(Denis Balibouse/Pool via AP, File) UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council voted to extend the mandate of the U.N.

The U.N. is pushing for a plan to split Western Sahara as a possible solution to the long-standing conflict in the region.

The United Nations envoy to Western Sahara has proposed dividing the territory between Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front in order to resolve the decades-old conflict, AFP learned ...

A French delegation visiting Morocco with President Emmanuel Macron has unveiled investment plans in the disputed Western Sahara as part of a broader suite of agreements and partnerships between the ...

NEW YORK - The U.N. envoy for Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, has floated the idea of dividing the territory between Morocco and the Polisario front as a solution to the near five-decades-old ...

UN Extends Mandate for UN Peacekeepers in Western Sahara, With Algeria Protesting Over Human Rights UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council voted to extend the mandate of the U.N ...

Tensions between Paris and Rabat have risen in recent years for a number of reasons including France's ambiguous stance on the disputed Western Sahara and also because of Macron's attempts at ...

Both Morocco and the Polisario Front have dismissed Staffan de Mistura’s proposal of carving Western Sahara into two territories – one belonging to Morocco, the other independent – with Rabat furious ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council voted to extend the mandate of the U.N. peacekeeping force in the Western Sahara for another year Thursday with Algeria refusing to vote in ...