What's Going On In Western Sahara? | NowThis World
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- A little known conflict has been going on in the small north African country of Western Sahara. This war between the Sahrawi indigenous Polisario Front and Morocco has resulted in thousands of displaced Sahwaris and an estimated 20,000 deaths - Here is what's going on in Western Sahara.
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Hi everyone, it's Versha! I was wondering - had you heard of this conflict before? What do you think of the lasting impact of colonization on places like this in Africa?
Versha Sharma nope
Versha meaning raining isn't?😊
U r cute!
You need to learn the matter from both sides first and then decide whom u wanna support
FreeBalochistan 😎
It's the size of Colorado... Non US Viewers: "I know better Western Saharan Size than Colorado...."
anindita saktiaji it's not about the size any land beside ocean give you a lot of resources and also the Sahara is rich and possibly there is oil too
Not that, I mean please stop trying to tell us about size compared to US states. Compared it with more common places like western sahara is same size of "Britain, or Portugal". People are understand it better...
Colorado sbagha zina
I'm sure most of the people who are subscribed and watch this channel are probably from the US. Just saying.
It's a us channel. It's targeting a us audience
"How big is Western Sahara?"
"As big as Colorado!"
"... well, how bloody big is Colorado?"
Seriously, does NowThis think only Americans use the internet? I've gained nothing from this comparison. Can I just get the measurements? Or, if some people can't properly visualize that, can you try using actual countries instead? Western Sahara is a little smaller than Italy. It's a little bigger than Uganda. Comparing it to a US state is as unhelpful as comparing it to a Mexican one.
You're complaining that an American youtube channel is pandering to American viewers?
I wouldn't be so upset about that, I mean you can google it after all.
Its slightly bigger than the UK
@@classified150 286000 KM SQUARE ,,,,
don't trust what she said. that's just a propaganda.
WesternSahara is classified by UN as a disputed territory. it exists in the same list with virgin Island, Guam and Samoa. claiming WesternSahara to be occupied means Virgin Island, Guam and Samoa are occupied too.
Bigger than the UK and it's called the moroccan sahara
Give Western Sahara to Belarus.
Why you ask?
Because I'll find it hilarious.
Ztalz 20 no you uncultured swine, it belongs to Iceland.
Zapadna Sahara je Srbija.
Sans The skeleton preeeetty sure Belarus didn't colonize that much bro. I suggest we give Belgium to DR Congo
Ztalz 20 Western Sahara very clearly belongs to Zimbabwe
Greentiger_420 Yup. Just as much as San Marino belongs to Indonesia.
So essentially Morocco was told the land was entitled to independence and a referendum and that Morocco has no sovereignty to the region but chose to just take the land without consequences
True but morocco did the right thing by not giving their historic land away to arabized infidel bedouins
@@Mauri7782 Morocco has no right to the territory they did not own or control it before Spain did the international court also rules the sahrawi’s were due to have a referendum
Sort of the same how they claim Ceuta and Melilla despite being under Spanish rule for years
Learn some history kid 😂
Morocco headed all of these lands from Mauritania and Algeria desert and Mali even reasching Senegal
@@jamieyates7131 they did own and control that region under the same dynasty btw
The think the presenter had been to an Indian wedding recently. You can see that the Mehndi on her arms still hasn't faded...
So?
It was her own marriage.
I mean...Morocco has it too and it's called Henna there so...maybe she interviewed really hospitable Moroccans? I mean, it is their more prided trait.
Can you guys make a video about the conflict between Argentina and the UK about the Falklands?
Oh my sweet seeker news style is back, I just came to check and found this out, amaaaazing
Thank you for that
If only the area has oil, The US would instantly go there and bring "peace" to the land :))
Oil exist there
@@akramelbejjaoui550 Shhhhh..The Yankees will hear you
Keep it a secret..
There is actually a lot of oil there
@@farouk5344 hard to find and not worth the effort
What the f do you even know what they did
Presenter conveniently left out the part of how morrocco controlled western sahara before european colonization, seems like there are groups of people out there that would benefit from seeing more conflict in MENA region
They are trying to make white people seem bad
Lie.Moroccan makhzen was never seen in Western Sahara before 1975 when it came on tanks and bombardment. No Moroccan money, no Moroccan "zaways", no Moroccan " pasha ", no Moroccan buildings. I will pay 1 million dollar if you give a name of a Moroccan king or Sultan or even your grand grand father who has been in Western Sahara or is buried in it. Come on, just one. You'll have to revise history and geography taught to you by your makhzen. There are too much lies and inventions in them. We Saharawis don't kiss bloody humans' hands as you do.
that's just a propaganda.
