Western Sahara
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Western Sahara is a United Nations–designated non-self-governing territory in north-western Africa. It has a surface area of 272,000 square kilometres. Western Sahara is the last African colonial stat
Commemoration of the 30th independence day from Spain in the Liberated Territories (2005)
A demonstration in Madrid for the independence of Western Sahara
A MINURSO car (left), and a post of the Polisario Front (right) in 2017 in southern Western Sahara
As part of the Israel–Morocco normalization agreement, the United States became the first state to recognize Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara.
Spanish Sahara
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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
Spanish barracks in El Aaiún, 1972
Postage stamp issued in 1924
Villa Cisneros fortress and aircraft booth, 1930 or 1931