Western Sahara remained a Spanish colony until 1975 when the Moroccan government organized a so-called “Green March” with 350,000 protesters marching into Western Sahara to claim the land.

Flag of the Saharawi Republic (SADR) was raised at top of many buildings in many Australian cities to mark the 38th anniversary of the proclamation of SADR, informed Polisario Front's office there.

It features footage taken by Equipe Media in Western Sahara since 2009, but was edited and post-produced in Sweden. The film gives audiences a close look at Western Sahara under Moroccan occupation ...

To show that Western Sahara formed part of its national territory, Morocco had to produce evidence of authority at the time of Spain’s colonisation and immediately before it.

In 1975, Morocco effectively annexed Western Sahara by staging the Green March—a peaceful procession of 350,000 Moroccans who walked into the region and claimed it as their own.

Mist rolled in off the Atlantic. A few men ambled in the sand-dusted streets, ghostly in their thick, hooded djellabas. It was here, in late 1975, that 350,000 Moroccans gathered under the orders of ...