Africanews English. French officials visit disputed Western Sahara territory. Posted: February 18, 2025 | Last updated: March 8, 2025. A Sahrawi man walks on the patio of a closed school in Bir ...

That year, Morocco presented the UN Security Council with a vague three-page “autonomy plan” for Western Sahara that, in fact, simply asserted Rabat’s sovereignty over the disputed territory. In ...

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Morocco's King Mohammed VI, 2nd right, flanked by his brother prince Moulay Rachid, inspects the royal guard in Laayoune, the capital of disputed territories of the Western Sahara, Nov. 7, 2015.

For nearly 50 years, the former Spanish colony of Western Sahara has been disputed territory in northern Africa, claimed by Morocco but fought over by an Indigenous independence movement supported ...

UK backs Morocco's plan for disputed Western Sahara. 2 June 2025. Share Save. James Landale. ... (260,000 sq km) of territory but part is controlled by the Polisario Front, ...

Guatemala threw its full support behind Morocco’s Autonomy Plan for Western Sahara on Thursday, calling it the only realistic ...

"The Western Sahara has gone from a disputed territory that was radioactive to foreign investors to an increasingly normal region that's receiving a growing flow of capital," Riccardo Fabiani ...

Western Sahara is a strip of coastal desert rich in phosphates and fish that the United Nations has considered a “non-self-governing territory” throughout almost 50 years of dispute.

UK backs Morocco's plan for disputed Western Sahara. Image source, Anadolu Agency via Getty Images. ... (260,000 sq km) of territory but part is controlled by the Polisario Front, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK government has thrown its backing behind Morocco’s plan for resolving the Western Sahara dispute ...