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international monitoring force
Also known as: United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara(Show More)
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  • Laayoune, Western Sahara
    Laayoune

    …UN peacekeeping mission known as MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara). It has nonetheless been the site of several clashes between Sahrawis and Moroccan authorities, perhaps most notably with the forceful dismantling in 2010 of the Gdeim Izik protest camp, which had been erected to protest…

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    …UN peacekeeping mission known as MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara). It has nonetheless been the site of several clashes between Sahrawis and Moroccan authorities, perhaps most notably with the forceful dismantling in 2010 of the Gdeim Izik protest camp, which had been erected to protest…

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