Southern African countries have stepped up their lobbying for the independence of Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) with a pact to support the territory’s “pursuit of decolonisation and ...

(Bloomberg) -- The group fighting for Western Sahara’s independence warned it may ramp up military attacks as Morocco looks to consolidate control of the disputed territory after securing US and ...

PARIS (AP) — The head of the Polisario Front movement that seeks independence for the disputed Western Sahara says the group’s representative to the United Nations has died after a long illness.

Western Sahara is a disputed territory in northwest Africa, bordered by Morocco, Algeria, and Mauritania. It spans 266 000 km² and is home to approximately 620 000 people, mostly Sahrawis. Spain ...

With close to 200 countries between them, all seven continents are home to territorial disputes. But in Africa, a territory the size of Colorado is designated by the United Nations as a ...

Tensions are again rising over Western Sahara, a long-disputed territory on the northwest coast of Africa that has seen decades of conflict launched by local pro-independence forces against the ...

The Saharawi Youth Union, advocating for the independence of Western Sahara, together with the International Service for Human Rights, urged the UN Human Rights Council on Monday to “take action” and ...

UN Security Council resolution on the decades-long dispute of the Western Sahara territory does not ensure that a new framework to end the long-standing issue upholds the right to self-determination ...

Ambassador Mouloud Said, the representative of Western Sahara in Washington, disputed Morocco’s claims of sovereignty over the territory at a Harvard Law School event on Monday. At the Law School ...

Western Sahara is a disputed territory the size of Colorado in West Africa. Though Morocco controls most of the territory, the UN considers its final status unresolved. While the territory is home to ...