Since 1991, the United Nations has led a series of fruitless efforts to resolve the standoff over Western Sahara. A swath of desert about the size of the entire United Kingdom, Western Sahara is ...

So why does Western Sahara matter? When the European powers divided up Africa ... Mauritania soon withdrew but Morocco did not and has occupied the country since. It built a sand wall around most of ...

The Western Wall, also known as the Wailing Wall or the Kotel, is the most significant historic site for the Jewish faith. This wall, located in the heart of the Old City, is a remnant of King ...

RABAT, Feb 17 (Reuters) - French Culture Minister Rachida Dati began a visit on Monday to disputed Western Sahara where she will meet officials and open a French cultural center in a show of ...

Western Sahara is effectively no mans land ... the 20 per cent controlled by the PF are separated by a massive sand wall known as "The Berm" which contains millions of landmines and is dotted ...

The Western Sahara is a former Spanish colony in northwest ... governs a sliver of land that lies beyond a Moroccan-built ...

During the last two years, tensions have flared in Western Sahara with a return to military confrontation at the 2,700km desert wall that separates Moroccan-controlled Western Sahara and the 20 ...

French Culture Minister Rachida Dati began a visit on Monday to the disputed Western Sahara, a sign of French support for Moroccan sovereignty over the desert territory. The long-frozen conflict ...