab Democratic Republic">International recognition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_status_of_Western_Sahara" title="Political status of Western Sahara">Political status of Western Sahara</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Western_Sahara_conflict" title="Western Sahara conflict">Western Sahara conflict</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Advisory_opinion_on_Western_Sahara" title="Advisory opinion on Western Sahara">ICJ Advisory Opinion</a></dd></dl></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic" title="List of diplomatic missions of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic">Diplomatic missions of</a> / <a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_to_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic" title="List of diplomatic missions to the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic">to the SADR</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sahrawi_passport" title="Sahrawi passport">Passport</a></li> <li><a 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style="padding-bottom:0.5em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saguia_el-Hamra" title="Saguia el-Hamra">Saguia el-Hamra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C3%ADo_de_Oro" title="Río de Oro">Río de Oro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Provinces" title="Southern Provinces">Southern Provinces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiris_al-Gharbiyya" title="Tiris al-Gharbiyya">Tiris al-Gharbiyya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_Zone_(region)" title="Free Zone (region)">Free Zone</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:lightsteelblue;padding:0.2em;"> Politics</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="padding-bottom:0.5em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Annexation_of_Western_Sahara" title="Annexation of Western Sahara">Annexation of Western Sahara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_status_of_Western_Sahara" title="Political status of Western Sahara">Political status of Western Sahara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Morocco" title="Foreign relations of 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href="/wiki/Second_Sahrawi_Intifada" title="Second Sahrawi Intifada">Independence Intifada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gdeim_Izik_protest_camp" title="Gdeim Izik protest camp">Gdeim Izik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Western_Saharan_protests" title="2011 Western Saharan protests">Arab Spring protests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Saharan_clashes_(2020%E2%80%93present)" title="Western Saharan clashes (2020–present)">2020–present clashes</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Western_Saharan_clashes_(2020%E2%80%93present)" title="Timeline of the Western Saharan clashes (2020–present)">Timeline</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:lightsteelblue;padding:0.2em;"> Issues</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="padding-bottom:0.5em;"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sahrawi_refugees" title="Sahrawi refugees">Refugees</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sahrawi_refugee_camps" title="Sahrawi refugee camps">camps</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahrawi_nationality_law" title="Sahrawi nationality law">Sahrawi nationality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_March" title="Green March">Green March</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Moroccan_settlers" title="Moroccan settlers">Moroccan settlers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moroccan_Western_Sahara_Wall" title="Moroccan Western Sahara Wall">Moroccan Wall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Western_Sahara" title="Human rights in Western Sahara">Human rights</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:lightsteelblue;padding:0.2em;"> <a href="/wiki/Western_Sahara_peace_process" title="Western Sahara peace process">Peace process</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="padding-bottom:0.5em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Nations_resolutions_concerning_Western_Sahara" title="List of United Nations resolutions concerning Western Sahara">UN resolutions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_United_Nations_visiting_mission_to_Spanish_Sahara" title="1975 United Nations visiting mission to Spanish Sahara">UN visiting mission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Mission_for_the_Referendum_in_Western_Sahara" title="United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara">UN referendum mission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Advisory_opinion_on_Western_Sahara" title="Advisory opinion on Western Sahara">ICJ Advisory Opinion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Settlement_Plan" title="Settlement Plan">Settlement Plan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_Agreement" title="Houston Agreement">Houston Agreement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baker_Plan" title="Baker Plan">Baker Plan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manhasset_negotiations" title="Manhasset negotiations">Manhasset negotiations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Sahara_Autonomy_Proposal" title="Western Sahara Autonomy Proposal">Autonomy Proposal</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Western_Sahara_conflict" title="Template:Western Sahara conflict"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Western_Sahara_conflict" title="Template talk:Western Sahara conflict"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Western_Sahara_conflict" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Western Sahara conflict"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>politics of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic</b> refers to politics of the <a href="/wiki/Polisario_Front" title="Polisario Front">Polisario Front</a>'s proclaimed <a href="/wiki/Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic" title="Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic">Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic</a>, a country in North Africa with limited recognition by other states, controlling parts of the <a href="/wiki/Western_Sahara" title="Western Sahara">Western Sahara</a> region. </p><p>The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic claims the whole <a href="/wiki/Western_Sahara" title="Western Sahara">Western Sahara</a>, a territory most of which is currently administered by <a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Provinces" title="Southern Provinces">Southern Provinces</a>. SADR control some part of the territory, called the <a href="/wiki/Free_Zone_(region)" title="Free Zone (region)">Free Zone</a>. Its government seats in <a href="/wiki/Tindouf" title="Tindouf">Tindouf</a>, Algeria.