ABSTRACT
Although the Western Sahara is not exactly an independent nation, there is cause to present it as such. After a complex history, it has been claimed by (and occupied by) Morocco since 1976; but this is in defiance of the Organization of African Unity and the United Nations. Of its 103,000 square miles (larger than England, Scotland, and Wales combined), Morocco controls two-thirds, while the Polisaro (those fighting for the country’s independence) controls one-third.
