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The Republic of the Sahara is an internationally unrecognized country whose independence was unilaterally declared in 1976.
It is the former Spanish colony of the Spanish Sahara. Spain left the region in 1975, 1976.
With the departure of the Spaniards
The UN has proposed dividing the region into three parts and ceding territories to Morocco, Algeria and Mauritania. On February 27, 1976.
the Polisario Front declared the region an independent country called the Saharan Democratic Republic. The three countries refused and waived the right, as a result of which it was proposed by the UN
the creation of an independent state. Democracy is now recognized by 49 countries and is a full member of the African Union. Greece has not recognized it.
In 1991, large deposits of phosphorus were discovered near the border with Morocco. Morocco occupied most of the country (western part) and to this day holds and claims it. Since 1991
A ceasefire is in place under the auspices of the UN, which is trying to hold a referendum on the final status of the region.