In a recent article published by Peruvian news outlet Expreso, former Foreign Minister of Peru, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Mackay, argued that “certain interests have ignored the fact that Western Sahara, ...

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 ...

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.

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MW: Western Sahara remains colonised because superpowers like France and the United States provide Morocco with the support it needs to maintain occupation. Morocco does their dirty work in return ...

French influence on Morocco ended in 1956, though Mauritania and Algeria had to fight bloody wars for their own independence. Spain finally withdrew from Western Sahara in 1975 after the death of ...