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Why the Polisario Front Threatens Morocco—and the Region
An independent Western Sahara run by Polisario Front would likely turn into another source of regional insecurity.
The UK has backed Morocco's plan for ending a territorial conflict in Western Sahara, as part of a deal that will secure ...
Algiers - The Polisario Front ... Spread over 266 000 square kilometres where the desert meets the Atlantic Ocean, the Western Sahara is the last territory on the African continent whose post-colonial ...
Morocco is reacting aggressively to any challenges to its claims on Western Sahara, as it marks 40 years since taking control ...
The former Spanish colony is mainly controlled by Morocco but has been contested for decades by the pro-independence Polisario Front ... the Western Sahara and neighbouring Morocco and Mauritania.
pits Morocco, which considers the territory as its own, against the Algeria-backed Polisario front, which seeks an independent state called the Sahrawi Republic in Western Sahara. The investment ...
In a controversial shift, the UK and Kenya recently endorsed Morocco's autonomy plan for Western Sahara in return for investment deals, disregarding the Sahrawi people's internationally recognized ...
British foreign minister David Lammy said on Sunday that Morocco's autonomy plan for the territory of Western Sahara ... over the territory. Algeria, which backs the Polisario Front and cut ...