Western Sahara is also believed to have as yet untapped offshore oil deposits. Read more country profiles, external - Profiles by BBC Monitoring, external Largest city: Laayoune Area: 266,000 sq ...

The French company Engie is under scrutiny from Western Sahara Resource ... It includes major investments in the Sahara, particularly along the Tarfaya-Boucraa-Laayoune axis, to develop green ...

A phosphate conveyor at the Boucraa mine, located 100 km east of Laayoune, caught fire ... act by a Polisario supporter based in the Sahara is not to be ruled out, even though the separatist ...

Israel has recognised Moroccan sovereignty over the disputed territory of Western Sahara, the Moroccan government ... Western Saharan cities of Dakhla or Laayoune in what Morocco sees as tangible ...

RABAT, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Four explosions in the city of Smara in Morocco-controlled Western Sahara late on Saturday ... in Dakhla or the city of Laayoune, in what Morocco sees as tangible support ...

RABAT, July 17 (Reuters) - Israel has recognised Morocco's sovereignty over the disputed territory of Western Sahara and is mulling ... in Dakhla or the city of Laayoune, in what Morocco sees ...

Dati, accompanied by Moroccan Culture Minister Mohamed Mehdi Bensaid, launched a French cultural mission in Laayoune, Western Sahara's main city. She promised to open the territory's first French ...

In a never-enacted agreement, Mauritania ceded the southern part of Western Sahara to Polisario when ... Partition along historic lines would place Laayoune — the disputed territority's largest ...

Only some 28 other countries – mostly African and Arab – have opened consulates in Dakhla or the city of Laayoune, in what Morocco sees as tangible support for its rule over Western Sahara ...

Accompanied by Moroccan Culture Minister Mohamed Mehdi Bensaid, Dati launched a French cultural mission in Laayoune, Western Sahara's main city. She promised to open the territory's first French ...

Western Sahara is a sparsely-populated area of mostly desert situated on the northwest coast of Africa. A former Spanish colony, it was annexed by Morocco in 1975. Since then it has been the ...