Sahara

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Visitor numbers to Morocco-controlled Western Sahara have risen by more than 50% over the past seven years, data from the Moroccan Ministry of Tourism shows.

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

It also extended the presence of the UN peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara for another 12 months.

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

But between about 9000 and 4000 B.C. the Sahara was more humid, held numerous lakes, and teemed with game.

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