World News Briefs;Western Sahara Vote Is Put in Doubt by U.N. The United Nations has begun closing voter registration offices in the disputed Western Sahara, officials said today, making it ...

The Moroccan McDonald's franchise faced controversy last week after it released a children's “Happy Meal” toy which included a map of Morocco. The borders on the map separated Western Sahara from ...

The United Nations envoy for the Western Sahara on Monday called on the Security Council to capitalize on what he called momentum toward resolving the long-standing conflict in the territory. 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 ...

Western Sahara is a former Spanish colony on the Atlantic coast between Morocco and Mauritania. When Spain withdrew in 1975, Morocco seized control of most of the territory and has since ...

The Western Sahara dispute dates back to 1975, when colonial ruler Spain withdrew from the territory, sparking a 15-year war between Morocco and the Polisario Front movement seeking independence ...

The United Nations has doubled down on its pledge to revive stalled negotiations over the disputed Western Sahara in a visit to the region this week in which its top negotiator met with officials ...

United Nations envoy Christopher Ross on Thursday (November 15th) wrapped up his month-long regional tour aimed at rekindling stalled Western Sahara peace talks. "The goal of my mission, as set in UN ...

Western Sahara has been at the heart of disagreements between Morocco and Algeria. Spain, the former colonial power in Western Sahara, said in 2022 it backs Morocco's autonomy plan.

The French presidency of the United Nations Security Council has scheduled a special session on the Western Sahara issue, set to take place on April 14, according to the provisional program ...

As for UN human rights mechanisms, Morocco cooperated with the UN independent expert on cultural rights, who spent one day in Western Sahara during a visit in September 2011, and the special ...

In this image released by Morocco's Foreign Ministry, Morocco's Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, right, welcomes UN Secretary General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, as he ...