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 ...

Some, like the Israel-Palestine conflict, receive more media attention than others, like Western Sahara and Morocco ... These disputes are rarely just about geography. While the regions in ...

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. At the Law ...

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 ...

The newly updated map shows all of ... s sovereignty over all of Western Sahara.” In its factbook, the agency provides comprehensive information on Morocco’s geography, history, economy ...

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 ...

In his geography lesson ... Netanyahu offended delicate Moroccan sensibilities by brandishing a map that included Western Sahara. In May, Netanyahu made use of a map to show how isolated Israel ...

Benjamin Netanyahu's office has said that the Israeli prime minister "mistakenly" displayed a map showing Western Sahara as separate to Morocco during a news conference earlier this week.

France “considers that the present and future of Western Sahara fall within the framework of Moroccan sovereignty,” the state-run MAP news agency reported Tuesday, citing a letter from ...

President Emmanuel Macron said Paris would support Morocco’s plan, which gives the disputed territory limited autonomy but keeps it under Moroccan control. By Aida Alami and Aurelien Breeden ...

The Western Sahara dispute dates back to 1975, when colonial ruler Spain withdrew from the territory, sparking a 15-year war between Morocco and the separatist Algeria-backed Polisario Front.