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 Conflito reacende-se no Saará Ocidental infographic
A infografia mostra as áreas disputadas e os acontecimentos marcantes do conflito.
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CONFLITO

Crescem os receios de nova guerra no Saará Ocidental

By Jordi Bou

November 1, 2010 - Crescem os receios de que o Saará Ocidental se encaminhe para a guerra, quando os separatistas com apoio argelino retaliam contra a crescente aceitação internacional da soberania de Marrocos.

Tensions between Morocco and the independence movement have been growing in recent weeks, with pro-Polisario protesters, helped by armed fighters, blocking the main road linking the territory to neighbouring Mauritania.

After Morocco launched a military operation to open up the road, Brahim Ghali, the leader of Polisario, declared that his group had ended its commitment to the 1991 ceasefire.

A UN-organised self-determination referendum that is supposed to settle the status of Western Sahara as either part of Morocco or an independent territory has been repeatedly postponed because the two sides have failed to agree on who is eligible to vote — a key question for determining the outcome. 

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PUBLISHED: 27/11/2020; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Getty Images
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