Algeria, which borders both Morocco and Western Sahara, has actively supported the Polisario and is home to more than 100,000 Sahrawis living in refugee camps, as well as the Polisario’s leadership.

Western Sahara, a tract of desert the size of Britain, has been the scene of Africa’s longest-running territorial dispute since colonial power Spain left in 1975 and Morocco annexed the territory.

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 1991, the United Nations has led a series of fruitless efforts to resolve the standoff over Western Sahara. A swath of desert about the size of the entire United Kingdom, Western Sahara is ...

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 ...

Western Sahara, a tract of desert the size of Britain, has been the scene of Africa's longest-running territorial dispute since colonial power Spain left in 1975 and Morocco annexed the territory.

(Bloomberg) -- 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 ...

RABAT (Reuters) - Ghana said on Thursday it views a Moroccan autonomy plan as the sole basis to settle the Western Sahara dispute ... conflict pits Morocco, which considers the desert territory ...

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — France has thrown its support behind Morocco’s autonomy plan for the disputed Western Sahara, shifting a decades-old position and adding itself to a growing list of coun… ...

RABAT (Reuters) - Kenya said on Monday it supports Morocco's plan to give the disputed region of Western Sahara autonomy under the North African kingdom's sovereignty, joining a growing number of ...

RABAT — David Lammy, Britain's foreign minister, said on Sunday UK considers Morocco's autonomy proposal as the most feasible basis to resolve the conflict over Western Sahara. The long-frozen ...