The only difference is that the Western Sahara flag has a red crescent and star in the middle. ... For example, each camp—which is considered a region—is divided into several small districts.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the push for independence in Western Sahara, Africa’s last “non-self-governing territory.” The Polisario Front—the formerly armed nationalist group ...

In 2025, we mark 50 years since Morocco’s illegal occupation of Western Sahara — a colonial occupation sustained by a repressive military apparatus, a deliberate policy of demographic ...

A Saharawi man holds up a Polisario Front flag in the Al-Mahbes area near Moroccan soldiers guarding the wall separating the Polisario controlled Western Sahara from Morocco on February 3, 2017.

Confident its control over Western Sahara will one day be recognized abroad, Morocco is pouring resources into the territory to win over the indigenous population and erase opposition to its presence.

Since 2007, Morocco has proposed an autonomy plan for the Western Sahara, which U.S. Ambassador Power still deems to be "serious, realistic, and credible," representing "a potential approach that ...

Protestors hold Western Sahara flags in Bordeaux, France, on Dec. 12. (Thibaud Moritz/AFP/Getty Images) The Dec. 11 news article “In U.S.-backed deal, Morocco to normalize ties with Israel ...

Western Sahara was occupied and ruled by Spain from 1884-1976. When Spain left, Morocco annexed the territory and encouraged thousands of Moroccans to settle there.