The dispute over Western Sahara – roughly 100,000 square miles of sparsely populated land to the south of Morocco and Algeria ...

The United Kingdom is shifting its stance on the disputed Western Sahara, backing Morocco's plan to offer its people limited ...

This page is no longer being updated. 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 ...

LAAYOUNE, Western Sahara (AP) — After the final whistle of every match Morocco won in its history-making World Cup run, crowds poured out of homes and cafes in the biggest city of Western Sahara ...

MINURSO (the U.N. mission for the Western Sahara) observers take note of a Moroccan drone strike on ... More a civilian vehicle on January 1st, 2024. The Moroccan army has come under attack in the ...

French Development Agency to Invest in Morocco-Ruled Western Sahara By Ahmed Eljechtimi RABAT (Reuters) -The French Development Agency (AFD) said it would invest 150 million euros ($167 million ...

Life under occupation is a constant struggle. This is continually expressed at the international media conference in a refugee camp in Western Sahara. The conference takes place from May 1–5 and ...

In 1975, colonial power Spain abandoned Western Sahara, and Morocco swooped in to claim the territory as its own. Some of the indigenous Sahrawi population rebelled against their new rulers ...

RABAT (Reuters) - Chad opened on Wednesday a consulate in Western Sahara, joining African and Arab countries that have established diplomatic missions there in a sign of support for Morocco's ...

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 ...

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 ...