WesternSahara is classified by UN as a disputed territory. it exists in the same list with virgin Island, Guam and Samoa. claiming WesternSahara to be occupied means Virgin Island, Guam and Samoa are occupied too.
@@erniternit9309 what was the name of your president before 1975? Where was your capital? Your goverment? Your currency? Your architecture? Your literature? We amazigh people see u as arab nomads frome the beni hassan tribe of yemen. You have no rights to claim amazigh land.
Dgrayman JJ And you conveniently left out the fact that Morocco signed many treaties with Europe where Western Sahara was not considered Moroccan. These were signed centuries before European colonization and all were approved by Moroccan kings! Seems like you want to find poor excuses to colonize another people’s land.
oh man sorry to ask you this, but do you have eccema in both your arms or tiña corporis? it looks like it :S
Here we go again in 2020 💥
Do a video on Egypt's fight against ISIS.
*HOW POWERFUL IS FRENCH POLYNESIA?!*
New year, new me.
Let’s start the count at *”THIS IS MY 20TH PETITION, YALL.”*
As powerful as France
Where did Jules go? Is he still part of this channel?
Hm
I consider I have a basic general culture but I was ashamed of not knowing about this conflict. Thanks for bringing it up.
I m so proud to be moroccan sahrawi🇲🇦♓ from laayoune🇲🇦
We will not be divided like Sudan and Korea
❤️
dream
That’s city in Western Sahara 🇪🇭 it’s on the map as Western Sahara 🇪🇭 not in Morocco 🇲🇦 stop lying 🤥 🤣😂😂😂
@@mohamedwaititi6192 No dear. It's Morocco :)
@@adilelnhaily1960 but the map says Western Sahara 🇪🇭 so keep on dreaming 😴
Oh she got married!
Congratulations!
One of my favourite hosts on this channel!
Thank you very much!!
what is the meaning of hague ?
Western Sahara’s phosphate deposits have dwindled down to (2019) 1.03 million tonnes, worth an estimated $90 million.
Morocco’s ownership of Western Sahara will no longer be profitable when the phosphate runs out.
you wishhhhh... it is our land for centuries we have the land you have dreams. :D
@@tarikrafiki1790 Sáhara Occidental isnt yours
The Sahara region make up less than 2% of the phosphate in Morocco while 98% are in the North. What are you on about.
@@ugly8294 there could be gaz there or oil bc the land is not 100% explored and Morocco doesn't have rights to take any of the things there until the conflict is over
@@DaRealMenara Morocco has all the rights it needs there and is exploiting the natural resources soon.
Do how powerful is Uganda
Do you know de wae?
Why doesn't the Maghreb combine into a single country?
Because of people wanting to seperate all the time creating tiny nations like polisario they dont have the spirit to be united
But i dont think morocco will be with western sahara they are big enemys
How Powerful is North Sentinel Island?
1st petition
1:05 you said that if we want to understand the conflict we have to go back to the decolonisation. What about if you go back before the colonisation to understand more ? The Sahara was Moroccan before Europeans came to colonise the country. Morocco exists since 780 tell me about the history of the polisario before the colonisation ?
Well the thing is, Morocco never existed before 1915 nor did any country in the "Maghreb" region and the entirety of Africa. Borders were the result of colonization, and that's something that you and I can agree on. And If Morocco really did exist before 1915, can you substantiate on that?
Kenny there’s a map of Morocco before the colonisation made by french military... so how did they know the exact borders where you can see Morocco having the sahara, mauritania and half of algeria if Morocco never been?
@Rezida Zakrieva
Certainly not.
@@Kenny-lc3xx you are funny, make research before spitting ur ignorance, Morocco exists since 780 ...
Kenny look at pre colonized land of morocco
They deserve their independence, just like any colonized nation, Support Western Sahara people from Algeria
I am sorry to break it up to you but there will be no independence as the Sahara is in Morocco where it belongs. The UN has accepted the 2007 Moroccan proposal of "Local Autonomy under Moroccan Sovereignty" as a “credible” and viable path to a lasting resolution to end the dispute. Game over my friend If it wasn't for the Algerian Military Regime, all the Sahraouis that are entrapped in Tindouf would voluntarily return to their home countries as many others who miraculously escaped the torture and the harsh living conditions in the camps. Have you noticed that many African countries have opened their diplomatic missions (consulates) in the Moroccan Sahara?
