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Western Sahara

  • Tuesday, 30 July, 2024
    Algeria withdraws ambassador from France over Western Sahara dispute

    Algiers lashes out at Paris for backing plan for Morocco to take sovereignty over the disputed territory

    A Polisario Front soldier salutes during a military parade in Algeria, which suports the Sahrawi group fighting for independence for Western Sahara
  • Thursday, 9 June, 2022
    Spanish politics
    Spain vows to defend interests after Algeria suspends friendship treaty

    Growing tension over contested territory of Western Sahara leads to trade ban with Madrid

    Spanish foreign minister José Manuel Albares
  • Monday, 18 October, 2021
    African politics
    Algeria and Morocco fall out over gas, separatists and Western Sahara

    Algiers threatens to cut off supplies this month in response to moves by newly assertive Rabat

    A Moroccan army vehicle in the Western Sahara
  • Tuesday, 12 October, 2021
    Special ReportMorocco: Gateway to Africa
    Morocco asserts its power as diplomatic spats simmer

    Dispute over contested Western Sahara territory sets Rabat against neighbours and EU trading partners

    Standing tall: the Noor III tower at the Ouarzazate solar plant
  • Saturday, 2 October, 2021
    John Dizard
    European gas market faces more strain after Western Sahara dispute flares

    Algeria plans to shut down pipeline that passes through Morocco to Spain

  • Wednesday, 29 September, 2021
    EU trade
    EU court strikes down trade deals with Morocco over Western Sahara

    Judges find bloc had not gained sufficient consent from people of rebel territory when ratifying agreements

  • Tuesday, 1 June, 2021
    Morocco
    Western Sahara independence leader leaves Spain after court ruling

    Judge declines to place head of Polisario Front in detention, widening dispute with Morocco

  • Tuesday, 18 May, 2021
    Spanish politics
    Migrants stream into Spanish enclave of Ceuta as Morocco loosens borders

    Thousands enter north African enclave as diplomatic row deepens between Rabat and Madrid

    Moroccan migrants scale a cliff in an attempt to enter Ceuta on Tuesday
  • Sunday, 13 December, 2020
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Trump’s latest risky deal in the Middle East

    US recognition of Moroccan control over Western Sahara promotes war not peace

    A Moroccan soldier mans an outpost in the Western Sahara. The move by the US will embolden a Moroccan regime already accused of human rights violations
  • Friday, 11 December, 2020
    Morocco
    War brews in Western Sahara as Trump strikes Morocco-Israel deal

    Forgotten conflict on fringes of desert heats up after US recognises Rabat’s claim to territory

    A hilltop manned by Moroccan soldiers in the Western Sahara. The Polisario Front said it was returning to war because Morocco had breached a 1991 ceasefire agreement by sending forces into a demilitarised buffer strip
  • Sunday, 15 November, 2020
    Western Saharan rebels launch attacks on Moroccan troops

    Polisario Front says it has ended a 30 year truce and as it launched attacks on forces in North African country

  • Friday, 17 May, 2019
    FTfmJohn Dizard
    Polisario case reveals high stakes behind investors’ ESG enthusiasm

    Legal action over disputed African territory affects EU links with Morocco

    Polisario Front flags flutter over a parade by the Sahrawi People’s Liberation Army (Farouk Batiche/AFP/Getty)
  • Thursday, 24 January, 2019
    Economic Community of West African States
    Morocco’s Ecowas bid sparks African fear and suspicion

    Nigeria warms to royal diplomacy but worries about competition

    Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari, second left, and Morocco's King Mohammed VI, right, wave to the crowd from an open limousine at the king palace In Rabat, Morocco, Sunday, June 10, 2018. Buhari is on his first official visit to Morocco. (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar)
  • Thursday, 24 January, 2019
    Morocco
    Moroccan companies and banks support king’s push into Africa

    Rabat uses diplomacy to bolster its economic and political goals in pivot south

    OCP - Khouribga mine facility in Morocoo - Press image
  • Tuesday, 27 November, 2018
    Oil & Gas industry
    Norway oil fund ends investment ban on Cairn and Kosmos
  • Saturday, 23 June, 2018
    FTfmJohn Dizard
    ECJ ruling on western Sahara will affect far more than fishing

    Repercussions likely for governance of the sea, Catalonia and phosphate for farming

    A picture taken on May 13, 2013 shows untreated phosphate being dropped off on a montain at the end of a conveyor belt at the Marca factory of the National Moroccan phosphates company (OCP/public), near Laayoune, the capial of Moroccan-controlled Western Sahara. As a global leader in the market for phosphate and its derivatives, OCP has been a key player in the international market since its founding in 1920, the worlds largest exporter of phosphate rock and phosphoric acid and one of the worlds largest fertilizer producers. AFP PHOTOS/FADEL SENNA / AFP / FADEL SENNA (Photo credit should read FADEL SENNA/AFP/Getty Images)
  • Monday, 30 January, 2017
    World
    Morocco rejoins African Union after 33-year absence

    Move set to intensify country’s attempt to secure disputed Western Sahara

    Morocan members of parliament vote on the first draft for Morocco to return to the African Union (AU) in Rabat on January 18, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / STRINGERSTRINGER/AFP/Getty Images
  • Tuesday, 28 June, 2016
    US & Canadian companies
    Norway oil fund drops investment in Cairn and Kosmos

    Exploration off Western Sahara seen as ‘violation of ethical norms’

    01/12/15. Cairn Energy Board visit to Ocean Rig Athena, Dakar Senegal. Picture Ian Rutherford
  • Monday, 29 September, 2014
    ReviewLife & Arts
    Sahara Soul, Barbican Hall, London – review

    A night of desert music, including contributions from Tinariwen and Tamikrest personnel

    Noura Mint Seymali and Aziza Brahim perform on stage at the Barbican's Transcender Festival
  • Wednesday, 17 September, 2014
    Oil
    Battle for oil fuels Africa’s lengthy conflict
    Polisario Front soldiers take part in a parade for the 35th anniversary celebrations of their independence movement for Western Sahara from Morocco, in Tifariti, southwestern Algeria February 27, 2011. REUTERS/Juan Medina (ALGERIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY) - RTR2J6W7
  • Thursday, 12 December, 2013
    beyondbricsEU energy
    Western Sahara: EU-Morocco deal in uncertain territory
  • Tuesday, 15 May, 2012
    beyondbricsBorzou Daragahi
    Morocco secures $250m loan to upgrade phosphate industry
  • Monday, 27 December, 2010
    World
    Comment: Western Sahara talks run into sand

    UN-moderated negotiations deadlocked

  • Friday, 30 July, 2010
    Life & Arts
    Kitesurfing in the Sahara
  • Friday, 23 July, 2010
    Life & Arts
    Ghosts of the Sahara
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