A gold rush has broken out in the Sahara in recent years. Thousands of young Africans are digging in the sea of sand with ...

cautioned that Mauritania «would be the first state impacted by any tension between Morocco and the Polisario due to the length of its borders» with the Sahara. Similarly, in October 2020 ...

the separatist group warned of potential armed conflict should the trade route materialize. Sayed accused Morocco of seeking to consolidate its territorial claims in the Sahara through this ...