Since 2020, Morocco has reframed its case for control of Western Sahara as one based on economic development. Its shift is ...

RABAT (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump has reaffirmed support for Morocco's sovereignty over Western Sahara, saying a Moroccan autonomy plan for the territory was the sole solution to the ...

Portugal joined other Western countries in expressing a positive view of Morocco's autonomy proposal for the disputed Western Sahara region, after Portuguese Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel said on ...

Since Spain’s withdrawal in 1975, Western Sahara has been entangled in a territorial dispute involving an Algeria-backed ...

Washington is preparing to authorize major investments by its companies in the former Spanish colony, where Morocco claims ...

President Trump reaffirms US recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara, calling Rabat’s autonomy plan the only viable solution to the conflict.

Up until 1976, Western Sahara was a Spanish colony. However, when Spain began to vacate its positions, Morocco had already occupied first the northern, then the southern part of Western Sahara.

Morocco's government is threatening to take control of U.N.-monitored buffer zones in Western Sahara amid concerns that the mission is failing to keep out Polisario Front independence fighters.

Western Sahara is a former Spanish colony claimed by Morocco, and Morocco and the Polisario have been fighting for control of the area for two decades. Reuters Nov. 20, 1995 ...

France and Morocco have historically partnered on issues ranging from counterterrorism to Western Sahara. Morocco is the top destination for French investment in Africa and France is Morocco’s ...

Morocco, which has failed in four previous World Cup bids, does not want FIFA taking into account the Western Sahara when deciding whether its biggest tournament should be hosted in eight years.

Since 2007, Morocco has proposed an autonomy plan for the Western Sahara, which U.S. Ambassador Power still deems to be "serious, realistic, and credible," representing "a potential approach that ...