Western Sahara War

The Western Saharan War was an armed struggle between the Emirate of Hassaniya against the Morocco and Niger.

= Background =

Handover of the Western Sahara
The "Decolonization Resolution of 1960" established the transfer of sovereignty over the then Trust Territory of Western Sahara from the United States of America to the Kingdom of Morocco. During the resolution, the Mauritanian representatives demanded for a partition of the Western Sahara which was later discarded thanks to a series of maritime and economic which were given in exchange. This decision however, was widely unpopular between the Mauritanian people who saw the Sahrawis as a brother nation.

1976 Mauritanian Revolution
Popular disappointment with the secular nation states and Westernized ruling elites, which had dominated Mauritania since its independence, and which were increasingly seen as ineffective, Francophiles and lacking cultural authenticity.

In the 1976 Mauritanian Revolution of that year, extremist insurgents seized the capital city of Nouakchott and installed an Islamic Emirate that would strictly follow the Shariah law. The country would be renamed to "Hassaniya" due to the Christian Latin etymology of Mauritania. The revolution shocked the Muslim World and caused an Islamic revivalism throughout the whole world.