For decades, the conflict between Algeria and Morocco over Western Sahara has dominated headlines and shaped regional ...

In 2025, we mark 50 years since Morocco’s illegal occupation of Western Sahara — a colonial occupation sustained by a repressive military apparatus, a deliberate policy of demographic ...

More and more countries — and former SA president Jacob Zuma — are backing Rabat’s plan for autonomy for Western Sahara.

A so-called peace between Morocco and Israel was brokered by former US President Trump at the close of 2020. Implicated in it are the Israeli-Palestinian and Western Sahara conflicts. It is not clear ...

Polisario guerrillas fighting Morocco for the independence of Western Sahara said today that they had killed 270 Moroccan soldiers near the border between Algeria and the disputed territory.

The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is a complete AU member state and is currently recognised by over forty United Nations ...

Western Sahara has been disputed by Morocco and the national liberation movement since the 1970s. After an unsuccessful referendum in 1991, the territory’s legal status remains contentious.

RABAT, May 26 (Reuters) - Kenya said on Monday it supports Morocco's plan to give the disputed region of Western Sahara autonomy under the North African kingdom's sovereignty, joining a growing ...

The French Development Agency (AFD) said it would invest 150 million euros ($167 million) in Western Sahara in 2025-2026, following Paris' recognition of Morocco's sovereignty over the disputed ...

French President Emmanuel Macron and Moroccan King Mohammed VI wave to crowds during Macron’s official visit to Morocco, in Rabat, Oct. 28, 2024 (AP photo by Mosa'ab Elshamy). Macron’s visit ...

The Trump administration faces a historic opportunity to resolve the Western Sahara conflict. Centered on a disputed territory along North Africa’s Atlantic seaboard, where Morocco and the ...

Western Sahara is a strip of coastal desert rich in phosphates and fish that the United Nations has considered a “non-self-governing territory” throughout almost 50 years of dispute.