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Analysis Western Sahara

The Western Sahara Issue Is Souring Morocco’s Relations With Europe

Maps have long played a crucial, symbolic role in the dispute over the Western Sahara. For years, because most world maps available elsewhere show the international border that separates Morocco from its coveted territory to the south, those that were sold in Morocco had to be separately manufactured for the domestic market, affecting everything from globes and atlases to toy puzzles and address books.

WORLD POLITICS REVIEW | 13 Jan 2022

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News

Ukraine’s Euro 2020 football kit provokes outrage in Russia

A new kit for Ukraine’s football team, showing a map including Russian-annexed Crimea, has provoked anger in Moscow.

BBC | 7 Jun 2021

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In focus

Google Redraws the Borders on Maps Depending on Who’s Looking

The Silicon Valley firm alters maps under political pressure and the inscrutable whims of tech executives.

The Washington Post | 14 Feb 2020

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