We go to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, where activists are shining a light on Morocco’s brutal occupation of ...

Morocco has occupied Western Sahara since 1975 in defiance of the United Nations and the international community.

Western Sahara remained a Spanish colony until 1975 when the Moroccan government organized a so-called “Green March” with 350,000 protesters marching into Western Sahara to claim the land.

In 1983, this vision was formalised through Resolution AHG/Res. 104 (XIX), which called for a ceasefire in Western Sahara and a referendum allowing the Sahrawi people to freely determine their future.

An overview of this territory, which is in dispute between the Sahrawi people and Morocco. ... Some key dates in the history of Western Sahara: 1884 - Spain colonises Western Sahara, ...

Often depicting animals in motion, kinetic portraits, and expressive hands, Taquen’s expansive works exude momentum. The ...

"One of the more difficult places to visit is the sparsely populated territory known as Western Sahara," writes John P. Smith ...

The indigenous Sahrawi people have lived in camps ever since. Show more. The dispute over Western Sahara is one of Africa’s longest running wars – starting in 1975.

At the Berlin Conference in 1884, when the European colonial powers divided Africa between them, Spain was awarded Western Sahara, which was then named 'Spanish Sahara'. But the people did not want to ...

The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), a self-declared state representing the Indigenous Sahrawi people, also claims sovereignty over Western Sahara, considering it occupied territory.

This year marks 50 years since Morocco invaded Western Sahara, forcibly displacing the Sahrawi people into Algeria. Women's rights and climate activist Najla Mohamed-Lamin joins us from the refugee ...

An overview of this territory, which is in dispute between the Sahrawi people and Morocco. ... Some key dates in the history of Western Sahara: 1884 - Spain colonises Western Sahara, ...