Morocco and the United States share common concerns and have consulted closely on security, politics, economic matters, and ...

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 ...

Western Sahara is not a geopolitical puzzle maintained by rival regimes. It is an unfinished decolonization process, recognized as such by international law. The Sahrawi people are not a prop, nor a ...

LAAYOUNE, Western Sahara – Helmeted Moroccan riot police waded into the small crowds of women in brightly colored shawls who chanted slogans for independence on the streets of Laayoune, the capital of ...

When a Moroccan today refers to Agadir as being in “south Morocco,” a colonial ghost haunts the language. Unbeknownst to many, this casual phrase unintentionally excludes Western Sahara from Morocco’s ...

Off of Africa’s northwest Coast, a long causeway leads from the Moroccan city of Dakhla to a fisherman’s wharf packed with dozens of heavy-duty ships. Men in red overalls soaked in fish innards come ...

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 ...

The official press agency of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic released a statement Saturday condemning France’s intention to invest in the Western Sahara region through the French Development ...

Dion Nissenbaum’s article and video package on Western Sahara (“Dormant War Draws U.S. Spotlight,” World News, Aug. 12) is thorough and evenhanded overall, bringing attention to the oft-ignored ...

A nearly three-decade-old ceasefire has ended in occupied Western Sahara — what many consider to be Africa’s last colony. Fighting has broken out in several areas between the Moroccan military and the ...

Oscar-winner Javier Bardem demanded the U.N. take action in helping refugees. Oct. 7, 2011— -- Oscar-winning actor Javier Bardem is fighting to raise awareness about the thousands of refugees ...

ACCORDING to the map sold in the gift shop at the airport in Laayoune, the capital of Western Sahara, the territory belongs solely to Morocco. But the airport itself contains signs that this is ...