It was last updated on 28 October 2024 Western Sahara is a sparsely-populated area of mostly desert situated on the northwest coast of Africa. A former Spanish colony, it was annexed by Morocco in ...

At the Berlin Conference in 1884, when the European colonial powers divided Africa between them, Spain was awarded Western Sahara, which was then named 'Spanish Sahara'. But the people did not want to ...

He follows then-U.S. President Donald Trump in 2020 and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro ... which recognized Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara in exchange for Rabat's normalization of ties ...

The UK has backed Morocco's plan for ending a territorial conflict in Western Sahara, as part of a deal that will secure ...

Here are key dates in the history of the Western Sahara, as the United Nations prepares to convene talks in Geneva on the disputed territory's future status on Wednesday. The former Spanish colony is ...

Once known as Spanish Sahara, the area was among the ... In some respects, the court found in Morocco’s favour. It concluded that Western Sahara was not a terra nullius (nobody’s land) at ...

Morocco had announced that it will start this month importing gas using Spanish LNG terminals by reactivating an idled pipeline. Spain’s stance on Western Sahara marks a policy shift in favour ...

The British foreign minister considers the plan to be the “most credible" to resolve the half-century dispute. Read more at ...

The UK has joined other European countries in endorsing Morocco's position in the Western Sahara conflict. Algeria and the ...

Morocco’s co-hosting of the 2030 FIFA World Cup represents the culmination of decades of persistent effort as the North ...

Western Sahara is a sparsely-populated area of mostly desert situated on the northwest coast of Africa. A former Spanish colony, it was annexed by Morocco in 1975. Since then it has been the ...