After a decades-long cease-fire crumbled in 2020, Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front have resumed fighting over the disputed Western Sahara. Tensions are again rising over Western Sahara ...

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

Although considered the last African colony by the United Nations, Western Sahara has been occupied by the Kingdom of Morocco for nearly half a century. After Spain ceded Western Sahara as a colony in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write on the key issues for global energy, with a focus on LATAM. Saharawi men hold up a Polisario Front flag in the Al-Mahbes ...

South of the Algerian town of Tindouf on the border with Western Sahara are five refugee camps. The camps are home to the Sahrawi people of Western Sahara and are administered by their freedom ...

Western Sahara has long been scene of territorial dispute Friday's decision is final ruling after several appeals Morocco said the ruling was politically biased Polisario Front representative welcomes ...

Since 1991, the United Nations has led a series of fruitless efforts to resolve the standoff over Western Sahara. A swath of desert about the size of the entire United Kingdom, Western Sahara is ...

President Emmanuel Macron said Paris would support Morocco’s plan, which gives the disputed territory limited autonomy but keeps it under Moroccan control. By Aida Alami and Aurelien Breeden Madrid ...

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 ...

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