Sahara
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Western Sahara, a mineral-rich former Spanish colony, has been largely controlled by Morocco since 1975, but the United Nations considers it a non-self-governing territory.
From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026
This happened in 2021, after Spain allowed a pro-independence leader from Western Sahara to get treatment in a Spanish hospital.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Professor Abdelmadjid Chehma at the University of Ghardaia in Algeria, who has conducted experimental works on camels in the Sahara Desert, has a similar conclusion.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Whether you were in France, the Sahara Desert or Chile, the sky "would no longer be clear, resembling instead the sky seen in the suburbs of a city," he warned.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
On the other hand, copper smelting had been going on in the West African Sahara and Sahel since at least 2000 B.C.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