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>According to its <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic" title="Constitution of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic">constitution</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic" title="Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic">Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic</a> (SADR) is a form of <a href="/wiki/One-party_state" title="One-party state">one-party state</a>, as long as it is not in control of its territory.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The organization backing the republic is the <a href="/wiki/Polisario_Front" title="Polisario Front">Polisario Front</a>, the Popular Front for the Liberation of <a href="/wiki/Saguia_el-Hamra" title="Saguia el-Hamra">Saguia el-Hamra</a> and <a href="/wiki/R%C3%ADo_de_Oro" title="Río de Oro">Río de Oro</a> (<i>Frente Popular de Liberación de Saguía el Hamra y Río de Oro</i>), but it has declared that it will either transform into a normal political party among others, or split into several parties in the eventuality of an independent Western Sahara. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Colonized by Spain from 1884 to 1975, as <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Sahara" title="Spanish Sahara">Spanish Sahara</a>, and after the tripartite agreement, known as the <a href="/wiki/Madrid_Accords" title="Madrid Accords">Madrid Accords</a>, the territory was partitioned between <a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mauritania" title="Mauritania">Mauritania</a> in 1976, with Morocco acquiring northern two-thirds. Mauritania, under pressure from Polisario <a href="/wiki/Guerrilla_warfare" title="Guerrilla warfare">guerrillas</a>, abandoned all claims to its portion in August 1979, with Morocco moving to take control of that sector shortly thereafter and has since asserted administrative control over the majority of the territory. The Polisario front's SADR claims to administer <a href="/wiki/Free_Zone_(region)" title="Free Zone (region)">a portion</a> to the east of the <a href="/wiki/Moroccan_Wall" class="mw-redirect" title="Moroccan Wall">Moroccan Wall</a>. The Polisario's government-in-exile was seated as member of the <a href="/wiki/Organisation_of_African_Unity" title="Organisation of African Unity">Organisation of African Unity</a> in 1984, and was a founding member of the <a href="/wiki/African_Union" title="African Union">African Union</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2007)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Guerrilla activities continued until a <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a>-monitored <a href="/wiki/Cease-fire" class="mw-redirect" title="Cease-fire">cease-fire</a> was implemented September 6, 1991 via the mission <a href="/wiki/MINURSO" class="mw-redirect" title="MINURSO">MINURSO</a>. The mission patrols the separation line between the two territories (maps: <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/dpko/minurso.pdf">[1]</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.sahara-occidental.com/images/cartes/cartesop.gif">[2]</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080228082645/http://www.cidi.nl/img/isnbr/2004-nb1.jpg">[3]</a>). </p><p>In 2000, The UN's envoy to the territory, <a href="/wiki/James_Baker" title="James Baker">James Baker</a>, presented a third way option to solve the conflict, known as the Framework Agreement or Baker plan I, consisting in a devolution of the Moroccan state of many of its prerogatives to an <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_entity" class="mw-redirect" title="Autonomous entity">autonomous</a> <a href="/wiki/Western_Sahara" title="Western Sahara">Western Sahara</a> within Moroccan sovereignty. Morocco accepted the plan, while Algeria and the Polisario Front rejected it. Algeria proposed a partition of the territory instead. </p><p>In 2003, <a href="/wiki/James_Baker" title="James Baker">James Baker</a>, presented the <a href="/wiki/Baker_Plan" title="Baker Plan">Baker Plan</a> II, which would have given <a href="/wiki/Western_Sahara" title="Western Sahara">Western Sahara</a> immediate <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_entity" class="mw-redirect" title="Autonomous entity">autonomy</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Western_Sahara_Authority" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Sahara Authority">Western Sahara Authority</a> during a five-year transition period to prepare for a <a href="/wiki/Referendum" title="Referendum">referendum</a>, offering the inhabitants of the territory a choice between <a href="/wiki/Independence" title="Independence">independence</a>, <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_entity" class="mw-redirect" title="Autonomous entity">autonomy</a> within the Kingdom of Morocco, or complete integration with Morocco. Polisario has accepted the plan, but Morocco has rejected it. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Executive_branch">Executive branch</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Executive branch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Government of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is headed by President and Prime Minister. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"> <caption>Main office-holders </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Office </th> <th scope="col">Name </th> <th scope="col">Party </th> <th scope="col">Since </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic" title="President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic">President</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brahim_Gali" class="mw-redirect" title="Brahim Gali">Brahim Gali</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Polisario_Front" title="Polisario Front">Polisario Front</a> </td> <td>9 July 2016 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic" title="Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic">Prime Minister</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bouchraya_Hammoudi_Bayoun" title="Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun">Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Polisario_Front" title="Polisario Front">Polisario Front</a> </td> <td>13 January 2020 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legislative_branch">Legislative branch</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Legislative branch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Sahrawi_National_Council" title="Sahrawi National Council">Sahrawi National Council</a> (<i>Consejo Nacional Saharaui</i>) is the legislature of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic <a href="/wiki/Government_in_exile" class="mw-redirect" title="Government in exile">government in exile</a>. It has 53 members, elected for a two-year term in 11 <a