The European Union remains cautious regarding the expulsion of Spanish nationals from key cities in Western Sahara, a measure ...

Morocco’s co-hosting of the 2030 FIFA World Cup represents the culmination of decades of persistent effort as the North ...

It was last updated on 28 October 2024 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 ...

Spanish Sahara, as well as the part of southern Morocco that they have continued to rule on the ground that King Mohammed’s government is unable to establish its authority there. Last week ...

At the Berlin Conference in 1884, when the European colonial powers divided Africa between them, Spain was awarded Western Sahara, which was then named 'Spanish Sahara'. But the people did not want to ...

In 1975, Morocco annexed the former Spanish colony of Western Sahara. Since then it has been the subject of a long-running territorial dispute between Morocco and its indigenous Sahrawi people ...

Morocco has become the de facto power. But what is its claim on the territory? Once known as Spanish Sahara, the area was among the last vestiges of Spain’s empire. It has rich resources ...

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 ...

Western Sahara has been on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories since 1963 following the transmission of information on Spanish Sahara by Spain under Article 73 e of the ...