In a little-known 1957 conflict, Moroccos Liberation Army staged a bold offensive against Spanish colonial rule in Ifni and Western Sahara, capturing key territories and besieging Spanish ...

Moroccans across the country, particularly veterans of the resistance and the Army of Liberation, commemorated on Monday the 56th anniversary of the recovery of Sidi Ifni from Spanish colonial rule — ...

This Friday is the 40th anniversary of one of the defining moments of the post-colonial history of Morocco and, indeed, all of Africa. At dawn on Nov. 6, 1975, some 350,000 Moroccans armed only ...

Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony, is the only African territory whose post-colonial status has not been resolved. The UN considers it a “Non-Self-Governing Territory”.

The area was hived off from Morocco proper and was a Spanish exclave till the Green March of November 6, 1975 saw around 300,000 Moroccan citizens peacefully march into this part of the Sahara to ...

The president of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez, will appear before Congress next week to explain the change in the historical position on the former colony of Western Sahara, which earned ...