Moroccan and Algerian representatives to the United Nations sparred over the fate of Western Sahara on Tuesday, with...
Western Sahara Bound
Western Sahara: Violence erupts in Western Sahara as drone hits pro-independence militants
A Polisario Front commander and three Sahrawi fighters were killed Friday in the disputed Western Sahara as a United...
Migration Crisis: Latest News
Four dead, 51 missing in shipwreck off Tunisia At least 11 migrants have died in a shipwreck off Tunisia's coast and...
North Africans lost three decades over the Western Sahara
Armed clashes between Morocco and the Polisario Front reflect the movement's frustration with a three-decade status...
Morocco and Polisario face off in the Western Sahara, exchange fire
Morocco's army has responded to fire by the Polisario Front along the UN-patrolled buffer zone in Western Sahara, said...
The Western Sahara conflict reignites
For three decades, a UN-monitored ceasefire has kept a fragile peace in the disputed Western Sahara. Now a row over a...
Tensions escalate in the Western Sahara: Morocco and Polisario brace for confrontation
Polisario Front declares end of truce The pro-independence Polisario Front declared a three-decade-old ceasefire in...
Diplomacy: No new UN envoys yet for Libya and Western Sahara crises
United Nations, United States, April 8, 2020 - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has begun searching for a new...
Western Sahara: The forgotten conflict that is likely to perdure
United Nations, United States, Oct 3, 2019 (AFP) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said he hopes to maintain the...
Moroccan air force helicopter crashes in disputed Western Sahara
Rabat, April 26, 2019 - A Moroccan air force helicopter crashed Friday in the disputed Western Sahara, killing two...
European Parliamant adopts EU-Morocco fishing agreement, angering Polisario Front
Strasbourg, France, Feb 12, 2019 (AFP) - The European Parliament on Tuesday adopted a new fishing agreement with...
UN conflict resolution technique: more conferences, and another one on the Western Sahara
By Arezki Daoud - 30 January 2019: The UN does a lot of good things, including humanitarian support to people in...
Morocco complains to UN of Western Sahara truce violations
United Nations, United States, Jan 11, 2019 (AFP) - Morocco has accused Polisario Front fighters in Western Sahara of...
Morocco severs diplomatic ties with Iran over Polisario support
The North Africa Journal - May 2, 2018: Morocco will sever diplomatic ties with Iran over Tehran’s support for the...
Morocco allegedly informs Algeria about possible military action in Western Sahara
MEA Risk Brief: Morocco has reportedly informed Algeria, through an unidentified European ambassador to Algeria, that...
Polisario clashes with tribesmen inside Tindouf camps
MEA Risk Brief: According to a security source, members of the security forces of the Sahrawi movement Polisario Front...
Regional politics and entrenched business interests complicate Morocco’s ECOWAS membership bid
The North Africa Journal - December 21, 2017: There has been a setback in Morocco’s efforts to join the Economic...
As tension eases in Western Sahara conflict, the belligerents stick to their guns
The North Africa Journal - May 4, 2017: Fighters of the Polisario Front, who are seeking statehood in the Western...
New activity on the Western Sahara conflict, but no one knows where this is headed
The North Africa Journal - March 6, 2017 - The UN envoy to the Western Sahara Christopher Ross has handed over his...
UN envoy to Western Sahara resigns
American diplomat Christopher Ross has submitted his resignation to the United Nations Secretary General, Antonino...
UN, Morocco and the Polisario: a symbolic withdrawal
The North Africa Journal: February 27, 2017: Morocco is to withdraw some troops from Guerguerat, in the contested...