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the UN mission set up to work for a referendum on Western Sahara independence. So why does Western Sahara matter? When the European powers divided up Africa in the late 19th century Spain became ...

UNITED NATIONS, April 28. /TASS/. Russia has decided not to veto the UN Security Council’s resolution on Western Sahara as it recognizes the need to continue the work of the international ...

[AFP] Morocco's Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said Monday that a recent proposal by a United Nations envoy to partition the disputed territory of Western Sahara was "unacceptable", citing past ...