The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party of South Africa, led by former President Jacob Zuma, has backed Morocco’s sovereignty over ...

The Western Sahara is the most sparsely populated territory in Africa, much of it desert. On the surface, it appears to have ...

Often depicting animals in motion, kinetic portraits, and expressive hands, Taquen’s expansive works exude momentum. The ...

Sand and dust storms affect about 330 million people in over 150 countries and are taking an increasing toll on health, economies and the environment, the ...

I have just completed reading the 2025 Saharawi Observatory for Natural Resources and Environmental (SONREP) Report, titled "Sustainable for Whom? Western Sahara Renewable Energy and Environmental ...

"One of the more difficult places to visit is the sparsely populated territory known as Western Sahara," writes John P. Smith ...

We go to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, where activists are shining a light on Morocco’s brutal occupation of Western Sahara and its Indigenous people, the Sahrawi. The Sahrawi ...

The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), also known as Western Sahara, has ramped up calls on the global community to exert more pressure on the Kingdom ...

The population of Western Sahara is approximately 565,000, with over 200,000 Sahrawis still living in refugee camps in Tindouf, Algeria, where they have been since 1976.

More countries appear to be backing Morocco’s plan for ‘autonomy’ rather than independence for Western Sahara, but will that be enough?

Notably, Nigeria has played a significant role in this effort, having officially recognised Western Sahara’s sovereignty in 1984, during General Buhari’s tenure as head of state.

France recognized Morocco’s sovereignty over the Western Sahara, a historic shift that may spur more investment in the disputed mineral-rich territory but inflamed tensions with neighboring Algeria.