2 Diplomats Rescue 185 Imprisoned By Sahara. It was a desert adventure worthy of the 19th century, but with a few twists. Last month, moved by the tragic stories of 185 abandoned elderly Moroccan ...

DAKHLA, Western Sahara (AP) — Trawlers pack the bustling Western Saharan port of Dakhla, ... WJHL | Tri-Cities News & Weather. Johnson City 49 ...

Chad opened on Wednesday a consulate in Western Sahara, joining African and Arab countries that have established diplomatic missions there in a sign of support for Morocco's claim to the disputed ...

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.

In 1975, colonial power Spain abandoned Western Sahara, and Morocco swooped in to claim the territory as its own. Some of the indigenous Sahrawi population rebelled against their new rulers ...

In 1975, Morocco effectively annexed Western Sahara by staging the Green March—a peaceful procession of 350,000 Moroccans who walked into the region and claimed it as their own.