There are few places as desolate as the camps of the Polisario Front in western Algeria. Over the years, infrastructure has been built to accommodate the tens of thousands of Saharawi refugees who ...

The United Nations classifies Western Sahara as a “non-self-governing territory” and has operated a peacekeeping mission there since 1991 to organise a referendum on its future.

The African Union (AU) will be limiting its peace efforts in the Western Sahara in order to support the United Nations’ (UN) process in the region. The Western Sahara is a disputed area claimed by ...

The United Nations classifies Western Sahara as a “non-self-governing territory” and has operated a peacekeeping mission there since 1991 to organise a referendum on its future.

Western Sahara is a strip of coastal desert rich in phosphates and fish that the United Nations has considered a “non-self-governing territory” throughout almost 50 years of dispute.

A new permanent member of the United Nations Security Council has just shifted its stance on the Western Sahara issue. The United Kingdom, which had previously maintained a neutral position, has ...

Yet the political question on Western Sahara may ramble on. In the past, a proposal for a referendum wasn’t implemented because the two sides couldn’t agree on who should vote, between natives ...

The United Nations considers Western Sahara a "non-self-governing territory" and has had a peacekeeping mission there since 1991, whose stated aim is to organise a referendum on the territory's future ...

GROWING calls by some countries to give the disputed region of Western Saharawi autonomy have inspired the Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP), which says the secession resonates with their agenda for ...

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — The United Kingdom on Sunday became the latest country to back Morocco’s position on the disputed Western Sahara, calling its plan to keep the territory under ...

The United Kingdom, a permanent member of the UN Security Council, has expressed that the long-standing dispute between Morocco and Western Sahara should be resolved and is in the best interests ...