Morocco Morocco * Moor refugees from Andalusia formed in Salé and Rabat the Republic of Bou Regreg, a base for piracy (1627-1668) ...more on Wikipedia about "History of republicanism in Morocco"
This is a list of United States ambassadors and other Heads of Mission to Morocco. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of United States ambassadors to Morocco"
The Kingdom of Morocco ( Arabic المملكة المغربية) is a country in northwest Africa. It has a long coastline on the Atlantic Ocean that reaches past the Strait of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Algeria to the east, though the Algerian border is closed, Western Sahara to the south, the Mediterranean Sea and Spain to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to its west. Morocco claims ownership of Western Sahara and has administered most of the territory since 1975. Its status is disputed, pending a United Nations referendum. ...more on Wikipedia about "Morocco"
The Southern Provinces is the Moroccan name for Western Sahara, indicating its annexation by the kingdom. The provinces in question are Río de Oro and Saguia el-Hamra. Rio de Oro was annexed by Morocco and Saguia el-Hamra by Mauritania (as Tiris al-Gharbiyya) in 1975, after the Madrid Accords with Spain. An indigenous Sahrawi organization, the Algeria backed Polisario Front, waged a guerrilla war on what they termed a new colonization, which caused Mauritania to pull out in 1979. Morocco then proceeded to annex Saguia el-Hamra as well. ...more on Wikipedia about "Southern Provinces"
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