So word of advice, stop getting involved as this doesn't concern you. The only people who I see will gain their independence is the Kabilye (Berber ethnic in Algeria) with their elected president Ferhat Mehenni who is fighting to get independence from the Algerian Military Corrupted Regime.
Cry
The thing is that the territory of the southern provinces (Sahara) were part of Morocco before it was colonized but was split up between France and Spain as a convince since Spain has their colonies in the Canary Islands and southern Morocco is very close to them.
Is no one gonna mention the fact that for the building they used a cathedral to represent Western Sahara?
Well there is a cathedral in moroccan occupied Western sahara, it was build during the time of spanish sahara by christian colonising Spaniards, i think it was in laayoune tho i am not sure
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as much as i hate imperialism, i feel europeans should have at least educated the population before giving freedom. i mean when congo was independent, only 16 people had a college education.
Maybe they shouldn't colonize in the first place
We muslims didnt need your brutual invasion that you guys called it colonization in the frist place
i;m not European.
cabdimalik ali Muslim colonised places as well
cabdimalik ali From what I understood from your comment, your wrong, Islamic Caliphates streched from India to Iberia sooooo.....
Stay quiet
I really don't know what to think about this one
the occupiers didn't just give up the territories, rather they were liberated by force by Moroccan military.
So you tell me that POLISARIO is moroccan
well if they think that they aint moroccans, then they have the right to leave our lands and go somewhere else...
it is still a no mans land, they have same right to be there as you do
For everyone saying that Sahara is not a Moroccan territory you should see the Moroccan borders before the Spanish and French occupation , it's a part of our country 🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦
Yes and India and Egypt were British, and Morocco under Almurabitun was Mauritanian! That's the past, nowadays is UN international legality. That means in Africa Africans, including Morocco 2years ago, accepted that everybody will respect the borders left by colonizers. You Moroccans also agreed so why don't respect yourself, Saharawi, Africa and the world? If no single country recognizes your fake sovereignty over Western Sahara why on earth are you there with a killer wall and 80% percent of your army and police?
@@erniternit9309 no we didnt
@@erniternit9309 80% haha 4% of are army is there and 75% including Europe and usa reconise west Sahara as morocco
Exactly
@@erniternit9309 EXACTLY
It's like when Serbians keep saying KOSOVO JE SRBIJA, that's exactly how we do it.
Sahara was morocco all times before the colonization
@@mouhamedaminelaksiri5937 no
are the helmets that the Polisario wears Soviet?
Angus Yang yes they got them from the algerian army wich is equipped by russia
@@suuufian not modern algerian army, they got them from the algerian army in the 70s, if the fighting start again algeria is ready to give them modern helmets and equipment to fight the moroccan army
Why US hate RUSSIA ?
cold war
@@ts8404 no because Russia is stronger ❤️
These so called desert dwellers who ended up in the south of morocco are lost arabs from yemen. The original inhabitants are the amazigh people.
@@dragenmaster5385 Arabized?? Then how come the berbers are not Arabized?
ملكك ايضا من السعودية
Yea I am sahrawi but are originally from Yemen and eygept
Why your arm has scars or burns ?
Last question worth asking is,
Where are the Sahrawi population educated and the relationship and the intentions of this countries toward Morocco? Cold War era and spread of Communism.
Algeria, Cuba, venezuela and Spain.
Well the majority of the sahrawi population is in tindouf camps aka being educated there, but can you elaborate more on the other question I don’t really understand what your trying to say
On one side: Communism is a political ideology as any other one. Regardless of the fear of America, communism can be used for good. Now, Polisario is leaning on the left-wing, yet is identifying as social-democratic.
On the other side: They get their education on two biased sides. The Moroccan one and the Algerian one. In Tindouf, they mostly get taught how Morocco is oppressing Saharauis and their culture. In Morocco they get taught how Greater Morocco is important for the Moroccan identity.
Cuba and Spain were only active in medical healthcare. While Algeria was and still is funding Frente Polisario's millitia, government and infrastructure in the refugee camps (Also the EU is funding Algeria for the safety of Saharauis).
