Western Sahara remained a Spanish colony until 1975 when the Moroccan government organized a so-called “Green March” with 350,000 protesters marching into Western Sahara to claim the land.

We go to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, where activists are shining a light on Morocco’s brutal occupation of ...

Morocco has occupied Western Sahara since 1975 in defiance of the United Nations and the international community.

And in Spain, our own government has taken the side of Morocco, which occupies Western Sahara, over the people that it once colonized, the Sahrawi people. And as a result also, there’s a ...

So, what is the current state of affairs? Beisat said that since November 2020 when Morocco again attacked Western Sahara, seizing more lands, hostilities between the two armies have resumed. He ...

In 1983, this vision was formalised through Resolution AHG/Res. 104 (XIX), which called for a ceasefire in Western Sahara and a referendum allowing the Sahrawi people to freely determine their future.

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

An overview of this territory, which is in dispute between the Sahrawi people and Morocco. ... Some key dates in the history of Western Sahara: 1884 - Spain colonises Western Sahara, ...

The indigenous Sahrawi people have lived in camps ever since. Show more. The dispute over Western Sahara is one of Africa’s longest running wars – starting in 1975.

This year marks 50 years since Morocco invaded Western Sahara, forcibly displacing the Sahrawi people into Algeria. Women's rights and climate activist Najla Mohamed-Lamin joins us from the refugee ...

An overview of this territory, which is in dispute between the Sahrawi people and Morocco. ... Some key dates in the history of Western Sahara: 1884 - Spain colonises Western Sahara, ...