Letter to the editor: Send Palestinians to Western Sahara

OPINION: President Trump’s idea of relocating Palestinians from Gaza to Jordan and Egypt is a bad idea (“Trump says Egypt, Jordan should take more Palestinian refugees,” Web, Jan. 26). Jordan has been America’s friend for decades and already has three …

Former Peruvian FM: Morocco’s sovereignty over Sahara is legally, historically indisputable

In a recent article published by Peruvian news outlet Expreso, former Foreign Minister of Peru, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Mackay, argued that “certain interests have ignored the fact that Western Sahara, the southernmost part of Morocco’s territory, is not …

64% of French Support Morocco’s Sovereignty over Western Sahara, Poll Shows>

US support for the Moroccan Sahara is ‘a historic decision, not a political transition’

A possible return to Morocco? David Fischer, former US ambassador to Morocco, in an interview for Al-Ayyam, stated that the recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over the Sahara was ‘a strategic and historic decision, not a political transition’, due to a …

The Trump administration and the risks in the Sahel-Sahara arc

The Sahel-Saharan region is one of greatest interest in the agenda of the new US administration because it is linked to international terrorism, a main concern of the United States. As is well known, this region has turned into a hotbed for extremist …

World’s Oldest Dinosaurs Hidden in the Amazon and Sahara

Where did the first dinosaurs come from? A new paper suggests that their elusive remains may lie buried in some of the world’s least accessible regions: the Amazon rainforest, the Congo Basin, and the Sahara.  Those places were different 230 million years …

Secrets of 1st dinosaurs lie in the Sahara and Amazon rainforest, study suggests

Remains of the very first dinosaurs on Earth may be buried deep beneath the Sahara desert and Amazon rainforest, a new study suggests. If found, these fossils could trace the history of dinosaurs much further back than 230 million years, the age of the …

Chilean Senate Unanimously Supports Moroccan Sahara Autonomy Initiative

The Chilean Senate has given its unanimous support to the Autonomy Initiative for the Sahara, put forward by Morocco in 2007 to resolve the dispute over its southern provinces. The Chilean Senate unanimously adopted a resolution in which it “expresses its …

Algeria-France Crisis Deepens: Economic Blow to French Companies

Watan-The unprecedented and escalating diplomatic tension between Algeria and France signals economic repercussions affecting Parisian companies and their presence in the Arab country, where France has lost significant market share since President …

Meet the father and son duo driving 6,000km from Kilkenny to West Africa in a 2003 Lexus

Noel and Max Lavelle are driving from Galmoy in Kilkenny to The Gambia, in West Africa in memory of Noel’s late mother Anne, his late uncle Sean and his late aunt May Max Lavelle and his dad, Noel, are the only team from Ireland to participate in this year …