My uncle unfortunately passed away in the conflict, he was fighting for morocco, his efforts wont be in vain.
@Justin Y. And you belong in a history class, Morocco gained independence from France in 1956. Get with the times
@Justin Y. Most of it already has, Morocco annexed most of western Sahara.
الله يرحمو
May Allah bless him and have mercy on his warrior soul. I assure you that your shahied uncle is in jannah. I love him for the sacrifice he gave and I salute him from the ground where I stand on all the way to jannah!
@@jarveyjaguar4395
And France belongs to Germany. And Spain,Portugal and a part of France belongs to Morocco. You understand now why your arguments dont work here? You guys need a history lesson, and need 2 understand that every conflict is unique.
Sahara morooco🇲🇦🇲🇦❤️💪🏼💪🏼100%
the people want independence
@@readisgooddewaterkant7890 no they don’t, literally the entirety of the people want to stay under morocco, because they know they will be doomed if they ever get independence, furthermore western sahara being a moroccan land for generations even before colonization, it’s only Algeria and Mauritania that are speaking for the people, why ? because they want that land.
@@tfprada4300 if western share want to be one Morocco rule. Then why are there so many inproned for saying that they don't want to be concurred by Morocco?
@@readisgooddewaterkant7890 We Muslims must unite, not form states.
Actually, just a 10%
Literally fighting over a patch of sand.
a batch of sand extremely rich in natural resources and a way to access the sea
Europeans colonized a lot of patches of sand
that patch of sand is rich with precious ressources :)
Imaging having a dollar for everytime someone say that Morocco occupied Moroccan Sahara.
I was born in this territory. I was issued a Moroccan passport and thus it is a Moroccan territory. The Sahara is Moroccan ✌
Well, it's only you Moroccans who call it Moroccan Sahara. UN, African Union, Europe Union, the whole world calls it Western Sahara. Even your closest allies France, Saudi Arabia, US, Qatar, Spain and Israel don't recognize your fake sovereignty over it and call it WS not Moroccan. Only you Moroccans are stubborn on this issue. Before that you were insisting Mauritania was yours as well, and now you don't even mention Spanish Ceuta and Melilla and no man's land Perejil/Leila Island. Nowadays you are begging Mauritanians to be more flexible re it's position towards WS. Strange how you divided Western Sahara with Mauritania in 1975 and then took over the half left by Mauritania in 1979, and was due recognizing its mistake and signing a peace deal with Saharawi Republic (recognized by more than 84 countries). You know what? Just get out of Western Sahara and leave its people in peace. None believes your story except you and ...you.
@@user-gf6fc5dg9i u can dream about it honey, it will stay Moroccan Fact
@Johnny Bravo no they are moroccan like not black
Morroco existed since the 8th century BC
@@dragenmaster5385 Algeria is a French creation.
@@pooper12 that's absolutely false. Morocco was an empire since 768, year of birth of the Idrissid dynasty and we continued to be an indipendent nation and an empire until 1912.
Algeria, on the other hand has been a Moroccan province during the Almohad era, and from the middle 1500s it became an ottoman province, until the 1830, year of the French conquest of Algeria.
@@dragenmaster5385 lol yes, so the Human race began in 1962?
@@dragenmaster5385 algeria is a French creation made by splitting little bit of Morocco, Tunisia and Libyan territories unlike Morocco that was a glorious empire occupied most of every single north African nation and the Iberian peninsula.
@@aimenelhabry6178 Morocco is the French creation. It was created by the French general Hubert Lyautey who designed the Morocco flag, national anthem and territories.
Make a video about Macedonias name dispute with Greece
please talk about venezuela's crisis
Thank you for visualizing the cause of the Saharawi people 🇪🇭✌🏽🥰
The free sahrawi republic must B independent
no i don't think so
How powerful is Romania??
Was there a period when nations were not at war?
Evil Blast you get why though, right?
tripleog1366 Humans...
Since 1991 and the polizario are not a country by the way
How does the UN enforce its decisions if countries don’t follow them?
It doesn’t…
How does it feel being beaten by a smaller channel (Caspian Report) in terms of quality content?
just wait for oil or any other precious element or liquid discovery and then instead of issue getting resolved for locals it will get worst
For the Liberty. Galvez (Kingdom of Spain) or Lafayette (French Crown) supported by arms the cause of the Independence and Freedom of the USA. Morocco is very symbolic but anecdotal and interested. Western Sahara Secular and Hispanic Berber close to Macaronesia and Western Civilization
Thank you inspiring really
Spaniards are moorish
@@Mauri7782 ¡LMFAO!
