A team of paleontologists led by National Geographic Explorer Paul Sereno uncovered a trove of dinosaur fossils in the Sahara ...

Often depicting animals in motion, kinetic portraits, and expressive hands, Taquen’s expansive works exude momentum. The ...

This Special Issue develops an analysis of the political economy of Western Sahara. It does so through the lens of its natural resources, with a particular focus on the fisheries sector. Bringing ...

For the past 30 years, the UN has been maintaining a peacekeeping mission in the Western Sahara to "monitor the humanitarian and security situation" and ensure compliance with the ceasefire agreement.

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 Moroccan ...

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 ...

A referendum must take place allowing the people of Western Sahara to decide their future freely, to uphold African solidarity, justice, self-determination and dignity ...

The Polisario Front has started to take on Morocco more aggressively in legal forums, challenging its right to exploit Western Sahara’s resources, and Morocco and its neighbor Algeria—a key backer of ...

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.

The occupied Western Sahara Around 40,000 Sahrawis live in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, guarded by 150,000 Moroccan soldiers. They live in slums, as prisoners in their own towns, unable ...

The population of the Spanish Sahara, now called the Western Sahara, is estimated to be around 632,200 in an area the size of Colorado, about 97,344 square miles.

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.