Polisario militias have blocked hundreds of Sahrawis and dozens of vehicles at the Rabouni camp in response to renewed protests caused by a persistent licensing crisis that has been hindering movement ...

The frustration is justified as all efforts to put an end to the Sahrawis’ plight have failed after 26 years of independence from Spain, only to fall under occupation from two neighbors ...

These are Sahrawis, often entire families, arriving from the Tindouf camps in Algeria to line up at the Moroccan Consulate in Nouadhibou, Mauritania, to request return to Morocco.

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Former Spanish Defense Minister José Bono has asserted that Morocco’s Autonomy Plan for the Saharais “the most efficient ...

This year will mark four decades since Morocco took over Western Sahara but Sahrawis continue to face misery and suffer rights abuses Hatra Aram, a local resident living in one of the many squat ...