.VIRTUALLY 50 YEARS have passed given that Morocco claimed sovereignty over Western side Sahara, a slice of land that stretches for 900km along the Atlantic coast to the country's south. The Polisario Front end-- a resistance group backed through Algeria, Morocco's long-standing rival, and also standing for the region's indigenous population, the Sahrawi-- is actually still fighting for management. In 2020 a 29-year ceasefire malfunctioned. On July 30th France contacted Morocco's think about Western Sahara the "merely manner" to deal with the dispute. Algeria reversed its emissary to France in feedback.