The not-so publicized 36-year-old simmering conflict between Morocco and the disputed territory of Western Sahara is ... The phosphate rock mine is in Boucraa, southeast of the city of Laayoune.

Largest city: Laayoune . Area: 266,000 sq km. Population: 565,000. ... Some key dates in the history of Western Sahara: 1884 - Spain colonises Western Sahara, an area formerly populated by Berber ...

The Boucraa mine in Western Sahara has an estimated output of 2.5 million tons per year—a fraction of what Morocco, the world’s largest phosphate exporter, produces annually.

Moroccan exports of phosphates from the disputed territory of Western Sahara have fallen to their lowest level since at least 2012, with volumes almost halving in 2019 to 1.03 million tonnes ...

Laayoune is the largest city in Western Sahara, which has been under the control of Morocco since the end of Spanish colonial rule in 1975.. The Algerian-backed Polisario Front has been ...

The source of the controversy, the Boucraa mine, is more than an hour's drive from Laayoune, the capital of Western Sahara. The 100-kilometer (about 60-mile) conveyer belt carries phosphate from ...

LAAYOUNE, Western Sahara — Keltoum Khayat left home barefoot at age 15, along with five other teenagers, telling her parents she was going to stay the night with her aunt.

LAAYOUNE, Western Sahara – Helmeted Moroccan riot police waded into the small crowds of women in brightly colored shawls who chanted slogans for independence on the streets of Laayoune, the ...

The European Court of Justice has ruled that a long-standing fisheries agreement between Morocco and the EU does not apply to the waters off Western Sahara. It is the latest in a string of ...

Jordan opened a consulate in the disputed Western Sahara region on Thursday, according to Moroccan media reports. The opening ceremony of the consulate in Laayoune, the largest city of Western ...

Largest city: Laayoune . Area: 266,000 sq km. Population: 565,000. ... Some key dates in the history of Western Sahara: 1884 - Spain colonises Western Sahara, an area formerly populated by Berber ...

Egypt is planning to open a general consulate in the city of Laayoune in the disputed Morocco-controlled Western Sahara, according to Moroccan news site Assahafa. On Sunday, Egyptian President ...