And in the case of Western Sahara, remember, Western Sahara, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, has been recognized by over 80 nations around the world and is a full member of the African Union.

WHILE the eyes of the world are fixed upon the genocide in Gaza, the 50th anniversary of another neocolonial conflict has gone relatively unnoticed. In 1975, Morocco annexed the adjacent territory of ...

In October 2010 -- two months before 26-year-old street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set himself aflame in Tunisia -- as many as 15,000 Sahrawis, indigenous to the Western Sahara, set up the Gdeim Izik ...

Ghana's suspension of diplomatic ties with the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic has sparked widespread criticism. Western Sahara: Ghana's Turn Away From the Sahrawi People Undermines Continental ...

Ghana had supported the Sarahwi Arab Democratic Republic, established by the independence-seeking Polisario Front, since 1979. But the decades of support and recognition have come to an end: Accra ...

The U.N. has had a peacekeeping force in Western Sahara since 1991, but it’s the only such operation in the world lacking a mandate to monitor human rights, because of an annual French veto in ...

The leader of the Western Sahara’s independence movement has vowed to end a 29-year-old ceasefire with Morocco, citing recent Moroccan border operations as a provocation. Brahim Ghali, leader of ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday vowed his government's "unapologetic" backing for the partially recognised Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) in Western Sahara.

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — France has backed Morocco’s autonomy plan for the disputed Western Sahara, shifting a decades-old position and adding itself to a growing list of countries to align with ...