Prior to this, Spain's interests in Western Sahara had been mainly strategic, but now they were growing rapidly. With the help of North American, French and West German capital, the Bu Craa mine was ...

Covering a third of a continent, the Sahara has been the scene of migrations, military battles and fights over natural ...

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said recognition of the Western Sahara as Moroccan territory ... opened consulates in the Western Saharan cities of Dakhla or Laayoune in what Morocco sees ...

Since 1991, the United Nations has led a series of fruitless efforts to resolve the standoff over Western Sahara. A swath of desert about the size of the entire United Kingdom, Western Sahara is ...

Cities like Laayoune ... Whether the map of Morocco in the FIFA report includes or excludes Western Sahara has no bearing on the resolution of the dispute at the UN. For football fans, there ...

Morocco has illegally occupied Western Sahara with tacit European and American blessing since 1975. It controls roughly three fourths of the territory, including its major cities and economic ...

RABAT, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Chad opened on Wednesday a consulate in Western Sahara, joining African and Arab countries that have established diplomatic missions there in a sign of support for ...