Abhatoo - Centre Nationale de Documentation

1. The colonial dismantling of the Sharifian Empire (Morocco) in the 19th and 20th centuries
1.1. An Empire with recognized borders at the time of colonization
1.1.1. Recognition by colonial powers, in different forms, of Sharifian Empire sovereignty over the Sahara
1.1.2. Colonial powers violate the principle of good faith in denying their recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over the Sahara
1.1.3. Persistent Moroccan claims to sovereignty over the Sahara
1.1.4. Morocco's recovery of the Sahara, in accordance with International Law
1.1.5. Sharing the Sahara with Mauritania to build the Greater Maghreb
1.2. The Moroccan identity of Saharan tribes
1.2.1. The impossible distinction between Saharan populations and other Moroccan populations
1.2.2. The Bey'a, allegiance, consistently sworn by the tribes to the Sultan of Morocco
1.2.3. Present-day decentralization: extending the decentralization in effect at the time of colonization in the Sahara
1.3. The internationalization of the Sahara issue
1.3.1. The birth and misappropriation of the Polisario front
1.3.2. The UN process and Morocco's compliance with International Legality
1.3.3. Morocco's broad autonomy initiative for the Sahara region - a manifestation of the right to self-determination
1.3.4. Recognition of the Sahara's Moroccan identity
2. The current situation in the Moroccan Sahara
2.1. The Royal Vision as to the Sahara's Moroccan identity
2.2. The primacy of decentralized development
2.2.1. Advanced regionalization at the service of Southern Provinces' development
2.2.2. The Southern Provinces' new development model
2.3. The Sahara development momentum sustained by the Moroccan State
2.3.1. Strategies implemented
2.3.2. Dynamic economic growth
2.3.3. Developing natural resources for the benefit of the population
2.4. Putting people at the heart of national and regional development strategies
2.4.1. The attachment of the Sahrawi populations to Morocco
2.4.2. Promotion of human rights
2.4.3. Inclusive and equitable human development
3. The situation in the camps of Tindouf under the yoke of the Polisario, but effectively of Algeria
3.1. Tindouf : lawlessness in the camps of Tindouf
3.1.1. Locked down camps to isolate inhabitants
3.1.2. Putting the question of rights and democracy on the back burner
3.1.3. Denial of women's and children's rights
3.1.4. The persistence of slavery
3.1.5. Outright banning of any opposition
3.1.6. Hijacking humanitarian aid
3.1.7. Largely internationally recognized human rights violations
3.2. Divisions within Polisario: on the myth of representativeness
3.3. Polisario : a destabilizing factor in the Sahel-Saharan space
4. Algeria : a stakeholder in the Sahara conflict
4.1. Algeria's instrumentalization of this conflict
4.2. Algeria's stubbornness in sustaining the Sahara conflict at the expense of Maghreb development
4.3.The systematic refusal by Algeria of the outstretched hand of Morocco