French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot reiterated France’s position, expressed at the highest levels of government, supporting Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara.“Just a ...

The Trump administration and United Nations can save a lot of money by eliminating failed peacekeeping missions.

Since 1991, the United Nations has led a series of fruitless efforts to resolve the standoff over Western Sahara. A swath of desert about the size of the entire United Kingdom, Western Sahara is ...

Saharawi Youth Union, advocating for the independence of Western Sahara, and the International Service for Human Rights urged the UN Human Rights Council on Monday to 'take action' and uphold its ...

This year marks 50 years since Morocco invaded Western Sahara, forcibly displacing the Sahrawi people into Algeria. Women's rights and climate activist Najla Mohamed-Lamin joins us from the refugee ...

The United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) was established by Security Council resolution 690 of 29 April 1991. The settlement plan, as approved by the Security ...

Sahrawi men and women at a meeting of party leaders in Laayoune, a city in the territory of Western Sahara. Youssef Boudlal/Reuters The following interview is with Fatma El Mehdi, one of eight ...

The ownership of Western Sahara has been contested since 1975. The indigenous Sahrawi people have lived in camps ever since. The dispute over Western Sahara is one of Africa’s longest running wars – ...

Morocco governs most of the Western Sahara – and has done since Spanish powers left in the 1970s – but liberation movement the Polisario Front claims it as an independent state. The UN calls ...