href="/wiki/Constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Constituency">constituencies</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elections">Elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic" title="Elections in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic">Elections in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic</a></div> <p>The Sahrawi population in the <a href="/wiki/Refugee_camps_in_Tindouf_Province,_Algeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Refugee camps in Tindouf Province, Algeria">refugee camps in Algeria</a> as well as in the <a href="/wiki/Free_Zone_(region)" title="Free Zone (region)">Free Zone</a> participates in elections to the institutions of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. An election for the <a href="/wiki/Sahrawi_National_Council" title="Sahrawi National Council">Sahrawi National Council</a> took place in February 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/Referendum" title="Referendum">referendum</a> on independence or integration with Morocco was agreed upon by Morocco and the Sahrawi republic in 1991, but did not take place due to the parties' divergence on who should be allowed to vote. </p><p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Foreign_relations">Foreign relations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Foreign relations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic" title="Foreign relations of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic">Foreign relations of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic</a></div> <p>The foreign relations of the <a href="/wiki/Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic" title="Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic">Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic</a> are conducted by the <a href="/wiki/Polisario_Front" title="Polisario Front">Polisario Front</a>, which maintains a network of representation offices and <a href="/wiki/Diplomatic_mission" title="Diplomatic mission">embassies</a> in foreign countries. It has conducted diplomatic relations with states and international organisations since its inception in 1973. In 1966, <a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Nations_General_Assembly_Resolution_22/29&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="United Nations General Assembly Resolution 22/29 (page does not exist)">United Nations General Assembly Resolution 22/29</a> affirmed for the first time the <a href="/wiki/Sahrawi_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Sahrawi people">Sahrawi</a> right on <a href="/wiki/Self-determination" title="Self-determination">self-determination</a>. In 1979, <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_Resolution_34/37" title="United Nations General Assembly Resolution 34/37">United Nations General Assembly Resolution 34/37</a> reaffirmed again the right of the Western Sahara people to self-determination and independence, recognizing also the Polisario Front as the representative of the Western Sahara people. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Political_status_of_Western_Sahara" title="Political status of Western Sahara">Political status of Western Sahara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legal_status_of_Western_Sahara" class="mw-redirect" title="Legal status of Western Sahara">Legal status of 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Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Djibouti" title="Politics of Djibouti">Djibouti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Egypt" title="Politics of Egypt">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Equatorial_Guinea" title="Politics of Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Eritrea" title="Politics of Eritrea">Eritrea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Eswatini" title="Politics of Eswatini">Eswatini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Ethiopia" title="Politics of Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Gabon" title="Politics of Gabon">Gabon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_Gambia" title="Politics of the Gambia">The Gambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Ghana" title="Politics of Ghana">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Guinea" title="Politics of Guinea">Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Guinea-Bissau" title="Politics of Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Ivory_Coast" title="Politics of Ivory Coast">Ivory Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Kenya" title="Politics of Kenya">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Lesotho" title="Politics of Lesotho">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Liberia" title="Politics of Liberia">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Libya" title="Politics of Libya">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Madagascar" title="Politics of Madagascar">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Malawi" title="Politics of Malawi">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Mali" title="Politics of Mali">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Mauritania" title="Politics of Mauritania">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Mauritius" title="Politics of Mauritius">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Morocco" title="Politics of Morocco">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Mozambique" title="Politics of Mozambique">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Namibia" title="Politics of Namibia">Namibia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Niger" title="Politics of Niger">Niger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Nigeria" title="Politics of Nigeria">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Rwanda" title="Politics of Rwanda">Rwanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="Politics of São Tomé and Príncipe">São Tomé and Príncipe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Senegal" title="Politics of Senegal">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Seychelles" title="Politics of Seychelles">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Sierra_Leone" title="Politics of Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Somalia" title="Politics of Somalia">Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_South_Africa" title="Politics of South Africa">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_South_Sudan" title="Politics of South Sudan">South Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Sudan" title="Politics of Sudan">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Tanzania" title="Politics of Tanzania">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Togo" title="Politics of Togo">Togo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Tunisia" title="Politics of Tunisia">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Uganda" title="Politics of Uganda">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Zambia" title="Politics of