In 1991, both Morocco and the Polisario Front, a liberation movement that seeks self-determination for Western Sahara, agreed to a UN-brokered ceasefire in anticipation of a referendum on self ...

A prominent Moroccan academic says shifting international dynamics could soon lead to a breakthrough in the decades-long dispute over the Moroccan Sahara. In an article titled “The Moroccan ...

Ghana said on Thursday it views a Moroccan autonomy plan as the sole basis to settle the Western Sahara dispute within the framework of the UN, aligning itself with a growing number of Western ...

British Foreign Minister David Lammy said Sunday that Morocco’s autonomy plan for Western Sahara is the "most credible" solution, reversing UK policy. The mineral-rich territory, largely ...

Spain’s Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares said Tuesday that Morocco’s oil exploration activities off the coast of the Moroccan Sahara, in partnership with Israel, fall outside Spain’s ...

France's President Emmanuel Macron has told Morocco's parliament that he believes Western Sahara should be under Moroccan sovereignty, and has pledged to invest French money there.

The recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara after 50 years is linked to supporting the autonomy plan for the region, which would allow for a degree of self-rule.

Bottles, plastic bags, "there are all kinds", noted one helper who has joined the initiative cleaning up the edge of a village bordering the Sahara.

Morocco, buoyed by recent foreign recognition of its rule over Western Sahara, plans to double green electricity production in the disputed territory to meet growing demand before it co-hosts the ...

The United Nations-sponsored process of negotiations between Morocco and the Polisario Front, the movement that seeks self-determination for Moroccan-controlled Western Sahara, remained stalled.

The United Kingdom on Sunday became the latest country to back Morocco’s position on the disputed Western Sahara, calling its plan to keep the territory under Moroccan control “the most ...