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Mélenchon backtracks on Western Sahara, distances himself from Macron
Jean-Luc Mélenchon urged President Emmanuel Macron to follow the lead of the United States and Israel on the Western Sahara ...
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The Sahara issue featured prominently in discussions between Morocco and Russia
Moroccos ambassador to Russia, Lotfi Bouchaara, met with Mikhail Bogdanov, the Russian President’s Special Representative for ...
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The Strategic Case for Designating the Polisario Front as a Foreign Terrorist Organization
View PDF Executive Summary The Western Sahara conflict—once a Cold War–era standoff between Morocco and a separatist insurgency—has reemerged as a volatile front in today’s great power rivalry. No ...
Family of French journalist sentenced in Algeria pleads for help from soccer great Zidane
The family of a French sports journalist who has been sentenced to seven years in prison in Algeria is calling for help from the sporting world and soccer great Zinédine Zidane. Christophe Gleizes, ...
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Wheeler Geologic Area Is One of Colorado’s Most Beautiful—and Least Accessible—Landscapes
Millions of years ago, a volcano created Wheeler Geologic Area. We visited the hoodoo-filled landscape and learned what it ...
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Algerian court upholds writer’s 5-year sentence in a case that’s strained ties with France
The case has unfolded at a historic low point in Algeria's relations with France, which were strained further over the ...
Freedom for Western Sahara: Sahrawis Demand End of Moroccan Occupation at U.N. Human Rights Council
We go to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, where activists are shining a light on Morocco’s brutal occupation of ...
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Native Sahrawis Fight to End Moroccan Occupation of Sahara at the UN
Morocco has occupied Western Sahara since 1975 in defiance of the United Nations and the international community.