WHILE the eyes of the world are fixed upon the genocide in Gaza, the 50th anniversary of another neocolonial conflict has gone relatively unnoticed. In 1975, Morocco annexed the adjacent territory of ...

France, in July 2024, noted that it was siding with Morocco on the matter of its sovereignty over the small country of Western Sahara. This support was to the detriment of Algeria, which also lays ...

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.

FILE - An archway in the entrance of Dakhla carries an image of Morocco's King Mohammed VI, in Western Sahara, Monday, Dec. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy, File) 24,739 people played the ...

Western Sahara has been on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories since 1963 following the transmission of information on Spanish Sahara by Spain under Article 73 e of the ...

French president Emmanuel Macron meets with Moroccans after delivering a speech in the Parliament, in the capital Rabat, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024 (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) SAM METZ Tue, Oct 29 ...

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.

Ambassador Mouloud Said, the representative of Western Sahara in Washington, disputed Morocco’s claims of sovereignty over the territory at a Harvard Law School event on Monday.

In Dakhla, the Western Sahara's second city some 530 kilometres (330 miles) south of Laayoune, Dati said she is set to sign a cooperation agreement in the field of cinema and audiovisual art.

Western Sahara is a strip of coastal desert rich in phosphates and fish that the United Nations has considered a “non-self-governing territory” throughout almost 50 years of dispute.