Western Sahara is a sparsely-populated area of mostly desert situated on the northwest coast of Africa. A former Spanish colony, it was annexed by Morocco in 1975. Since then it has been the ...

In a climate of growing instability across the globe, Morocco and Azerbaijan have taken deliberate steps to reinforce their ...

"One of the more difficult places to visit is the sparsely populated territory known as Western Sahara," writes John P. Smith ...

This would also put at risk economic activity in the occupied territory, which is of relevance to Europe.

The former South African leader endorses Morocco’s territorial claims over Western Sahara, inflaming divisions within the ANC.

In 1975, colonial power Spain abandoned Western Sahara, and Morocco swooped in to claim the territory as its own. Some of the indigenous Sahrawi population rebelled against their new rulers ...

Western Sahara is today one of these centers of resistance, confronting a global system of domination upheld by capital and alliances between local elites and foreign powers.

Western Sahara’s quest for independence seems to be flagging More countries appear to be backing Morocco’s plan for ‘autonomy’ rather than independence, but will that be enough? The Sahrawi Arab ...

Ambassador Mouloud Said, the representative of Western Sahara in Washington, disputed Morocco’s claims of sovereignty over the territory at a Harvard Law School event on Monday.

After a decades-long cease-fire crumbled in 2020, Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front have resumed fighting over the disputed Western Sahara.

British Foreign Minister David Lammy said Sunday that Morocco’s autonomy plan for Western Sahara is the "most credible" solution, reversing UK policy. The mineral-rich territory, largely ...

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