Did their genes were also same like Berber? 😂
@@Mauri7782 So, Portuguese people are also Moorish! 😂
Lol
You are right, we are all Mediterranean and Mestizo and Greco-Latin and Carthaginian-Phoenician people,etc..... And the Saharawis are not Francophones but proudly Hispanic. specifically Afro Hispanic Arabereber Beydane. 3 in 1=Latin-Western and Libyan-Berber Canary Islands, Mauritania and Western Sahara, a single Super State: 3 in 1. And of course, Iberians and Berbers are the same People. Inekaren=Mazigia=Tamazgha
I am from Western Sahara
We will certainly take our independence
Thank you so much NowThis Word
No you won't.... Ask your masters, Algeria, to give you 10 % of there enormous Sahara.
Moroccan people love its Sahara. It's the roots of the Moroccan tree. ALLAH, AL WATAN, AL MALIK.
Free Western Sahara.
@@user-gf6fc5dg9i GOD HOMELAND KING
صحراوية فالحة End the military junta in Algeria.
You will never gain independence Allah will not allow it.
Sahrawistan is Sahrawi
Historically speaking the empire of Morocco dates back way before any of the mentioned dates where the occupied lands in North Africa reached beyond Sahara (this is pre-European colonization)... Sahara still benefits to this day from improved infrastructure and investment made by Morocco (given the 85%)... In fact many Moroccans think Sahara costs too much money to maintain when compared to other parts of Morocco... All and all, if Sahara wants its independence it'll be reminiscence of South Sudan all over again
Zack Megroud I like how you ignored that Moroccan officers often raid and brutally beat the native sahraoui people, also it's funny if you think that they will be considered equal in morocco
Wass Ok they're not natives they're all Arabs
phantom page Morocco is actually the nation in North Africa where 90% of the people and more are Native north africans, NOT arabs.
Wass Ok Moroccan officers beats moroccan people too Lol, thats just how they are. But dont believe everything u see on the net, because there is a big conflict between Morocco and Algeria, and Polisario is a mission from Algeria they are using Algerians to try to act like Sahrawis, so that Algeria can steal territory and resources
I am ignorant to the unfortunate situation if that is true. It is inhumane to treat fellow human beings in that manner. However, corruption along with inequality and an indirect class system cannot be denied its existence within Morocco no matter where you reside whether it being in the north or south.
How powerful is north Sudan
I mean I can understand that they want independence but Would it be so Bad to be a part of Morocco ? They would get an infrastructure and education without to pay it by themselves...
Brimi it's our land and polisario group backed by algeria is just a card algeria want a land on the atlantic also this group has links to terrorists organization
And i can sure u in the next years this group itself will turn to a terrorist group
Also morocco invested nearly 10 bilions in that region
For 7 years
Brimi Some people just think it's better for them to be independent than to br part of a stronger country (Catalonia, Kosovo etc.).
Brimi they also get to be bombed with white phosphorus and kicked out of their homes into the dessert by an absolute monarch that does it's best to keep democracy and political opposition away. You should hear the horrors told by survivors and refugees.
some countries/states/regions independence claims are ridicolous (catalonia for example) and some are justified like western saharan people
Othman bettach No, it's not your land.
You failed to mention the history before colonization, which is a real shame. The Moroccan Empire extended beyond its current borders, and included regions that are today part of Algeria, Mauritania and Mali (at its highest extent it included even parts of Iberia and Senegal). So it's only natural that we would want to keep the southern regions at least (so-called "Western Sahara").
Theophagous Yes ☝️🏽💪🏾🇲🇦
Theophagous And the UK colonized half the world. Let's have that again shall we? Your argument is bad and you should feel bad.
It was ONCE part but not anymore... so your argument is invalid
Keegan Wells There is a huge difference, Moroccans and sahrawis are the basically the same people, same genetics and same culture. The UK colonized other people with different skin color and different cultures. We was actually 1 nation with the same people.
