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Former president Jacob Zuma. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy/M&G

We won’t attack Zuma publicly, even if he takes arms with Morocco, Western Sahara’s Beisat says

With its leader under fire after a visit to Morocco and flying the South African flag, the MK party argues that Western Sahara should be a province and not an independent country

Children in Africa are exposed to violence such as armed conflict, with some children recruited as child soldiers. Photo: Stefanie Glinski/AFP

Safeguard the rights and welfare of Africa’s children

About 50% of the continent’s children have experienced violence – emotional, sexual, physical and the added dangers of war

Moroccan forces destroy a camp near Western Sahara’s capital in 2019. Photo: File

The last colony: Western Sahara and Africa’s unfinished liberation

A referendum must take place allowing the people of Western Sahara to decide their future freely, to uphold African solidarity, justice, self-determination and dignity

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio with Nasser Bourita, the Moroccan foreign minister.

US designation of Polisario Front as foreign terrorist group will create new problems for SA

South Africa’s banking system could come under scrutiny and the country may attract targeted sanctions if it does not follow the US lead.

ANC removes Obed Bapela from NEC position over his Morocco trip

The party veteran has been ousted after he contradicted the ANC’s position on Morocco’s occupation of Western Sahara

African refugees and migrants fleeing war and dictatorships in search of safety on European shores.  (AFP)

Home may be the least bad option for African migrants

To keep migrants away, Fortress Europe has extended its walls into African countries such as Morocco and Mauritania

David Keene, the editor-at-large of The Washington Times and former president of the National Rifle Association. (Photo by Mark Reinstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

Duelling Western Sahara commentaries expose Washington media swamp things

We’re quick to talk about the business of journalism but when it comes to the American media, the ethics of journalism is equally important

(Photo by Romy Arroyo Fernandez/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Israel’s occupation of Palestine: Rethinking genocide and ecocide through justice for the Earth

The Israeli occupation of Palestine

Libya’s southwestern tip in the Sahara bordering Algeria and Niger has turned into an open door for migrants and refugees from sub-Saharan countries heading for Europe.

Africa’s forgotten colony in the Sahara

Rich in resources but largely unrecognised, those in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic eke out a livelihood under harsh conditions.

Anger: People in Madrid protest against Spain’s support for Morocco’s plan for Western Sahara. (Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP)

Spain shafts Western Sahara to win Morocco’s favour

Relations between the two allies soured but their recent reconciliation has serious implications for Morocco’s neighbours, especially the Sahrawis

Secessionist: Biafran leader Nnamdi Kanu (C) (Photo: Marco Longaria/AFP)

The diplomats without an embassy

For breakaway territories, quasi-states and would-be secessionists, diplomacy is hard – but not impossible

Betty Mwangi of M-Pesa in Nairobi.

South Africa and Morocco set to re-establish diplomatic relations

​South Africa and Morocco look set to re-establish diplomatic relations after 13 years of giving each other the cold shoulder

We are not going to sit idly by waiting for the solution to be found, said Morocco’s King Mohammed VI

Morocco king rejects independence for Western Sahara

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.

The Western Saharan desert  may be inhospitable

Morocco’s AU return: Colony in peril

Western Sahara holds faint hope for referendum as guns are drawn in dispute

Indigenous Sahrawi people gather during the funeral of Western Sahara’s Polisario Front leader Mohamed Abdelaziz in Tindouf

‘Liberation deferred’ for Western Sahara

The ANC regards the return of Morocco to the African Union as selling out the Sahrawi people.

An indigenous Sahrawi woman walks at a refugee camp of Boudjdour in Tindouf

Morocco’s renewed bid for AU membership has once again divided the organisation

After 40 years the people of Western Sahara live in refugee camps and the country has still not gained its independence from Morocco.

Moroccan forces destroy a camp near Western Sahara’s capital in 2019. Photo: File

Western Sahara debate reignited

A word from the UN’s Ban Ki-moon and an EU trade pact have sent Morocco into a fury.

Peacekeepers stay put in Western Sahara amid disappointment

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.

Ban says Western Sahara mission undermined

Ban says Western Sahara mission undermined

UN leader Ban Ki-moon says a UN mission’s communications from the Moroccan-controlled Western Sahara with UN headquarters have been compromised.

Seven killed in Morocco football riot

Seven people have been killed in a riot following a football match in Morocco’s disputed Western Sahara region.