Stephen Zunes is an international relations scholar, activist, and professor of politics at the University of San Francisco. Zunes, the author of numerous books and articles, including his latest, ...

Western Sahara is currently occupied by Morocco, but before that it was controlled by Spain. As early as the 15th century, Spain began to exploit the rich fishing waters off the Saharan coast. But as ...

In a letter addressed to the Moroccan king in March this year—and a subsequent state visit—the Spanish government has made clear that it will not respect its historic obligation to support the ...

Western Sahara has been on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories since 1963 following the transmission of information on Spanish Sahara by Spain under Article 73 e of the Charter ...

Although considered the last African colony by the United Nations, Western Sahara has been occupied by the Kingdom of Morocco for nearly half a century. After Spain ceded Western Sahara as a colony in ...

Meriem Naili is affiliated with OUISO, the International Academic Observatory on Western Sahara. Western Sahara is the territory in north-west Africa bordered by Morocco in the north, Algeria and ...

Almost invisibly to most Americans, Morocco has won an important victory in its long struggle to maintain and legitimize its sovereignty in the Western Sahara. For most Americans, and even most ...