{"slug": "western-sahara", "label": "Western Sahara", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Sahara", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6250", "qid": "Q6250", "description": "territory in North and West Africa", "entries": 10, "years": 9, "span": [1434, 2024], "span_label": ["1434 CE", "2024 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "morocco", "label": "Morocco", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "august", "label": "August", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "israel", "label": "Israel", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mauritania", "label": "Mauritania", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1434, "year_label": "1434 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "August", "text": "August – Portuguese explorer Gil Eanes and his crew sail around the dangerous Cape Bojador of North Africa (off of Western Sahara) and survive, becoming the first Europeans to make the voyage and ending the legends about what lies on the other side of the \"Dark Sea\". The achievement is a breakthrough in trade between Europe and Asia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1335073150#July–September", "title": "1434", "revid": 1335073150, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1975, "year_label": "1975 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "November 6", "text": "November 6 – The Green March begins: 300,000 unarmed Moroccans converge on the southern city of Tarfaya and wait for a signal from King Hassan II of Morocco to cross into Western Sahara.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369955775#November", "title": "1975", "revid": 1369955775, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1976, "year_label": "1976 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 26", "text": "February 26 – The Spanish Armed Forces withdraw from Western Sahara.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372603253#February", "title": "1976", "revid": 1372603253, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1976, "year_label": "1976 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 27", "text": "February 27 – The Polisario Front, Western Sahara's national liberation movement, declares independence of the territory under the name \"Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372603253#February", "title": "1976", "revid": 1372603253, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1979, "year_label": "1979 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 5", "text": "August 5 – The Polisario Front signs a peace treaty with Mauritania. Mauritania withdraws from the Western Sahara territory it had occupied, and cedes it to the SADR.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371786119#August", "title": "1979", "revid": 1371786119, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1984, "year_label": "1984 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 12", "text": "November 12 – Western Sahara conflict: Morocco leaves the Organization of African Unity in protest at the admission of Western Sahara as a member.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371242779#November", "title": "1984", "revid": 1371242779, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 2005, "year_label": "2005 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Algeria refuses entry to four Moroccan journalists working for the Moroccan Sahara Foundation NGO, expelling them to Rome. The move follows increased Morocco-Algeria tensions over the Western Sahara.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370185973#Events", "title": "2005 in Algeria", "revid": 1370185973, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 2020, "year_label": "2020 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 10", "text": "December 10 – Western Sahara conflict, Arab–Israeli conflict: Israel and Morocco normalise diplomatic relations. Simultaneously, the United States reaffirms its previous recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over the Western Sahara and announces plans to build a consulate there.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371633312#December", "title": "2020", "revid": 1371633312, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 2021, "year_label": "2021 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "January 9", "text": "9 January – David Schenker, assistant secretary of state for near eastern affairs, and the highest-ranking U.S. diplomat for North Africa and the Middle East, visits Western Sahara.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354170965#January_and_February", "title": "2021 in Morocco", "revid": 1354170965, "section": "Events › January and February"}}, {"year": 2024, "year_label": "2024 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "October 4", "text": "4 October – The European Court of Justice strikes down a trade agreement between the European Commission and Morocco allowing the exports of agricultural products from the Western Sahara to the EU, citing failure to account for the rights of the region's inhabitants to self-determination.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1298584617#October", "title": "2024 in Morocco", "revid": 1298584617, "section": "Events › October"}}]}