WHILE the eyes of the world are fixed upon the genocide in Gaza, the 50th anniversary of another neocolonial conflict has gone relatively unnoticed. In 1975, Morocco annexed the adjacent territory of ...

STATUS WOE Spain controlled Western Sahara from the 1884 Berlin Conference until 1976, when it horse-traded most of the territory to Morocco during the negotiations for the Madrid accords in exchange ...

To separate the different areas from each other and maintain control over the occupation, the Moroccan monarchy built a 2700-kilometer wall across Western Sahara.

In different regions, the Polisario is attacking Moroccan forces along the “Wall of Shame,” a 2,700-kilometer fortification built by Morocco across Western Sahara.

There is neither war nor peace at the moment — in September 1991 a ceasefire was declared between Morocco and the Polisario, but Morocco still has the greatest control over the Western Sahara, despite ...

The group fighting for Western Sahara’s independence warned it may ramp up military attacks as Morocco looks to consolidate control of the disputed territory after securing US and French backing.

In 2007, Morocco submitted its Autonomy Initiative to the UN, proposing that Western Sahara manage its own internal affairs, while Morocco retains control over defence, foreign policy and currency.

Morocco has finished building a sand barrier in a UN-monitored buffer zone in Western Sahara, Prime Minister Saad Eddine El Otmani said, after the Polisario Front independence movement withdrew ...

A French delegation visiting Morocco with President Emmanuel Macron has unveiled investment plans in the disputed Western Sahara as part of a broader suite of ...

At present, Morocco controls an estimated 80% of Western Sahara. According to Transparency International, a nonprofit focused on exposing global corruption, King Mohammed VI has spent more than $862bn ...