Planes bearing the UN’s marking sit on the runway, while its soldiers, ... Morocco’s claims to Western Sahara were rejected by the International Court of Justice in 1975, ...

The dispute over Western Sahara – roughly 100,000 square miles of sparsely populated land to the south of Morocco and Algeria ...

Sultana Sidibrahim Khaya writes that she will not allow violence against her and her family to silence her campaign for self-determination in Western Sahara. “However, in order to secure justice ...

Four explosions in the city of Smara in Morocco-controlled Western Sahara late on Saturday killed one man and injured three others, Moroccan local authorities said. Skip to main content.

Western Sahara has been disputed by Morocco and the national liberation movement since the 1970s. After an unsuccessful referendum in 1991, the territory’s legal status remains contentious.

A demonstration in Malaga, Spain, last month in support of Sahrawi rights in Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony. (Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images) On Dec. 10, President Trump upended 45 years ...

An archway in the entrance of Dakhla carries an image of Morocco's King Mohammed VI, in Western Sahara, Monday, Dec. 21, 2020. ... US Massive B-52 Pulls Off Spectacular Crab Landing on Runway.

In 2025, we mark 50 years since Morocco’s illegal occupation of Western Sahara — a colonial occupation sustained by a repressive military apparatus, a deliberate policy of demographic ...

Western Sahara has been on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories since 1963 following the transmission of information on Spanish Sahara by Spain under Article 73 e of the ...

James A. Baker III served as the 61st U.S. secretary of state from 1989 to 1992 and as the U.N. secretary-general’s personal envoy for Western Sahara from 1997 to 2004. President Trump’s ...

Sultana Sidibrahim Khaya writes that she will not allow violence against her and her family to silence her campaign for self-determination in Western Sahara. “However, in order to secure justice ...