The U.N. is pushing for a plan to split Western Sahara as a possible solution to the long-standing conflict in the region.

The UN envoy to Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, proposed dividing the disputed territory between Morocco and the ...

The U.N. envoy to Western Sahara has proposed partitioning the territory between Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario ...

The idea of partition isn't new. In a never-enacted agreement, Mauritania ceded the southern part of Western Sahara to ...

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris said Thursday the killing of Hamas' top leader, Yahya Sinwar, by Israel “gives ...

President Joe Biden said Thursday that the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar by Israeli troops is a “good day for Israel, ...

The CJEU has blocked the EU’s inclusion of Western Sahara in its trade and fishery agreements with Morocco. The bloc should ...

Morocco annexed the former Spanish colony in 1975, sparking a conflict with the pro-independence Polisario Front. The United Nations considers it a “non-self-governing territory.” The status ...

Occupied by Morocco since 1975, the territory has been claimed by the native Sahrawis, while the Algeria-backed Polisario Front has fought against the Moroccan state for independence for decades.

Western Sahara has long been scene of territorial dispute Friday's decision is final ruling after several appeals Morocco said the ruling was politically biased Polisario Front representative ...

The Algerian-backed Polisario Front, which seeks an independent state in Western Sahara, hailed the verdict as an “historic victory” for the area’s Sahrawi people. Friday’s decision is the ...

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) rejected all appeals against its 2021 decision in the case brought by the Polisario Front. While the fish agreement has expired in the meantime ...