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Name: Kingdom of Morocco

Type: Polity

Start: 1956 AD

End: 2022 AD

Nation: morocco

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This article is about the specific polity Kingdom of Morocco and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. Morocco was colonized by France and Spain in the early XX century and gained independence from both in 1956. Morocco also controls most of the former Colony of Spanish Sahara, which is considered a disputed territory. Practically, most of the region is controlled by Morocco, whereas the internal region of Western Sahara is controlled by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.

Establishment

  • April 1956: When France ended its protectorate over Morocco, Spain discontinued the protectorate and retroceded the territory to the newly independent kingdom, while retaining the plazas de soberanía which were part of Spain prior to the colonial period, Cape Juby, Ifni, and other colonies (such as Spanish Sahara) outside of Morocco.
  • April 1956: In 1956, French Morocco regained its independence from France.

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    1. Ifni War

    Was a series of armed incursions into Spanish West Africa by Moroccan insurgents.

  • April 1958: The Treaty of Angra de Cintra, signed by Spain and Morocco on 1 April 1958, ended the Spanish protectorate in Morocco. Delivery to Morocco of Cabo Juby.
  • June 1958: The Moroccan Army of Liberation (which was not a part of the regular Moroccan army) declared a ceasefire, bringing to an end the Ifni War. The enclave of Sidi Ifni, which was surrounded by Moroccan territory, was not ceded. It was, however, greatly reduced in size, since its outlying regions, occupied by the Ait Ba Amran tribe were abandoned.

    • 2. Western Sahara War

    Was a conflict of Marocco and Mauritania (until 1979) against the Sahrawi Indigenous Polisario Front that followed the Spanish withdrawal from Spanish Sahara. The Sahrawi indigenous Polisario Front established the Sahrawi Republic and engaged in a guerrilla warfare with Moroccan forces. Morocco did also build several walls in the region to consolidate its control. The conflict ended with a ceasefire in 1991 with most of former Spanish Sahara under Moroccan control.

    2.1.Creation of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

    Was the establishment of the Sahrawi Republic in West Sahara by the Sahrawi indigenous Polisario Front.

  • January 1979: Battle of Tan-Tan.

    • 2.2.Construction of Moroccan Western Sahara Wall

    Morocco built a series of walls in Western Sahara to secure its territorial occupation during the Western Sahara War.

  • July 1982: Moroccan authorities complete the construction of the first wall of Western Sahara.
  • February 1984: Moroccan authorities complete the construction of the second wall of Western Sahara.
  • June 1984: In 1984, the third wall of Western Sahara was completed, solidifying the de facto situation in the region.
  • February 1985: In 1985, the fourth wall was completed in Western Sahara, marking the de facto control of the territory by the Kingdom of Morocco.
  • October 1985: Completion of the fifth wall in Western Sahara by Morocco.
  • May 1987: Moroccan authorities complete the construction of the sixth wall of Western Sahara.

    • 3. Western Saharan clashes

    Are ongoing clashes between the Kingdom of Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic in the disputed region of Western Sahara.

  • November 2020: Morocco secures Guerguerat border crossing.

    • 4. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

  • June 1969: Following a treaty signed on 4 January and ratified 22 April, Spain formally returned the territory to Morocco.

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