After 34 years of operations in Western Sahara without achieving its objectives, is it time for MINURSO to retire? The UN mission is scaling back with an unprecedented decision, causing panic within the Polisario.
After a prolonged crisis with Spain that ended without much fuss, Algeria is now mending ties with France—despite having treated President Macron's recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara as a diplomatic casus belli. Algeria’s tough stance and the loud protests from France’s right-wing parties have faded, replaced by political pragmatism. All that fuss for this..