Mutungamiri weLibya, Muammar Gaddafi, akataura kuti yaive nguva yekuisa mubatanidzwa "mufiriji". Izvi zvakasimudza mibvunzo nezve chimiro cheLibya kuUnited. Kunetsekana kwaive kwekuti Libya yaizove nemhedzisiro yakaipa munzira iyo yaizotungamira sangano. Uyezve, kukwikwidzana kwetsika pakati peMorocco neAlgeria, uye mubvunzo usina kugadziriswa wehutongi hweWestern Sahara, kwakatadzisa misangano yemubatanidzwa kubvira kutanga kwema1990 kunyangwe paine kuyedza kwakawanda kwekutangazve hurongwa hwezvematongerwo enyika. Western Sahara, yaimbova koloni yeSpanish kumaodzanyemba kweMorocco iyo "yakasanganiswa" nehumambo hweMorocco, yakazivisa kuzvimiririra seDemocratic Arab Republic.
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