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WESTERN SAHARA Western Sahara is a territory of North Africa – one of the most sparsely populated territories in the world, mainly consisting of desert flatlands. It has been on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories since the 1960s when it was a Spanish colony. The Kingdom of Morocco and the Polisario Front independence movement (and government of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic or SADR) dispute control of the territory. Since a United Nations-sponsored ceasefire agreement in 1991, most of the territory has been controlled by Morocco, with the remainder under the control of the Polisario / SADR. Western Sahara: Aziza Brahim shortlisted for Freedom to Create Prize Western Saharan singer and musician Aziza Brahim is shortlisted for the 2009 Freedom to Create Prize in the Main Prize category 11 November 2009 Aziza Brahim Video interview with Aziza Brahim - a Sahrawi singer who was born in a refugee camp in Algeria - about music censorship in Western Sahara 07 December 2008