.JUST ABOUT HALF A CENTURY have actually passed since Morocco claimed prepotency over Western Sahara, a slice of property that goes for 900km along the Atlantic shore to the nation's south. The Polisario Front end-- a resistance group backed by Algeria, Morocco's long-lived opponent, and also working with the area's aboriginal population, the Sahrawi-- is still defending management. In 2020 a 29-year ceasefire broke. On July 30th France called Morocco's plan for Western side Sahara the "just basis" to fix the dispute. Algeria reversed its own emissary to France in reaction.