Portugal joined other Western countries in expressing a positive view of Morocco's autonomy proposal for the disputed Western ...

More and more countries — and former SA president Jacob Zuma — are backing Rabat’s plan for autonomy for Western Sahara.

Looking back at his tenure in Cyprus, Mr. Stewart likened UNFICYP’s daily work to stamping out sparks before they ignite.

The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is a complete AU member state and is currently recognised by over forty United Nations ...

With its leader under fire after a visit to Morocco and flying the South African flag, the MK party argues that Western ...

Portugal’s decision to support Morocco’s autonomy plan for the disputed territory of Western Sahara sees Lisbon joins a ...

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 ...

The Western Sahara is a long-disputed territory to the southwest of Morocco controlled mostly by the Moroccan state, which occupies about 75% of the territory, according to the CIA World Factbook.

U.S. and Moroccan flags next to a map of Morocco recognizing the territory of Western Sahara. (Str/AFP/Getty Images) Stephen Zunes is a professor of politics at the University of San Francisco and ...

The Western Sahara is a “territory in the process of decolonization” according to the U.N. It was a Spanish colony until 1975, ...

Morocco moved in to control most of the sparsely populated territory after former colonial ruler Spain withdrew in 1975.

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 ...