To keep migrants away, Fortress Europe has extended its walls
into African countries such as Morocco and Mauritania
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The Israeli occupation of Palestine
Rich in resources but largely unrecognised, those in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic eke out a livelihood under harsh conditions.
Relations between the two allies soured but their recent reconciliation has serious implications for Morocco’s neighbours, especially the Sahrawis
For breakaway territories, quasi-states and would-be secessionists, diplomacy is hard – but not impossible
South Africa and Morocco look set to re-establish diplomatic relations after 13 years of giving each other the cold shoulder
A UN peacekeeping force has been in Western Sahara since 1991 with a mandate to organise a referendum on its independence or integration with Morocco.
Western Sahara holds faint hope for referendum as guns are drawn in dispute
The ANC regards the return of Morocco to the African Union as selling out the Sahrawi people.
After 40 years the people of Western Sahara live in refugee camps and the country has still not gained its independence from Morocco.
A word from the UN’s Ban Ki-moon and an EU trade pact have sent Morocco into a fury.
The UN Security Council has reached a deal on a draft resolution to renew the mandate of peacekeepers in the disputed territory of Western Sahara.
UN leader Ban Ki-moon says a UN mission’s communications from the Moroccan-controlled Western Sahara with UN headquarters have been compromised.
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/ 27 September 2011
Seven people have been killed in a riot following a football match in Morocco’s disputed Western Sahara region.
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/ 8 November 2010
A statement from the Polisario Front said Morocco’s King Mohammed VI comments "interfere with efforts to settle the conflict".
UN chief Ban Ki-moon met with Polisario Front head Mohamed Abdelaziz on Friday and expressed renewed concern about alleged human rights violations.
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/ 12 February 2010
Neither side in the Western Sahara stand-off budged during informal talks Thursday aimed at reviving negotiations to try to end the dispute.
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/ 26 January 2010
Plans by Morocco to devolve some power to its regions appear unlikely to convince campaigners in Western Sahara to accept Moroccan sovereignty.
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/ 16 December 2009
As the world’s diplomats duel over her destiny, human rights activist Aminatou Haidar could be hours from death.
A UN envoy to Western Sahara believes the independence of the desert territory from Morocco to have become an unrealistic plan.
Divided for three decades by Africa’s longest territorial dispute, a Sahrawi family comes together in a drab courtyard and the women break into ecstatic singing, their bright robes shimmering in the Saharan sunlight. Most are too young to remember the events of 1975 when Morocco annexed Western Sahara and the indigenous Sahrawis took up arms in a guerrilla war.