Polityczny konflikt o terytorium Sahary Zachodniej

• Authors: Selim Chazbijewicz

Title variants

EN

Political conflict on Western Sahara territory

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The author of the article describes briefly the history of this area, belonging from 1886 to 1976 to Spain. The article presents the way of seizing this territory by Spain and colonial institutions, as well as the way it was treated by the dictator of Spain General Franco and the structure of Spanish administration. The author elaborates on the process of decolonization in this area of Africa and of its influence on political decolonization and national independence movements amongst the inhabitants of Western Sahara. Most important forces and political parties in this area are also described. The author presents also the process of taking these territories over by Morocco and Mauritania in 1976. Finally, he elaborates on the political fight between Algeria, Morocco, Libya, Mauritania and indirectly the Soviet Union and France for the control over the territory of Western Sahara as well as its economic significance with regard to the world's largest reserves of phosphates. The author discusses also the activity of the POLISARIO Front aiming at the independence of Western Sahara and its fight against Morocco.

Keywords

EN

Western Sahara; Conflicts; POLISARIO

• Publisher: Instytut Nauk Politycznych, Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie
• Journal: Forum Politologiczne
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 10 - Przestrzeń i granice we współczesnej Afryce
• Pages: 337-351

Contributors

author

Selim Chazbijewicz

• Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie

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