United Nations — Since the Western Sahara War in 1975 ... intercepted a peaceful protest by female Sahrawi activists in Laayoune, subjecting protestors to assaults and beatings.

New York — The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Moroccan authorities to stop suppressing independent reporting from the occupied Western Sahara ... territory's capital Laayoune by ...

By controlling Western Sahara, Morocco lays claim to an expansive exclusive economic zone , enabling lucrative fisheries agreements, export licenses, and fees. Ports like Laayoune and Dakhla ...

The move followed a visit by French Senate Speaker Gérard Larcher on Monday to the city of Laayoune, the main city in the Western Sahara region. The Western Sahara issue has been a source of ...

Accompanied by Moroccan Culture Minister Mohamed Mehdi Bensaid, Dati launched a French cultural mission in Laayoune, Western Sahara's main city. She promised to open the territory's first French ...

Dati, accompanied by Moroccan Culture Minister Mohamed Mehdi Bensaid, launched a French cultural mission in Laayoune, Western Sahara's main city. She promised to open the territory's first French ...

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

From May 4 to June 20, Sahrawi activist Mahfouda Lefkir, who lives in Laayoune in northern Western Sahara, was placed under close surveillance after she traveled to Dakhla in the south to support ...

President Macron's recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara ... for the European market. In his August 20, 2022 speech, King Mohammed VI emphasized that «the Sahara issue is ...

Morocco's King Mohammed VI, 2nd right, flanked by his brother prince Moulay Rachid, inspects the royal guard in Laayoune, the capital of disputed territories of the Western Sahara, Nov. 7, 2015.