Morocco tightens its grip on Western Sahara

The abrupt end of a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara last Sunday strengthens Morocco’s hold on the territory and snuffs out hopes for a referendum on its future. A setback in Western Sahara Thirty-five years after the start of their …

UN confirms start of process to wind up Western Sahara missio

Stéphane Dujarric, the spokesman for Secretary General Antonio Guterres said a team of UN support staff would oversee the withdrawal of the Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO). The peacekeepers were sent in 1991 to oversee a ceasefire …

Morales warns of the impact in the Canary Islands from the end of MINURSO in Western Sahara

The president of the Cabildo of Gran Canaria, Antonio Morales, has warned about the new scenario opening up in the Western Sahara after the conclusion of the mandate of the United Nations mission (MINURSO) and the possible repercussions that this change …

Refugees yearn to return to Western Sahara, as peacekeers leave

At 51, Binina Mohamed is as old as the ​conflict that drove her from the Western Sahara region into a refugee camp in southern Algeria, where she has spent her ‌life among tens of thousands of others facing a similar fate. The confrontation over her native …

Morocco allocates vast tracts of occupied Western Sahara

Moroccan budget documents released in late October reveal that the kingdom allocated tens of thousands of hectares of land in occupied Western Sahara to investment projects.  Photo: Elli Lorz. Recently published data published by the Moroccan government …

Aminatou Haidar: EU and Western countries complicit in morocco’s human rights violations and plunder of Western Sahara’s ...

Stockholm (Sweden), 2 November 2026 (SPS) – Sahrawi human rights defender and President of the Sahrawi Body Against the Moroccan Occupation (ISACOM), Aminatou Haidar, affirmed that the European Union and several Western countries are complicit in Morocco’s …

Western Sahara conflict risks ‘escalation’ as UN mission ends

Former MINURSO Head: Autonomy Plan is Only Solution to Western Sahara Dispute

Rabat – Julian Harston, the former head of the now-ended United Nations peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara, has welcomed the end of the mission, joining a growing chorus of voices arguing that the operation should be brought to a close. Harston echoed …

Morocco’s Upper House Speaker Says Western Sahara Dispute Enters New Phase

Rabat – Speaker of Morocco’s House of Councillors, Mohamed Ould Errachid, said on Monday that recent international developments have opened a new opportunity to resolve the Western Sahara dispute, expressing confidence in Morocco’s diplomatic efforts and …

Western Sahara: Russia Recognizes Algeria’s Regime Role as ‘Directly Concerned’ Party

Rabat – Russia’s recent statement expressing regret over the expiration of MINURSO’s mandate has brought renewed attention to Algeria’s direct role in the decades-long dispute over Western Sahara. In a statement issued on November 1, Russian Foreign …