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 ...

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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 ...

French Culture Minister Rachida Dati began a visit on Monday to the disputed Western Sahara, a sign of French support for Moroccan sovereignty over the desert territory. The long-frozen conflict ...

People hold Western Sahara flags as they listen to speeches during a protest [File: Francisco Seco/AP] Wednesday’s move reflects Spain’s complex challenge of balancing relations with ...

France has backed Morocco’s autonomy plan for the disputed Western Sahara, shifting a decades-old position and adding itself to a growing list of countries to align with Morocco as a UN-mediated ...

Israel announced Monday it was recognizing Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara, joining the United States as the only countries to acknowledge the kingdom's annexation of the disputed north ...