Keegan Wells And we did NOT colonize them either, because there was never such thing as West sahara. There just was 1 nation and 1 region
How powerful is Vietnam
I think this conflict doesn’t have a solution because of the many external interests (France), because the people in the territory have expressed their desire of independence, and the referendum wasn’t possible because of the Morocco influence in the UN, and the Morocco’s people shouldn’t be the part of that referendum. The saharawi in the refugee camps in Tinduf deserves to return to their home, and with their country recognized.
I agree Morocco only wants the land not the people they massacre the Sahrawi
@@mohamedwaititi6192 hhhhh :) if you are a Man go claim it hhh just bla bla bla talks :)
@@son-of-the-moorish-empire in your sweet streams that Sahara ever become Moroccan
@@mohamedwaititi6192 actually it's already ours. I've been there last month hhh tic tic atlantique hhh
We take the land and you take the terroristes hhh
@@son-of-the-moorish-empire unrecognized claims and occupation wooh 🤣🤣🤣😂😂
wedding mehendi is still on hand....congratulations on wedding....heart broken...
0:40 oh god I hate hearing this, "sahrawi" isn't an ethnic group, its a word describing someone who lives in the desest! the people over there are ethnically Amazigh, same as the rest of Morocco
@Justin Y. i guess u still living in 1950
@Justin Y. no u confusing morocco with algeria
When I heard oil: AMERICA
Could you do a video, on some of the world's worst human rights abusing nations.
Now this world needs to make a list of established groups with little to no recognition. like Somaliland, al nursa, and Ukraine separatists like they have control of some land able to administer it. have a standing army and collect taxes.
The morocca regime illegally invaded the Western Sahara in 1975. It used Napalm against the local unarmed population and hundreds were killed. Thousands fled with their lives to neighbouring Algeria, where they are still living in refugee camps. The region lives under a dictatorship where any demonstrations against the occupation are brutally crushed. There are hundreds of Sahrawi political prisoners in moroccan jails. Western Sahara has never been part of Morocco, and this was confirmed by both the UN and the European court, as well as by historical accounts. But the moroccan regime's greed makes it think that it can hold on to the occupation. However, war has broke in 2020 with the Sahrawi Liberation Army, now determined to drive the moroccan army out. War is likely to intensify in the coming months to full scale war as soon as the Sahrawi Liberation Army receives more weapons from their friends worldwide.
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I have a question. Why soesn't algeria properly help those refugees? Cuz being in a camp since 1975 is a long time
you can go ask anybody who is form the Western Sahara if they would be under the sahawri republic or the moroccan monarchy and they would say there moroccan monarchy, western sahawri armed rebels are terrorists they kill literal citizens so please wake up dude
Napalm sounds good! They should have burned those rebels alive! Ahaha funny tho
This is very disappointing if West sahra actually became independent it would be very very rich
It would be ruled by polisario terrorists and become like south soudan
The United States affirms, as stated by previous Administrations, its support for Morocco’s autonomy proposal as the only basis for a just and lasting solution to the dispute over the Western Sahara territory. Therefore, as of today, the United States recognizes Moroccan sovereignty over the entire Western Sahara territory and reaffirms its support for Morocco’s serious, credible, and realistic autonomy proposal as the only basis for a just and lasting solution to the dispute over the Western Sahara territory. The United States believes that an independent Sahrawi State is not a realistic option for resolving the conflict and that genuine autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty is the only feasible solution.
It always baffles me how Morrocans advocate colonization done by their own country when they will probably oppose it elsewhere, the US recognized Western Sahara as a Morrocan territory in exchange of the Morrocan normalization with Israel get your facts straight, the UN doesn't support Morrocan colonization of the Western Sahara and after the long history of UN support of colonial power all over the planet it makes it hard to believe that Morroco has any authority on that piece of land
But sadly, the US and Spain are now alone with that idea. And I am pretty sure that Spain might withdraw their decision, since Algeria took the embassadors from Spain (And maybe also shorten the LNG-supply for Spain which will have terrible consequences).
hello the information on the video is wrong ! How can Morocco be regarded as a newly formed nation after wwII ?
For your information, the Sahara region was part of Morocco, long prior to the colonization period. Before Spain colonized the Sahara region during WWII, it was Morocco's southern region that they had invaded, and not the so called ethnically Saharan people's republic or whatever it was called on the video !
Morocco only claimed its lands back after it got its independence from related colonizer. Other claims only come from groups of illegal militants. Period. Check your African civilization history books on the exact dates of the establishment of countries. Leave the ethnicity be unrelated to who shall claim sovereignty on a piece of land historically pertaining to Morocco who are one of the oldest civilizations in the northern tip of Africa.
