North Africa

  • Political Map of Western Sahara
    Analysis // May 09, 2012
    Jacques Roussellier
    Over the last decade, the dispute over the future status of the Western Sahara territory, which has set Morocco and the Algeria-backed pro-independence Polisario front in opposition, has entered a qualitatively new phase.

  • A vast expanse stretching across the Sahara Desert, North Africa contains a large number of Arab nations in addition to significant numbers of Berber-speaking peoples.

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