The dispute over Western Sahara – roughly 100,000 square miles of sparsely populated land to the south of Morocco and Algeria ...

We go to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, where activists are shining a light on Morocco’s brutal occupation of ...

MINURSO (the U.N. mission for the Western Sahara) observers take note of a Moroccan drone strike on ... More a civilian vehicle on January 1st, 2024. The Moroccan army has come under attack in the ...

In November 1975, King Hassan organized the 'Green March'. 350,000 poor Moroccans marched into the Western Sahara carrying Moroccan flags and pictures of the King. And while all the eyes of the world ...

Morocco has occupied Western Sahara since 1975 in defiance of the United Nations and the international community.

The Western Sahara conflict has prevented Maghreb integration, leading to lost opportunities for prosperity in the region. It has also fueled an arms race between Algeria and Morocco and led to ...

In July, France recognized Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara, a break with past policies and a shift in international acceptance of the 2007 Moroccan autonomy proposal, which would grant ...

Western Sahara remained a Spanish colony until 1975 when the Moroccan government organized a so-called “Green March” with 350,000 protesters marching into Western Sahara to claim the land.

Israel on Monday announced its recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over the disputed Western Sahara territory, a former Spanish colony located just south of the North African nation.

Ghana said on Thursday it views a Moroccan autonomy plan as the sole basis to settle the Western Sahara dispute within the framework of the UN, aligning itself with a growing number of Western, ...

The dispute over Western Sahara – roughly 100,000 square miles of sparsely populated land to the south of Morocco and Algeria, and to the west of Mauritania – has become an "intricate" and ...