Western Sahara remained a Spanish colony until 1975 when the Moroccan government organized a so-called “Green March” with 350,000 protesters marching into Western Sahara to claim the land.

The Western Sahara was a colony of Spain until dictator General Franco died in 1975. Following that, we, a weak and unstable Spain, left the land to Morocco, who invaded it militarily.

Morocco's pro-Western antics, however, do not detract from its continued occupation of the Western Sahara. Such a double standard policy can also be compared to the liberation of Kuwait in 1991.

Morocco enters 2023 with a golden chance to deepen its relationship with the US as Washington looks to move past the Western Sahara controversy. The longstanding bilateral interest in deepening ...

The ownership of Western Sahara has been contested since 1975. The indigenous Sahrawi people have lived in camps ever since. Show more The dispute over Western Sahara is one of Africa’s longest ...

Western Sahara has been on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories since 1963 following the transmission of information on Spanish Sahara by Spain under Article 73 e of the ...

Western Sahara remained a Spanish colony until 1975 when the Moroccan government organized a so-called “Green March” with 350,000 protesters marching into Western Sahara to claim the land.