Zambia">Zambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Zimbabwe" title="Politics of Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">States with limited<br />recognition</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Somaliland" title="Politics of Somaliland">Somaliland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Dependencies and<br />other territories</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_Canary_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Politics of the Canary Islands">Canary Islands</a> / <a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Ceuta" class="mw-redirect" title="Politics of Ceuta">Ceuta</a> / <a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Melilla" class="mw-redirect" title="Politics of Melilla">Melilla</a>  <span style="font-size:85%;">(Spain)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Madeira" title="Politics of Madeira">Madeira</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Portugal)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Mayotte" title="Politics of Mayotte">Mayotte</a> / <a href="/wiki/Politics_of_R%C3%A9union" title="Politics of Réunion">Réunion</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(France)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Saint_Helena" title="Politics of Saint Helena">Saint Helena</a> / <a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Ascension_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Politics of Ascension Island">Ascension Island</a> / <a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Tristan_da_Cunha" class="mw-redirect" title="Politics of Tristan da Cunha">Tristan da Cunha</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(United Kingdom)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Western_Sahara" title="Politics of Western Sahara">Western Sahara</a></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Before 1975</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Spanish_colonial_wars_in_Morocco" title="List of Spanish colonial wars in Morocco">Colonial wars in Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Sahara" title="Spanish Sahara">Spanish Sahara <span style="font-size:85%;">(1884–1975)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_protectorate_in_Morocco" title="Spanish protectorate in Morocco">Spanish Morocco <span style="font-size:85%;">(1913–1956)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moroccan_Army_of_Liberation" title="Moroccan Army of Liberation">Moroccan Army of Liberation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ifni_War" title="Ifni War">Ifni War <span style="font-size:85%;">(1957–1958)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">1975</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1975_United_Nations_visiting_mission_to_Spanish_Sahara" title="1975 United Nations visiting mission to Spanish Sahara">UN visiting mission <span style="font-size:85%;">(May)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Court_of_Justice_Advisory_Opinion_on_Western_Sahara" class="mw-redirect" title="International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on Western Sahara">ICJ Advisory Opinion <span style="font-size:85%;">(October)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_March" title="Green March">Green March <span style="font-size:85%;">(November)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madrid_Accords" title="Madrid Accords">Madrid Accords <span style="font-size:85%;">(November)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Since 1975</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_Sahara_conflict" title="Western Sahara conflict">Western Sahara conflict</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_Sahara_War" title="Western Sahara War">Western Sahara War <span style="font-size:85%;">(1975–1991)</span></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moroccan_Wall" class="mw-redirect" title="Moroccan Wall">Berm <span style="font-size:85%;">(built 1981–1987)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Sahara_peace_process" title="Western Sahara peace process">Western Sahara peace process</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Settlement_Plan" title="Settlement Plan">Settlement Plan <span style="font-size:85%;">(1991)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Mission_for_the_Referendum_in_Western_Sahara" title="United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara">UN referendum mission <span style="font-size:85%;">(MINURSO, 1991–present)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_Agreement" title="Houston Agreement">Houston Agreement <span style="font-size:85%;">(1997)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baker_Plan" title="Baker Plan">Baker Plan <span style="font-size:85%;">(2000/2003)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_1495" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 1495">UN Security Council Resolution 1495 <span style="font-size:85%;">(2003)</span></a> / <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_1754" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 1754">1754 <span style="font-size:85%;">(2007)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manhasset_negotiations" title="Manhasset negotiations">Manhasset negotiations <span style="font-size:85%;">(2007–2008)</span></a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic" title="Flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic.svg/110px-Flag_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="110" height="55" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic.svg/165px-Flag_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic.svg/220px-Flag_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Western_Sahara" title="Geography of Western Sahara">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:Borders_of_Western_Sahara" title="Template:Borders of Western Sahara">Borders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Western_Sahara" title="List of cities in Western Sahara">Cities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Western_Sahara" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate of Western Sahara">Climate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ecoregions_in_Western_Sahara" title="List of ecoregions in Western Sahara">Ecoregions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wildlife_of_Western_Sahara" title="Wildlife of Western Sahara">Wildlife</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic" title="Constitution of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic" title="Foreign relations of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic">Diplomatic relations</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic" title="International recognition of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic">International recognition</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic">Government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahrawi_National_Council" title="Sahrawi National