The people of Western Sahara must be allowed to decide their future freely. Anything less is a betrayal — not only of them, but of the African continent’s enduring promise of liberation.

Western Sahara was an overseas Spanish colony from the 1880s until the mid-1970s. Mauritania and Morocco both laid claim to the territory after Spain withdrew, partitioning it between them.

They live in slums, as prisoners in their own towns, unable to leave or enter. When POLISARIO attacks the occupied towns in Western Sahara, they have to be careful not to harm the Sahrawi population ...

Western Sahara has been disputed by Morocco and the national liberation movement since the 1970s. After an unsuccessful referendum in 1991, the territory’s legal status remains contentious.

The dispute over Western Sahara – roughly 100,000 square miles of sparsely populated land to the south of Morocco and Algeria, and to the west of Mauritania – has become an "intricate" and ...

The Trump administration faces a historic opportunity to resolve the Western Sahara conflict. Centered on a disputed territory along North Africa’s Atlantic seaboard, where Morocco and the ...