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The international legal record on Western Sahara has been clear and consistent. In 1975, the International Court of Justice issued an opinion on the matter at Morocco’s own request. It stated ...

We go to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, where activists are shining a light on Morocco’s brutal occupation of ...

Morocco plans to build a 500 megawatt state-owned data center powered by renewable energy in Dakhla, Western Sahara, as part of its strategy to strengthen data st ...

Western Sahara is a sparsely-populated area of mostly desert situated on the northwest coast of Africa. A former Spanish colony, it was annexed by Morocco in 1975.

James A. Baker III served as the 61st U.S. secretary of state from 1989 to 1992 and as the U.N. secretary-general’s personal envoy for Western Sahara from 1997 to 2004. President Trump’s ...

Sultana Sidibrahim Khaya writes that she will not allow violence against her and her family to silence her campaign for self-determination in Western Sahara. “However, in order to secure justice ...

A recent visit by the U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to refugee camps for people displaced by the Western Sahara conflict has stirred up tensions in the 40-year dispute.

World News Briefs;Western Sahara Vote Is Put in Doubt by U.N. The United Nations has begun closing voter registration offices in the disputed Western Sahara, officials said today, making it ...

While Morocco is more respectful of human rights today than it was 20 years ago, including in Western Sahara, one of the continuing taboos pertains to expressing opposition to Morocco's claim to ...