The Western Saharan singer reflects on a life away from home, the struggle for self-determination and her musical influences. Read more »
Advocacy groups have raised concerns about plans for oil exploration by a U.S. energy firm in Western Sahara, as U.S. and Moroccan executives meet to strengthen private sector ... Read more »
A Paris-based NGO has filed civil lawsuits against Morocco's intelligence chief, Abdellatif Hammouchi, for his "complicity in the torture" of a pro-independence Sahrawi activist. Read more »
Morocco may not use technical means to censor websites, but on the ground in Western Sahara, its police censor via bullying and batons, an eyewitness says. Read more »
A visit by King Mohammed VI of Morocco to the United States has pushed the long-running dispute over independence for the Western Sahara back into the spotlight, with the Sahrawi ... Read more »
The international rights group, Human Rights Watch, has called on the Moroccan government to respect the rights of the Saharawi people in their quest for self-determination. Read more »
The call by Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika for the UN to monitor human rights violations in Western Sahara has led to diplomatic spat with Morocco. Read more »
Delegates from some Africa countries attending a conference in Nigeria have expressed support for the Sahrawi people's cause. Read more »
Several months after the UN Security Council decided not to send observers to Western Sahara, rights groups are reporting the "systematic violations" of the human rights of Sahrawi ... Read more »
The UN is set to renew its MINURSO mandate in the Western Sahara to facilitate the Saharawi people's disire for self-determination in the face of Morocco's continued occupation of ... Read more »
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