Western Saharan clashes (2020–present)

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Clashes between Morocco and the Polisario Front's Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) broke out in the disputed region of Western Sahara in November 2020. It was the latest escalation of an unresolved conflict over the region, of which 75–80% is occupied by Morocco. The violence ended a 1991 ceasefire between the opposing sides that had held for 29 years in anticipation of an indefinitely stalled referendum on self-determination that would have settled the dispute. Tensions between Morocco and the Polisario Front deepened in mid-October 2020 when peaceful Sahrawi protesters blocked a controversial road connecting Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara to sub-Saharan Africa. The protesters camped on the road near the small village of Guerguerat, which passes through a 5-kilometre-wide buffer strip monitored by the UN. Morocco entered the buffer zone and captured the road in mid-November; the following day, the Polisario Front declared that the 1991 ceasefire was void. As of 2026, the Polisario...

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