Partido de Unión Nacional Saharaui (PUNS, Sahrawi National Union Party) was a short-lived political party set up by Francoist Spain to rally indigenous support in its rebellious Spanish Sahara colony (nowadays Western Sahara).
Read more about Sahrawi National Union Party: Creation of PUNS, Political Profile, Collapse in 1975
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