FAKE NEWS !! FAKE REPORTING FAKE MEDIA !!
@@othmanefadil2334 fake media ? it’s called history
@@souraya8323 fake history u mean
@@HamzaDesigns1fake country you have
The US should stand by their support for Morocco's control of the Western Sahara. They are out oldest allies and one of the first to recognize them, we owe it to them.
Thank you my American friend 🇲🇦🇺🇸
The first
ok boomer
Do how powerful is finland
Western Sahara ? All i know is southern moroccan desert with angry population fighting for moroccan sand
Well, it's only you Moroccans who call it Moroccan Sahara. UN, African Union, Europe Union, the whole world calls it Western Sahara. Even your closest allies France, Saudi Arabia, US, Qatar, Spain and Israel don't recognize your fake sovereignty over it and call it WS not Moroccan. Only you Moroccans are stubborn on this issue. Before that you were insisting Mauritania was yours as well, and now you don't even mention Spanish Ceuta and Melilla and no man's land Perejil/Leila Island. Nowadays you are begging Mauritanians to be more flexible re it's position towards WS. Strange how you divided Western Sahara with Mauritania in 1975 and then took over the half left by Mauritania in 1979, and was due recognizing its mistake and signing a peace deal with Saharawi Republic (recognized by more than 84 countries). You know what? Just get out of Western Sahara and leave its people in peace. None believes your story except you and ...you.
صحراوية فالحة Then why are more and more defections happen from the Polisario fighters. Support for the Polisario keeps declining. Now because of the unrest in Algeria you no longer get money and weapons from them. There is no such thing as "Western Sahara" and there never will be. You are nothing more than a collection of foreign legions hired by Algeria and it's allies.
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You are mere agitators, do not become agitated. The Palestinians live in massacres and diamonds. You know the desert of the Sahara is Moroccan and will remain on its land with its king and its people until he inherits to God his land not for mercenaries who want to fight Morocco until you take a desert
U dont even know the difference between the desert and the country😂
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So, nowadays, which country governs Western Sahara?
Flávio Viana Gomide
Singapore by the way
Morocco, its de facto moroccan. Governed and controlled by morocco inhabited by people who support moroccan claim. The seperatists live mainly in algerian exile
Morocco
Informative. But why is an image of a church (complete with cross on top) being used to represent this Muslim country?
Because Spain has builded churches in Western Sahara.
siro t7waw ntoma w polisario :)
Liberate Kurdistan!
Cody Morgan wheres or what is kurdistan
Phantom Knight Do you live on the other side of the moon?
Mr. Dr. Genius lemme guest china or russia took kurdistand from what i think i know
Mr. Dr. Genius and yes i am from the other side of the moon
Phantom Knight Kurdistan is another "country" in the Middle East that wants independence.
Fun fact if western sahara really belongs to morocco then, why morocco gave a part of it to muritania ??? Dosen't it belong to them ??
Besides moroccan people are tricky. Altough, war has never been a solution and, we must find a peacfuly solution so we can end this :)
Mauretania itself was under Moroccan rule. However, France gave it independance in 1960. Since Morocco's independance in 1955 from France, Morocco has engaged the UN and demanded independance of it's southern territories which include sidi ifni and the Sahara. These are facts not gotchas.
@@OK-mb7cy every nastion has right on self determination, including sahrawi people and mauritanian people. We don't want to be a part of Morocco.
@@BoukhariLaabaidi the key word there is "nation". Throughout history, there was never a nation of the sahraoui people in that territory. All there was are tribes that pledged allegiance to Morocco just like other tribes all over Morocco. What makes the Sahraouis as opposed to Chleuh, ruffians... so special. What you are advocating for is secession. No modern state in the world will accept their territory to be divided. Also, the only historically known sahraoui people are the touareg. Do they have a state? The sahara extends from the Atlantic to the red sea, show me a "sahraoui nation" anywhere in that whole region. There isn't any. If you ir some members if your tribe feel you need a state of your own, by all means, head on to southern algeria or to Mauretania. It's a massive land mass and hardly anybody lives there except some tribes related to yours.
