The ownership of Western Sahara has been contested since 1975. The indigenous Sahrawi people have lived in camps ever since. The dispute over Western Sahara is one of Africa’s longest running wars – ...

In October of last year, the European Court of Justice invalidated trade agreements between the European Union and Morocco ...

On 15 November, Moroccan security forces broke into the house of Sultana Khaya, Sahrawi woman activist and defender of Sahrawis' right to self-determination. They raped her and sexually abused her ...

And I take that opportunity to explain to them about the struggle of my people and our struggle for self-determination." Gaby Alamin is a Sahrawi-Australian woman living in Melbourne. While she ...

The dispute between Morocco and the Polisario Front—who believe the area belongs to the Sahrawi people—goes back to 1975, when colonial Spain withdrew from the region and Morocco took control.

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In 1976, Polisario Front, the only legitimate representative of the Sahrawi people recognised by the UN, founded Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) as an independent State. Three years later ...

"The Sahrawi people of Western Sahara have the right of peoples to self-determination. Morocco is a colonising state," tweeted Ahmednasir Tanzanian opposition leader Zitto Kabwe, in a tweet ...

An undercover documentary film produced and directed by British filmmaker Dominic Brown about the struggle of the indigenous Sahrawi people of Western Sahara The documentary covers the current ...

But while the international community has focussed on finding a diplomatic solution – the plight of the indigenous Sahrawi people, who used to live on the disputed land, is often forgotten.