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UN Concludes 35-Year Peacekeeping Mission in Western Sahara, Leaving Refugees with Uncertain Futures

UN Concludes 35-Year Peacekeeping Mission in Western Sahara, Leaving Refugees with Uncertain Futures

Why a US-Russia showdown left Morocco celebrating
Why a US-Russia showdown left Morocco celebrating

An impasse between the US and Russia at the UN means its peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara has ended after 35 years.

UN's peacekeeping mission in disputed Western Sahara ends after 35 years
UN's peacekeeping mission in disputed Western Sahara ends after 35 years

The U.N.'s long-running peacekeeping mission for the disputed Western Sahara ceased operations Sunday after 35 years. Once ruled by Spain, it is claimed by both Morocco and the pro-independence...

UN brings 35-year Western Sahara peacekeeping mission to a close
UN brings 35-year Western Sahara peacekeeping mission to a close

The Western Sahara, claimed by Morocco, welcomed the decision, while opponents in the Algeria-backed Polisario Front expressed concern

As UN peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara ends, refugees cling to hopes of return
As UN peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara ends, refugees cling to hopes of return

At 51, Binina Mohamed is as old as the conflict that drove her from the Western Sahara region into a refugee camp in southern Algeria, where she has spent her life among tens of thousands of...

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