Do a video about macedonia
Morocco has been occupying the Western Sahara for more than 46 years and even so it continues to say that it is its territory but it never was and I will tell you why in 1975 when Spain made the tripartite agreements of Madrid on November 14, 1975 Spain left the territory to Morocco and Morocco took and divided its territory with Mauritania, now tell me who divides its territory with another country?
free sahara
Dumbass Spain divided it Morocco own it pre-colonization. Morocco is still following UN orders and laws regarding the territory wanne know who doesn't??? The polisario front who are attacking Moroccan bases Morocco has done nothing but follow the Madrid accords which gave them the control over the land. Mauritania was to weak and corrupt to hold there land so Morocco got full control.
@@morocco_020fc7 and Spain had to cede the territory to Morocco and Mauritania because it had no other choice since Morocco had France and the United States as allies
@@sidahmedmuslim5266 Spain it self wasn't going to give it to someone Morocco was the one pressuring them and the last draw for Spain was the green march and right after that they gave it to morocco and Mauritania. Spain wanted to keep it when Morocco started the greater Morocco plan they took a lot of land from Spain and declared war on them did you really think Spain just gave us our land?? Also Spain needed to give it away any how bc of the decolonization laws
@@morocco_020fc7 in your dream Western Sahara 🇪🇭 is independent country that belongs to its people
@@mohamedwaititi6192 No dear.
why didn't you show the old map of morocco before the french protection started ?
edit: we owned the sahara before spain and france divided the country between each others.
get your facts straight
there are. The ICJ court recognized the historical claim between sahrawi tribes and the sultan of morocco
What's wrong with her arm?
Well everyone knew about this conflict the one fact is that what is Western Sahara actually called. In some places people call it Arab Sahrawi League and all that?
It's called Morocco (southern provinces)
Well yes. Some call it Western Sahara, Moroccan nationalists call it Southern Morocco or Moroccan Sahara.
"De-Colonization"
The magreb (morocco) was always there and bigger than now but europeans cut it in many countries, maybe the referendum should be to join (a stronger morocco and why not federate) and not to divise the region.
a federation would be a reasonable solution that all parties might accept ONLY if its a true federation not a trick by moroco ...there is a huge problem o ftrust between everone envolved ....as an algerian myself i cant come to trust moroco or my goverment ...both our political systems are not trust worthy ...sadly .
i know that there is an political issue about trust and also an etnic-nationalistic issue but nowadays we are exporting migrants and we are a poore place sadly, so must find a solution in the global world we are suffering now, and in this new time only big ones survive, i only hope the solution doesnt involve war and doesnt involve foreign interests... i think peace, free trade and free movement is all what people want and need and the diferences beetween people were always there and always there was convivence without problems so some day we shall make it again maybe following the european example. Regards from someone who was born in oujda (morocco) grown in spain and lived in france recently.
@@tecleatortecleator2572 To be honest, I would be supportive towards the idea of a North African federation consisting all North African countries (including the ones in the Sahel zone, as an option to fight poverty and instabillity in those countries)
What is going on in eastern Ukraine?
Did you time travel?
Do a Video on Philippines ISIS War ..
and have the entire comment section full of MILF jokes
I support the polisario front 🇿🇲❤️🇪🇭
This is only Morocco territory and saharawis isn’t an ethnic group
austrians too is not an ethnic group
Moroccans are also then not an ethnic group, what's your point then?
What_ whx_dat I didn’t say moroccans is an ethnic group the only ethnic group is arab in the region
@@nawfelmoumen1910 And the berbers?
How powerful is Romania
There is only moroccan sahara
The Sahara is Moroccan and Morocco is in its sahara
The Sahara is independant and Morocco is part of Algeria.
Keegan Wells i dont think so... you've drank too much milk. go back to whatever you were doing
history says that all north africa is moroccan so I don't know what you talking about :/
Definitely not you go revise your otman empire lesson
Im not gonna discuss with a moroccan ignorant who think that the ottomans couldn't invade morocco
It is not palestine, so no one cares.
that's just a propaganda.
WesternSahara is classified by UN as a disputed territory not as an occupied territory. it exists in the same list with virgin Island, Guam and Samoa. claiming WesternSahara to be occupied means Virgin Island, Guam and Samoa are occupied too.
How powerful is Republic of Georgia?
Georgie you mean the state or that one country that is next to russia and azerbaijan and armenia...?
Sáhara libre, su administración legal es Española y se tiene que hacer un referéndum libre de los marroquíes nacidos allí.