The 24-year-old and many others in the crowd were waving Algerian and Western Sahara flags, since they were not just soccer fans, but Western Saharans living under Moroccan control in what they ...

Western Saharans demonstrators react after a woman is knocked down during a protest in Laayoune, the capital of disputed territories of the Western Sahara, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013. Moroccan police ...

The Polisario Front—the formerly armed nationalist group that officially represents Western Saharans in their negotiations—signed a cease-fire with occupying Morocco in 1991, and since that ...

LAAYOUNE, Western Sahara, March 5 (UNHCR) - Forty Western Saharans joyfully embraced their loved ones for the first time in decades as UN agencies today started family visits through weekly shuttle ...

The Western Saharans, or Sahrawi, fought a guerrilla war against their occupiers for nearly 20 years, but agreed to a cease-fire in 1991 in exchange for a referendum promised by the United Nations ...

WESTERN Saharans have called for the African Union (AU) to impose sanctions on Morocco for the continued occupation of their land and to stop the north African nation’s expansionist policies.

A Moroccan military court convicted 24 Western Saharan activists on Sunday for their roles in the killing of 11 soldiers at a protest camp in 2010, and gave nine of the defendants life sentences.

LAAYOUNE, Western Sahara (AP) Police clashed with stone-throwing demonstrators in a city of Western Sahara on Tuesday during a protest against a new fishing accord that gives EU boats access to ...