The phosphate-rich region with direct access to the Atlantic Ocean is home to the around 160,000 local Sahrawi people who have been seeking autonomy ever since Spain withdrew from the area in 1975.

A Sahrawi-Australian woman has called for more recognition of her people's struggle for independence in the Western Sahara. The disputed territory is known as the last African colonial state yet ...

In a recent landmark ruling, the African Court denounced the Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara as a serious violation of the right to self-determination. In a landmark ruling of 22 September ...

The camps are home to the Sahrawi people of Western Sahara and are administered by their freedom movement Polisario, ... A History of Torture in Mexico’s War Against Subversives. Hayley Brown.

This festival, born from a shared dream between the Sahrawi people, Spanish filmmakers and solidarity organizations, would not exist without you. AMY GOODMAN: That was María Carrión.

Around 70 people gathered in front of the screen as a film was beamed onto it from a 16-wheeler truck. Some sat on carpets, rolled out over rocky, reddish sand; others crouched on low dunes.

The Moroccan soccer team's history-making successes at the World Cup are stirring mixed emotions in the disputed territory of Western Sahara. my favs. Access and manage your favorites here ...

Gaby's people were promised a referendum on freedom. Three decades on, they're still waiting Gaby Alamin says she is the only Sahrawi woman living in Australia.

Since 1975, thousands of Sahrawi people have lived in five refugee camps in the Algerian Sahara. They named these camps after cities in Western Sahara: Ausserd, Boujdour, Dakhla, Laayoune and Smara.