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human
eli5: Can someone please explain the current “Western Sahara” disputes? It seems like it’s not contained to only North African countries.

I don’t understand much of what happens in Northern Africa and the Middle East, but I’d like to!
gpt
Spain controlled it, then ceded all the territory in North Africa they owned to Morocco. Morocco insists that it included Western Sahara. Algerian-backed rebels insist it does not and that it's "independent".