.ALMOST HALF A CENTURY have passed because Morocco claimed sovereignty over Western Sahara, a piece of property that stretches for 900km along the Atlantic shore to the country's south. The Polisario Front end-- a resistance team supported by Algeria, Morocco's lasting competitor, and also exemplifying the area's native population, the Sahrawi-- is still defending management. In 2020 a 29-year ceasefire malfunctioned. On July 30th France called Morocco's plan for Western Sahara the "only basis" to fix the problem. Algeria reversed its own emissary to France in reaction.