In May, during one such raid, Moroccan agents raped my sister and I – in a barbaric message, they penetrated my sister using the broomstick that we use to wave the Western Sahara flag.

Khaya is locally known for her displays of vehement opposition to Morocco’s control of Western Sahara. She often protests in the street, solo or with others, waving Sahrawi flags and chanting ...

In 2025, we mark 50 years since Morocco’s illegal occupation of Western Sahara — a colonial occupation ... of the same yoke under a different flag. The Atlantic access project supposedly ...

Protestors hold Western Sahara flags in Bordeaux, France, on Dec. 12. (Thibaud Moritz/AFP/Getty Images) The Dec. 11 news article “In U.S.-backed deal, Morocco to normalize ties with Israel ...

The two women, activists from the city of Boujdour, in Moroccan-controlled Western Sahara, are both still covered ... as women because our weapon is our flag. We didn’t throw stones, we ...

Demonstrators wave Western Sahara flags during a protest against the Spanish government support for Morocco's autonomy plan for Western Sahara, in Madrid, on March 26, 2022 Pierre-Philippe MARCOU ...

Thousands of people demonstrated in Madrid on Saturday against Morocco's recent crackdown that has left at least 10 people dead in the former Spanish colony of Western Sahara in northwestern Africa.

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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 ...