Morocco’s $1.3bn Atlantic Initiative aims to link Sahel nations to the ocean via Western Sahara, despite coups, rivalries, ...

Posted: 7 June 2025 | Last updated: 18 June 2025 An archway in the entrance of Dakhla carries an image of Morocco's King Mohammed VI, in Western Sahara, Monday, Dec. 21, 2020.

According to Werenfels, Spain's support for Morocco's position on Western Sahara may well be due to that. The UK, on the other hand, is likely to have economic interests above all, Werenfels said.

Ryanair has unwittingly found itself embroiled in a geopolitical war of words over its flights that operate from Madrid in Spain and the island of Lanzarote to the disputed territory of Western Sahara ...

Spain pulled out of Western Sahara in 1975, but after decades of neutrality, in 2022 it backed Morocco's proposal that the territory be granted autonomous status under Moroccan rule.

Spain pulled out of Western Sahara in 1975, but after decades of neutrality, in 2022 it backed Morocco's proposal that the territory be granted autonomous status under Moroccan rule.

Ports like Laayoune and Dakhla, located in the occupied territory, serve as vital logistics hubs for the fishing industry. This “resource curse” is not unique to Western Sahara.

STATUS WOE Spain controlled Western Sahara from the 1884 Berlin Conference until 1976, when it horse-traded most of the territory to Morocco during the negotiations for the Madrid accords in exchange ...