| Table of Contents: | | | | GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS : ME/NAF, Algeria, Morocco, Western Sahara, EU, France, United States | | | | TOPICS : international relations, border conflict, ethnic, foreign policy, guerrillas, human rights, natural resources, referendum, regional, talks, international law, military | | | | SIGNIFICANCE : With the issue unresolved since most hostilities ended in the 1980s, the lack of breakthrough in peace negotiations during the last two decades is taking its toll. This is reflected in the increasing number of arrests by Morocco of Sahrawi activists in the past year, and threats by Polisario militants to resume armed conflict. |
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