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We go to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, where activists are shining a light on Morocco’s brutal occupation of ...
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has lately adopted a more assertive tone on Western Sahara, warning countries close to the kingdom in August 2022 that the territory’s status was an anchor of his ...
Western Sahara has been disputed by Morocco and the national liberation movement since the 1970s. After an unsuccessful referendum in 1991, the territory’s legal status remains contentious.
"One of the more difficult places to visit is the sparsely populated territory known as Western Sahara," writes John P. Smith ...
Even when Spain controlled Western Sahara, Morocco, which lies just north of it, claimed sovereignty over the region. In 1975, Spain withdrew from the territory and it was annexed by Morocco.
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 ...
France and Morocco have historically partnered on issues ranging from counterterrorism to Western Sahara. Morocco is the top destination for French investment in Africa and France is Morocco’s ...
Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — The disputed Western Sahara remains the driving force behind Morocco’s foreign policy, King Mohammed VI said in a rare speech on Friday. The decades-long ...
France and Morocco have historically partnered on issues ranging from counterterrorism to Western Sahara. Morocco is the top destination for French investment in Africa and France is Morocco’s ...
Reuters. FILE PHOTo: Morocco's Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita attends a news conference with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, at the Foreign Ministry in Rabat, Morocco, March 29, 2022.