Annexation of Western Sahara

rdf:langString Annexation of Western Sahara

rdf:langString The Annexation of Western Sahara was the occupation and incorporation of Western Sahara into Morocco in two stages in 1976 and 1979. On 14 April 1976 the area was annexed by Morocco and Mauritania via the Western Sahara partition agreement, following the two countries' occupation of the area which began on 30 October 1975, and on 14 August 1979 Morocco annexed the remaining territory following Mauritania's withdrawal and renunciation. Annexation is illegal under international law. Under international law, Morocco's annexation of Western Sahara is null and void, such that the territory is not a legal part of Morocco and it remains under the international laws of military occupation. The annexation was supported by the United States, which in 2020 became the only country to formally recognise it as part of the Israel–Morocco normalization agreement.