In the shadowless reaches of the Spanish Sahara, some 40 miles from the Atlantic Coast, the dusty oasis of Bu-Craa swelters in the middle of a moonscape of endless dunes and burned-out scrub. It is an ...
Western Sahara is a disputed territory in north-west Africa. It lies south of Morocco, north-east of Mauritania, and west of Algeria. It was formerly known as Spanish Sahara, until Spain’s withdrawal ...
In a little-known 1957 conflict, Moroccos Liberation Army staged a bold offensive against Spanish colonial rule in Ifni and Western Sahara, capturing key territories and besieging Spanish strongholds, ...