western sahara
“Point of No Return”: Western Sahara Declares End to 30-Year Truce
Western Sahara’s Polisario Front told VICE World News the independence group had declared “full-scale war” against Morocco, which occupies the majority of the disputed territory.
Morocco Boots UN Diplomats Over Western Sahara Spat
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has managed to anger Moroccan officials by visiting a refugee camp filled with refugees from Western Sahara and referring to Morocco's presence in the territory as an "occupation."
[Exclusive Photos] Turning Soldiers into Life-Sized Army Men
Simon B. Thorpe uses conceptual photography to shed light on the forgotten conflict in the Western Sahara.
Oysters Are Served with Politics in the Disputed Western Sahara
Situated knee-deep in the south of Morocco’s disputed Western Sahara region, the desert town of Dakhla defines remote. Amid the UN jeeps and oil prospectors, however, an unlikely crop is growing: oysters.
The Sahara's Forgotten War (Full Length)
We traveled to Africa's last colony to learn about one of the world's least reported conflicts.
The Sahara's Forgotten War
In part four, VICE News learns what life is like for Sahrawis living under Moroccan rule in the occupied territories of Western Sahara.
The Sahara's Forgotten War
In part three, VICE News finds out how the Polisario tackle the threats of terrorism and drug smuggling in their increasingly volatile part of the Sahara.
The Sahara's Forgotten War (Part 4)
VICE News learns what life is like for Sahrawis living under Moroccan rule in the occupied territories of Western Sahara.
The Sahara's Forgotten War (Part 3)
We speak with the Polisario about their increasingly volatile part of the Sahara.
The Sahara's Forgotten War (Part 2)
We head to the liberated territories in the Western Sahara that are littered with land mines left over from its 16-year war.
The Sahara's Forgotten War
The bloody, 16-year war in Western Sahara between the native Sahrawi and the Moroccan occupiers who forced more than 100,000 Sahrawis into exile across the border in Algeria is barely noticed worldwide, so VICE News travels to Western Sahara to learn...