The UK Government will adopt a new UK policy position towards Western Sahara, supporting a “mutually-agreed solution” that ...

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 ...

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — The United Kingdom on Sunday became the latest country to back Morocco’s position on the disputed Western Sahara, calling its plan to keep the territory under Moroccan ...

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 ...

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 ...

ALMOST 50 YEARS have passed since Morocco claimed sovereignty over Western Sahara, a slice of land that stretches for 900km along the Atlantic coast to the country’s south. The Polisario Front ...