Western Sahara, a vast swath of desert on Africa’s Atlantic coast, is a disputed former Spanish colony.
The pro-independence Polisario Front in Western Sahara said that Morocco had broken their ceasefire and “ignited war.” It warned that “the entry of any Moroccan military, security or civil entity” into the Guerguerat buffer zone “will be considered as a flagrant aggression to which the Sahrawi side will respond vigorously in self-defence and to defend its national sovereignty”.
“This will also mean the end of the ceasefire and the beginning of a new war across the region,” the Polisario Front said.
Morocco denied there had been any armed clashes between the sides and said the three-decade truce remained in place. Morocco said its troops have launched an operation in a no man’s land on the southern border of Western Sahara to end “provocations.” Morocco said its troops have launched an operation in a no man’s land on the southern border of Western Sahara to end “provocations.”
The Polisario Front, which fought a war for independence from 1975 to 1991, demands a referendum on self-determination.
The two sides signed a ceasefire in September 1991 under the aegis of the UN after 16 years of war, but the planned referendum has been repeatedly postponed due to a dispute between Rabat and the Polisario over the composition of the electorate and the status of the territory.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/13/morocco-launches-operation-in-western-sahara-border-zone
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