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They're in the headlines every week—critical minerals like lithium, cobalt, nickel, graphite and the rare earth elements ...
Algeria is taking strategic steps to expand its energy partnership with the United States as tensions over the Western Sahara ...
A planned trade corridor linking the landlocked Sahel to the Atlantic is at the heart of an ambitious Moroccan project to ...
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Almost 50 years later, Morocco's de facto rule over Western Sahara has not yet been recognized under international law. Western Sahara is a coveted territory due to its mineral resources.
The dispute over Western Sahara – roughly 100,000 square miles of sparsely populated land to the south of Morocco and Algeria, and to the west of Mauritania – has become an "intricate" and ...
The Saharawi Youth Union, advocating for the independence of Western Sahara, together with the International Service for Human Rights, urged the UN Human Rights Council on Monday to “take action” and ...
The Polisario Front has started to take on Morocco more aggressively in legal forums, challenging its right to exploit Western Sahara’s resources, and Morocco and its neighbor Algeria—a key backer of ...
French Culture Minister Rachida Dati began a visit on Monday to the disputed Western Sahara, a sign of French support for Moroccan sovereignty over the desert territory. The long-frozen conflict ...
The film Haiyu – Rebel Singer Mariem Hassan and the Struggle for a Free Western Sahara, chronicles Africa's last colony. This resource-rich territory of 266,000 square kilometres, with valuable ...
Western Sahara was an overseas Spanish colony from the 1880s until the mid-1970s. Mauritania and Morocco both laid claim to the territory after Spain withdrew, partitioning it between them.