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

However, they only control a fraction ... More Department-authorised map of Morocco recognising the internationally-disputed territory of the Western Sahara (bearing a signature by US Ambassador ...

Benjamin Netanyahu's office has said that the Israeli prime minister "mistakenly" displayed a map showing Western Sahara as separate ... he believed Israel must control the Philadelphi Corridor ...

The United Kingdom is shifting its stance on the disputed Western Sahara, backing Morocco's plan to offer its people limited ...

In recent years, various countries have backed Morocco's position, including the United States, Spain, France, Germany and ...

Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy called Morocco's proposal “credible, viable and pragmatic" during a visit to Rabat.

This page is no longer being updated. It was last updated on 28 October 2024 Western Sahara is a sparsely-populated area of mostly desert situated on the northwest coast of Africa. A former ...

In 1975, colonial power Spain abandoned Western Sahara, and Morocco swooped in to ... Meanwhile, Morocco has cemented its control over what it calls its “southern provinces,” developing ...

Britain has become the latest country to back a plan to give limited autonomy to the disputed territory of Western Sahara, while keeping it under Moroccan control. Foreign Secretary David Lammy ...