(New York) - Moroccan security forces repeatedly beat and abused people they detained following disturbances on November 8, 2010, in the Western Sahara capital city of El-Ayoun, Human Rights Watch ...

I pressed on to the capital, Laayoune, where 40 percent of the 600,000 Western Sahara residents live. Laayounne has no fresh water source. It gets its water from a desalination plant.

As dusk enveloped the salmon-pink houses of this capital city, the brightly colored robes of women stood out in a mass of protesters chanting for independence from Moroccan rule.

We go to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, where activists are shining a light on Morocco’s brutal occupation of ...

France's intention to use the French Development Agency (AFD) to fund projects in the disputed Sahrawi regions is a "provocative" step, Algerian state media reported on Sunday, citing a statement ...

Western Sahara is a sparsely-populated area of mostly desert situated on the northwest coast ... Largest city: Laayoune . Area: 266,000 sq km. ... BBC visits world's rare earths capital in China ...

Western Sahara remained a Spanish colony until 1975 when the Moroccan government organized a so-called “Green March” with 350,000 protesters marching into Western Sahara to claim the land.

The dispute over Western Sahara – roughly 100,000 square miles of sparsely populated land to the south of Morocco and Algeria, and to the west of Mauritania – has become an "intricate" and ...

Since the 2000s, Morocco has been investing in hotels, beach resorts and leisure facilities to attract tourists, particularly around the city of Dakhla in south-western Western Sahara. An airport ...

Israel Formally Recognizes Western Sahara as Moroccan Territory. By. Hana Levi Julian - 29 Tammuz 5783 – July 17, 2023. 0. Share on Facebook. Tweet on Twitter ...

Morocco's King Mohammed VI, 2nd right, flanked by his brother prince Moulay Rachid, inspects the royal guard in Laayoune, the capital of disputed territories of the Western Sahara, Nov. 7, 2015.

Largest city: Laayoune . Area: 266,000 sq km. Population: 565,000. ... 2021 - Morocco proposes autonomy for Western Sahara under the sovereignty of the King of Morocco.