The regional bloc also undertook to raise the issue of Western Sahara in all multilateral ...

though Mauritania and Algeria had to fight bloody wars for their own independence. Spain finally withdrew from Western Sahara in 1975 after the death of fascist dictator General Franco. But it handed ...

The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) has been fighting for independence from Morocco for years now. SADR controls a portion of Western Sahara located east of the Moroccan Wall. SADR claims ...

The Saharawi Youth Union, advocating for the independence of Western Sahara, together with the International Service for Human Rights, urged the UN Human Rights Council on Monday to “take action” and ...

The occupied Western Sahara, which is about the size of the United Kingdom, is the last African colonial state yet to achieve independence, often called 'Africa's last colony'. The region was ...

Spain, facing increasing UN pressure, appeared ready to grant independence to Western Sahara in the 1970s. However, in 1975 Spain unilaterally transferred administrative authority over the ...

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