Mauritania claims Lagouira amid border dispute with Morocco
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Kassataya
Mauritania wants its sovereignty over Lagouira, a town at the southernmost end of the territory claimed by Morocco, to be recognised. The border issue is part of a dispute inherited from the colonial era, as negotiations on Western Sahara continue, Jeune Afrique reports, as carried by Kassataya.
Mauritania wants its sovereignty over Lagouira, a town at the southernmost end of the territory claimed by Morocco, to be recognised, Kassataya reports. The claim comes amid discussions on Western Sahara and a territorial dispute between Nouakchott and Rabat.
Lagouira lies west of Cape Ras Nouadhibou, on a peninsula near the border between the two countries. The Moroccan expression “From Tangier to Lagouira” presents the town as the southern limit of the national territory claimed by the kingdom.
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