Transnational Issues Western Sahara

Disputes - international:

Morocco claims and administers Western Sahara, but sovereignty

remains unresolved; UN-administered cease-fire has remained in

effect since September 1991, but attempts to hold a referendum have

failed and parties have rejected other proposals; Mauritanian claims

to Western Sahara have been dormant in recent years; Morocco allowed

Spanish fishermen to fish temporarily off the coast of Western

Sahara after an oil spill soiled Spanish fishing grounds

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