Moroccan authorities expelled three Spanish nationals from Laayoune on Tuesday, citing their involvement in political activities supporting the separatist Polisario Front and threatening Morocco’s ...

Spain has reaffirmed its strong support for Morocco’s autonomy initiative as the “most serious, realistic and credible basis” for resolving the long-standing dispute over the Moroccan Sahara.

Rabat - Morocco is promoting tourism in the Western Sahara region with the presentation of a book focusing on the region’s tourism potential at the Madrid International Tourism Fair. Spanish ...

Western Sahara is currently occupied by Morocco, but before that it was controlled by Spain. As early as the 15th century, Spain began to exploit the rich fishing waters off the Saharan coast. But as ...

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.

France now views the contested Western Sahara territory as part of Morocco. The change has little to do with reviving the peace process.

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In 2022 Sánchez made a historic shift in Spain's foreign policy stance when he announced his support for Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony, to become an autonomous region within Morocco.

The move was viewed as intended to punish Spain for abandoning neutrality vis-a-vis Western Sahara, which Algiers said was a "violation of [Madrid’s] legal, moral and political obligations".

Tensions between the two countries have been brewing since March, when Spain announced its support for Morocco ’s autonomy plan for Western Sahara in an abrupt diplomatic U-turn.

Algeria said Wednesday it was suspending a decades-old co-operation treaty with Spain, after Madrid backed the position of the North African country's arch-rival Morocco on the disputed Western ...