France's support of Morocco's so-called "autonomy plan" for Western Sahara is a "grave mistake," the president of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, reminding French President Emmanuel Macron of the ...

Ryanair CEO Eddie Wilson traveled to the port city of Dakhla, on the West African coast, to launch his budget airline’s ...

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 ...

Ghana's suspension of diplomatic ties with the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic has sparked widespread criticism.

A powerful new documentary at France's Fipadoc festival reveals Western Sahara's fight for independence through the story of ...

Ambassador Mouloud Said, the representative of Western Sahara in Washington, disputed Morocco’s claims of sovereignty over the territory at a Harvard Law School event on Monday.

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ongoing conflict. On some maps you may see a conspicuous dotted line marking its border with Morocco. This is because its name, Western Sahara has been lumped with more of a geographic expression ...

Polisario Front’s Australian representative Kamal Fadel has urged Fortescue not to undermine United Nations decolonisation efforts by making a deal with the occupation government in Western Sahara.

The lack of a clear choice over Western Sahara's future has set settlers against local people in some - not all - cases and brought a huge police and army presence to the region. Why? A conflict going ...