Since the outbreak of the conflict over the Moroccan Sahara in the mid-1970s, this issue has occupied a central place in Moroccan political consciousness, becoming a cornerstone in rebuilding the ...

The U.N. Security Council is expected to vote on a resolution backing Morocco’s claim to the disputed Western Sahara.

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 ...

The mass demonstration pushed Spain to hand over control of the disputed territory, paving the way for Morocco’s takeover.

From the Almoravids (1040-1147), who unified Morocco and extended authority as far as Senegal and the Niger valley, to the ...

Introduction -- A quick tour of the Sahara -- Flora and fauna -- Part 1: Landscapes. Whales in the desert -- Rock art -- Saharan urban -- Part 2: History: conquests and empires. From ancient Egypt to ...

Morocco's king on Friday lauded as "historic" a UN Security Council decision to support his country's plan for Western Sahara, a disputed territory that has provoked decades of conflict between Rabat ...

Two 7,000-year-old mummies from the Takarkori rock shelter in the Sahara have been found to be from a group with a previously unknown ancestry. DNA analysis of the mummies, which are the remains of ...

From a cash-strapped ex-British army captain exploring to Gambia River to his mysterious disappearance en route to the Mali city of Timbuktu. Daniel Houghton was born in County Tyrone, in 1740, into a ...

The rocks were found in May 2020 in the Erg Chech sand sea, in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...