Council">Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polisario_Front" title="Polisario Front">Polisario Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_status_of_Western_Sahara" title="Political status of Western Sahara">Political status</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic" title="President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic">President</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic" title="Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic">Prime Minister</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Western_Sahara" title="Economy of Western Sahara">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Infrastructure</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Economy of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahrawi_peseta" title="Sahrawi peseta">Sahrawi peseta <span style="font-size:85%;">(currency)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_in_Western_Sahara" title="Telecommunications in Western Sahara">Telecommunications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Western_Sahara" title="Transport in Western Sahara">Transportation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Society_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic" title="Category:Society of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic">Society</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Western_Sahara" title="Demographics of Western Sahara">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Saharan_cuisine" title="Western Saharan cuisine">Cuisine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Western_Sahara" title="Human rights in Western Sahara">Human rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Western_Sahara" title="Music of Western Sahara">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahrawi_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Sahrawi people">Sahrawi people</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="font-weight:bold;"><div><div style="margin-bottom:-0.4em;"><ul><li><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic" title="Outline of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic">Outline</a></span></li><li><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Bibliography_of_Western_Sahara" title="Bibliography of Western Sahara">Bibliography</a></span></li></ul></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic" title="Category:Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic">Category</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portal:Western_Sahara" title="Portal:Western Sahara">Portal</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Provinces" title="Southern Provinces">Southern Provinces</a> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/23px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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style="font-size:85%;">(1884–1975)</span></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_colonial_governors_of_Spanish_Sahara" title="List of colonial governors of Spanish Sahara">Colonial governors</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">1975</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1975_United_Nations_visiting_mission_to_Spanish_Sahara" title="1975 United Nations visiting mission to Spanish Sahara">UN visiting mission <span style="font-size:85%;">(May)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Court_of_Justice_Advisory_Opinion_on_Western_Sahara" class="mw-redirect" title="International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on Western Sahara">ICJ Advisory Opinion <span style="font-size:85%;">(October)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_March" title="Green March">Green March <span style="font-size:85%;">(November)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madrid_Accords" title="Madrid Accords">Madrid Accords <span style="font-size:85%;">(November)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Since 1975</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_Sahara_War" title="Western Sahara War">Western Sahara War <span style="font-size:85%;">(1975–1991)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic" title="Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic">Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic <span style="font-size:85%;">(SADR, 1976–present)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moroccan_Wall" class="mw-redirect" title="Moroccan Wall">Berm <span style="font-size:85%;">(built 1981–1987)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Settlement_Plan" title="Settlement Plan">Settlement Plan <span style="font-size:85%;">(1991)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Mission_for_the_Referendum_in_Western_Sahara" title="United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara">UN referendum mission <span style="font-size:85%;">(MINURSO, 1991–present)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_Agreement" title="Houston Agreement">Houston Agreement <span style="font-size:85%;">(1997)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baker_Plan" title="Baker Plan">Baker Plan <span style="font-size:85%;">(2000/2003)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_1495" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 1495">UN Security Council Resolution 1495 <span style="font-size:85%;">(2003)</span></a> / <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_1754" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 1754">1754 <span style="font-size:85%;">(2007)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manhasset_negotiations" 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href="/wiki/List_of_ecoregions_in_Western_Sahara" title="List of ecoregions in Western Sahara">Ecoregions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wildlife_of_Western_Sahara" title="Wildlife of Western Sahara">Wildlife</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Western_Sahara" title="Politics of Western Sahara">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Western_Sahara" title="Human rights in Western Sahara">Human rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic" title="International recognition of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic 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title="Transport in Western Sahara">Transportation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Western_Sahara" title="Culture of Western Sahara">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_Saharan_cuisine" title="Western Saharan cuisine">Cuisine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Western_Sahara" title="Demographics of Western Sahara">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Western_Sahara" title="Music of Western Sahara">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahrawi_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Sahrawi people">Sahrawi people</a></li></ul> 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