Africa
Western Sahara: An Unlikely Key to American Strategy in Africa
Western Sahara: An Unlikely Key to American Strategy in Africa
UN Secretary General Ban asked the Security Council to strengthen the peacekeeping force MINURSO in the Western Sahara because of the risk the Malian conflict will spread to the Moroccan-occupied territory. Morocco and the separatist Polisario Front have been stalemated in the region for years.