.JUST ABOUT HALF A CENTURY have actually passed because Morocco claimed supreme power over Western Sahara, a cut of land that goes for 900km along the Atlantic shoreline to the country's south. The Polisario Front end-- a resistance group supported through Algeria, Morocco's long-standing competitor, and exemplifying the area's aboriginal populace, the Sahrawi-- is still defending control. In 2020 a 29-year ceasefire malfunctioned. On July 30th France called Morocco's plan for Western Sahara the "just basis" to fix the disagreement. Algeria withdrew its own emissary to France in response.