Morocco rejects UN proposal on Western Sahara
Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita has described proposals by the United Nations envoy to partition the disputed territory of Western...
Western Sahara
Western Sahara: UN envoy backs partition solution
The UN envoy for Western Sahara has proposed partition as a solution to the nearly 50 year dispute over the...
Immigration doubles into EU from W Africa, drops via eastern Med
While statistics released show that immigration into the EU on its eastern flank have reduced considerably, the opposite is the...
Raphael Machado: Could Russia resolve Western Sahara?
Since the withdrawal of Spanish forces from Western Sahara, the Sahrawis have found themselves in a permanent and ruinous conflict...
Morocco: Fake news outlet claims Russia to come in from the cold
Frosty relations between Morocco and Russia might be heading for a thaw, allowing mega contracts for nuclear power plants to...
Morocco suffers EU blow by court ruling over Western Sahara
Frosty relations between Morocco and the European Union have tumbled again due to a legal ruling, possibly pushing Rabat to...
Yasmine Hasnaoui: How Algeria swindles its citizens over the Sahara
In the last five years, countries who hold a historical responsibility toward the Western Sahara marked a new departure, by...
Sarah Leah Whitson: The price of France’s shift on Western Sahara
On July 31, with little fanfare or attention, France formally recognized Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara, abandoning its decades-long support...
Algeria blocks deportations from France over Western Sahara
Many saw Paris as offering Morocco an olive branch by recognising its claim of sovereignty over the Western Sahara, though...
Finland backs Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara
King Mohammed VI’s push for Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara gained more momentum from the international community on August 6th,...
Macron offers Morocco king olive branch over Sahara
A three year row between France and Morocco seems to have ended, following a bold move by Emmanual Macron to...
Iran arms Polisario Front, raising tensions with Morocco
“La Revue Afrique” published a report on July 7th claiming that Iran had provided the Polisario Front with a new...
Elisabeth Myers: Will Labour scrap UK recognition of Moroccan Sahara?
After a resounding victory over the incumbent Conservative Party, Labour Party leader Keir Starmer entered 10 Downing Street on July...
Africa’s biggest military exercise ramps up Morocco-US ties
Morocco-US relations have reached new heights since the US recognised Morocco’s sovereignty over the greatly disputed Western Sahara as the...
Morocco to build “trade hub” in Dakhla’s Atlantic port
Morocco is rapidly developing its disputed southern provinces in recent years, in a bid to assert its sovereignty and local...
