Why does this remote swathe of Sahara along the Atlantic seaboard
concern the USA and Europe? Why does Morocco maintain its
occupation? Why has the UN Security Council prevaricated for three
decades while the Sahrawis live under Moroccan rule or as refugees?
In this revealing book, Toby Shelley examines the geopolitics
involved. He brings out: The little-known struggle of Sahrawis
living under Moroccan rule to defend their identity. USA/European
competition for influence in the Maghreb. The natural resources at
stake -- rich fishing grounds, phosphates, and the prospect of oil.
The reasons behind the UN failure to resolve what is now Africa's
last decolonisation issue. The evolution of the USA-backed Baker
Plan to settle the dispute. How the Western Sahara's history and
future is tangled up with Moroccan--Algerian rivalry. The political
development of Polisario, independence movement and
state-in-waiting. Toby Shelley has talked to Polisario, Moroccan,
Algerian and other diplomats. He has visited the territory and had
access to opposition activists and Moroccan officials. In the
refugee camps he interviewed the leadership of Polisario. What
emerges is that the fate of the Western Sahara is being moulded by
global and regional forces and that it is the Sahrawis under
Moroccan rule who are best placed to influence that fate.
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