Western Sahara independence faces pushback as Morocco’s autonomy plan gains global support despite legal and environmental ...

The group fighting for Western Sahara’s independence warned it may ramp up military attacks as Morocco looks to consolidate control of the disputed territory after securing US and French backing.

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.

How rebel singer Mariem Hassan galvanised Western Sahara’s fight for freedom A powerful new documentary at France's Fipadoc festival reveals Western Sahara's fight for independence through the ...

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 control “the most ...

Morocco's foreign minister Nasser Bourita told reporters that Kenya's position on Western Sahara, which he called "the national cause", helped add a new impetus to bilateral relations.

But in 2007, Morocco began pushing instead for Western Sahara to be granted limited autonomy – while remaining under its sovereign authority. This was an alternative to the full independence claimed ...

Former South African president Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party has expressed support for Morocco’s claim over Western Sahara, sparking controversy within the African National Congress (ANC) — ...

The Western Sahara is a former Spanish colony in northwest Africa that is roughly the size of the United Kingdom and claimed by both Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front, which is ...

The U.N. Security Council has voted to extend the mandate of the U.N. peacekeeping force in the Western Sahara for another year Thursday with Algeria refusing to vote in protest at the resolution ...

Low-cost airlines have opened routes linking Madrid and Paris to Dakhla in Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony largely controlled by Morocco but claimed for decades by the Algeria-backed ...

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 ...