By settling thousands of inhabitants of Western Sahara in the Tindouf camps, Algeria has only materialized a project dating from 1967. It aimed at making the city a capital of the Sahrawis.
In 2023, the United States became more active in the conflict in Western Sahara. The regional context, marked by the arrival of new actors in the Sahel and West Africa, and the shortcomings of the UN in relaunching the political process, forced Washington to revise its strategy.
«Pedro Sanchez has renounced» his support for the Moroccan autonomy plan for Western Sahara. This is the astonishing version given by the Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs to justify the resumption of his country's relations with Spain.