Western Sahara is a sparsely-populated area of mostly desert situated on the northwest coast of Africa. A former Spanish colony, it was annexed by Morocco in 1975.

Polisario Front ups the ante in Western Sahara conflict By Nina Kozlowski. Reserved for subscribers. Posted on November 25, 2021 17:56 A Polisario Front ... and some two weeks after three Algerian ...

Some 90,000 people are living in refugee camps in west Algeria, near to the border with Western Sahara, according to the U.N. Refugee Agency, although the Algerian government puts the figure at ...

The United Nations doubled down on its pledge to revive stalled negotiations over the disputed Western Sahara during a visit to the region this week in which its top negotiator met with officials ...

The eldest were forced from Western Sahara when Morocco and Mauritania invaded in 1975. Most are their descendants, and know no other home. Three Sahrawi refugees in Bojoudor camp, Algeria (MEE ...

Accra, April 9, GNA – The Government of the Sahrawi Republic has expressed disappointment over the United States’ statement recognizing Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara.The reaction ...

Weeks after the Moroccan navy intercepted their boat en route to Spain’s Canary Islands, 18 Senegalese migrants say they are on hunger strike to protest their ongoing detention in Bir Gandouz ...

A Sahrawi man walks on the patio of a closed school in Bir Lahlou, Western Sahara, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021. More for You. R30 bet wins R110million Powerball jackpot.

Morocco said on Tuesday that U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's description of its annexation of Western Sahara as an "occupation" was not a misunderstanding but a "premeditated act to alter the ...

Vowing to end wars in Ukraine and Gaza, US President Donald Trump has also set his sights on Western Sahara, adding urgency to talks that show signs of progress but remain far from settled. For the ...

Western Sahara is the native land of Sahrawis, or “People of the desert,” in northern Africa. The Moroccan government has moved some 300,000 settlers into these territories, and this triggered ...

James A. Baker III served as the 61st U.S. secretary of state from 1989 to 1992 and as the U.N. secretary-general’s personal envoy for Western Sahara from 1997 to 2004. President Trump’s ...