President Muhammadu Buhari has thrown
his weight behind the people of Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, SADR,
otherwise called Western Sahara, stating that Nigeria would ensure the
realization of their self-determination and independence.
He, however, said the secession would be
pursued in full recognition of the several extant resolutions of the
African Union, AU, on the right of the Sahrawi people for
self-determination.
Western Sahara: The struggle for independence
The SADR is a partially recognized state
that controls a thin strip of area in the Western Sahara region and
claims sovereignty over the entire territory of Western Sahara, a former
Spanish colony.
According to Wikipedia, the country was proclaimed by the Polisario Front on February 27, 1976, in Bir Lehlou, Western Sahara.
The SADR government controls about
20–25% of the territory it claims and calls the territories under its
control the Liberated Territories or the Free Zone. On the on the hand,
Morocco controls and administers the rest of the disputed territory and
calls the lands its Southern Provinces.
While SADR government considers the
Moroccan-held territory to be occupied territory, Morocco also considers
the much smaller SADR-held territory to be a buffer zone.
The claimed capital of the SADR is
Laayoune, while the temporary capital which was due to the government
incursion is Tifariti also previously known as Bir Lehlou.
source THE TRENT
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