This month, US Congress passed the 2015 Appropriations Bill. Among other provisions, the new law strengthens US mandate for assistance to Morocco to be used in Western Sahara. The law says, “Funds ...

Donald Trump’s boasts of being the “Peace President” have been blown apart by some of the very people he pledged to save from war. Trump’s much-derided memorandum of understanding with Iran makes for ...

The European Union's legal ambiguity on the Western Sahara frozen conflict is an increasingly glaring source of vulnerability for Sahrawis, a new study shows. The lack of a firm EU position on the non ...

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Friday called on Moroccan officials to stop their efforts to suppress independent journalism in the disputed region of Western Sahara after the ...

For over 40 years, the people of Western Sahara have endured war and occupation—yet few outside of northern Africa have ever heard of them or their suffering. In 1975, their vast ­territory—some ...

The following interview is with Fatma El Mehdi, one of eight negotiators in the Western Sahara peace process and a leader in the Sahrawi community. Sahrawi men and women at a meeting of party leaders ...

Guinea-Bissau has renewed its clear and consistent support for Morocco’s territorial integrity, including the Sahara.

Moroccan exports of phosphates from the disputed territory of Western Sahara have fallen to their lowest level since at least 2012, with volumes almost halving in 2019 to 1.03 million tonnes, worth an ...