The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party of South Africa, led by former President Jacob Zuma, has backed Morocco’s sovereignty over the Western Sahara and expressed support for the kingdom’s autonomy plan.

The UK has joined other European countries in endorsing Morocco's position in the Western Sahara conflict. Algeria and the independence-seeking Polisario are losing out.

France continues to update its official data on Morocco following its recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara. After publishing the kingdom’s complete map, including the southern ...

Since the Western Sahara War in 1975, Sahrawi refugees have resided in a collection of refugee shelters in the Tindouf province of Algeria. For over 50 years, these communities have struggled to ...

When Africa was carved up in the late 1800s Western Sahara came under Spanish colonial control and was known as Spanish Sahara. Later, France acquired a protectorate over most of the region.

The Trump administration faces a historic opportunity to resolve the Western Sahara conflict. Centered on a disputed territory along North Africa’s Atlantic seaboard, where Morocco and the ...

Benjamin Netanyahu's office has said that the Israeli prime minister "mistakenly" displayed a map showing Western Sahara as separate to Morocco during a news conference earlier this week.

France recognized Morocco’s sovereignty over the Western Sahara, a historic shift that may spur more investment in the disputed mineral-rich territory but inflamed tensions with neighboring Algeria.

Israel reiterated on Friday its recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over the disputed Western Sahara region after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu produced a map showing the territory as ...

The controversy erupted after Netanyahu appeared on France’s LCI channel on Thursday evening, holding a map of Morocco that excluded the Western Sahara.