Sahara

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Instead, some 80% of Western Sahara is occupied and administered by Morocco, its northern neighbour.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

This has attracted the airlines, with both Ryanair and Transavia France listing destinations within Western Sahara as being part of Morocco.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

Western Sahara was a Spanish colony from 1884 to 1976.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

The fictional movie he’s making looks stiff, a period epic about Spain’s colonialist withdrawal from the Sahara in the 1930s, which doubles as a metaphor for the father’s destructive absence from his now-adult child’s life.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

West Africa eventually did receive Fertile Crescent domestic animals across the Sahara, and later accepted Islamic influence, including Arabic writing.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond