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UN envoy visits Western Sahara camps in new peace push
ABC News ^ | January 15, 2022

Posted on 01/20/2022 10:49:29 PM PST by nickcarraway

The U.N. envoy for the disputed Western Sahara has visited refugee camps in Algeria housing those displaced by fighting decades ago The U.N. envoy for the disputed Western Sahara visited refugee camps in Algeria on Saturday housing those displaced by fighting decades ago, in a renewed effort to find a diplomatic solution for the territory.

Staffan de Mistura’s visit to camps in Smara, shown on Algerian state television, was met with skepticism by supporters of the Polisario Front, which seeks independence for Western Sahara. Morocco annexed the former Spanish colony in 1975.

Sahrawi independence activists are increasingly frustrated after decades of diplomatic deadlock, and some young people are taking up arms against the Moroccan forces they see as occupiers.

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1 posted on 01/20/2022 10:49:29 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Refugee camps in Algeria displaced by fighting DECADES AGO?

Possible the camps are better living then their homes and incomes.


2 posted on 01/20/2022 11:35:33 PM PST by caww ( )
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To: nickcarraway

Yeah. Send in the blue helmets. That’ll fix things. Hopefully a bunch of UN scum get beheaded.


3 posted on 01/20/2022 11:38:20 PM PST by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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To: caww

Western Sahara is between Morocco and Mauritania.


4 posted on 01/21/2022 12:22:27 AM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

The natives there insist that after Spain left in 1975, Morocco sent settlers in to skew any referendum. Spain kept a few enclaves on the coast that Morocco wants but Spain won’t give up; on the other hand, Spain wants Gibraltar back but England won’t give it up...


5 posted on 01/21/2022 2:27:51 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: nickcarraway

Hey UN envoy, try to keep the rape to a minimum.


6 posted on 01/21/2022 5:26:39 AM PST by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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To: nickcarraway

So, we can expect a new wave of war in the Sahara.


7 posted on 01/21/2022 7:50:19 AM PST by lurk (u)
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