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Ifni War

The Ifni War, sometimes called the Forgotten War in Spain (la Guerra Olvidada), was a series of armed incursions into Spanish West Africa by Moroccan insurgents that began in October 1957 and culminated with the abortive siege of Sidi Ifni.

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rt of the general movement of deconlonization that swept Africa throughout tiinahe later half of the 20th century, was conducted primarily by elements of the Moroccan Army of Liberation which, no longer tied down in conflicts with the French, committed a significant portion of its resources and manpower to the capture of Spanish possessions.

Sand war

The Sand War or Sands War was aborder conflict between Algeria and Morocco in October 196. It resulted largely from the Moroccan government's claim to portions of Algeria's Tindouf and Béchar provinces. The Sand War led to a heightened tensions between the two countries for several decades. It was also notable for a short-lived Cuban and Egyptian military intervention on behalf of Algeria, and for ushering in the first multinational peacekeeping mission carried out by the Organization of African Unity.

1971 Moroccan coup attempt

The 1971 Moroccan coup attempt or the  Skhirat coup d'état was an unsuccessful attempted by rebel military leaders to assassiante King Hassan 2 of Morocco on 10 July 1971, the day  of this forty-second birthday. It was the first of half a dozen other attempted coup d'état during the king's regime

Lieutenant-colonel M'hamed Abadou with, and under the order of General Mohamed Medbouh , were the main instigators of the attack on Hassan2's summer palace in Skhirat on the Atlantic coast, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of Rabat, and ordered the seizing of several key places in Rabat in order to establish a republic. The main motive was the unveiling of several occurrences of corruption inside the Moroccan government and royal family.

 1972 Moroccan coup attempt

The 1972 Moroccan coup attempt was an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate King Hassan² of Morocco on 16 August 1972. The attempted coup d'état occurred in Morocco when a rebel faction within the Moroccan military attempted to shoot down an aircraft carrying the Moroccan king, Hassan². The attempt was orchestrated by General Mohamed Oufkir, a close advisor to king Hassan.

He was assisted by Mohamed Amekrane, commander of the Moroccan air force base at Kenitra. On August 16, four Northrop F-5 jets, acting on Oufkir's orders, intercepted Hassan's Boeing 727 as it returned from France. Reportedly, king Hassan, grabbed the radio and told the rebel pilots "Stop firing! The tyrant is dead!" Fooled, the rebel pilots broke off their attack.

Year of lead (Morocco)

The Year of lead (Arabic: Sanawat ar-Rusas, French: années de plomb) is the term used to describe a period of the rule of king Hassan² of Morocco, mainly the 1960s through the 1980s, marked by state violence against dissidents and democracy activists.

Madrid Accords 

The Madrid Accords , also called Madrid Agreement or Madrid Pact, was a treaty between Spain , Morocco, and Mauritania to end the Spanish presence in the territory  of Spanish Sahara, which was  until the Madrid Accords' inception a Sapnish province and former colony.

It was signed in Madrid on November 1, 1975, although it was never published on the Boletin Oficial de Estado. This agreement was in conflict with the Law on decolonization of Sahara, ratified by the Spanish Parliament (Cortes) on November 18. In cause of the Madrid agreement , the territory would then be divided between Morocco and Mauritania.

Green March

The Green March was a strategic mass demonstration in November 1975, coordinated  by the Moroccan government , to force Spain to hand over the disputed , autonomous semi-metropolitan province of Spanish Sahara to Morocco. The demonstration of some 50,000 Moroccans advanced several kilometres into the western Sahara territory, escorted by nearly 20,000 Moroccan troops, and meeting very little response by the Sahrawi Polisario Front.
Nevertheless, the events quickly escalated into a fully waged war between Morocco and the militias of the Polisario, the Western Sahara War , which would last for 16 years. Morocco later gained control over the former Spanish Sahara, which it continues to hold.

Western Sahara conflict

The Western Sahara conflict is an ongoing conflict between the Polisario Front and the kingdom of Morocco. The conflict is the continuation of the past insurgency by Polisario against the Spanish colonial forces in 197-75 and the subsequent Western Sahara War between the Polisario and Morocco (1975-91). Today the conflict is dominated by unarmed civil campaigns of the Polisario Front and their self proclaimed SADR state to gain fully recognized independence for Western Sahara.

The conflict escalated after the winthdrawal of Spain from the Spanish Sahara in accordance with the Madrid Accords. Beginning in 1975, the Polisario Front, backed and supported by Algeria, waged a 16- year- long war for independence against Mauritania and Morocco.
In February 1976, the Polisario Front declared the establishment of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, which was not admitted into the United Nations, but won limited recognition by a number of other states Following the annexation of Western Sahara by Morocco and Mauritania in 1976, and the Polisario Front's declaration of independence, the UN adressed the conflict via a resolution reaffirming the right to self-determination of the Sahrawi people.