.PRACTICALLY 50 YEARS have passed given that Morocco claimed supreme power over Western side Sahara, a slice of land that stretches for 900km along the Atlantic shoreline to the country's south. The Polisario Front end-- a resistance group backed through Algeria, Morocco's long-lasting opponent, and also working with the region's indigenous population, the Sahrawi-- is actually still fighting for control. In 2020 a 29-year ceasefire malfunctioned. On July 30th France called Morocco's prepare for Western Sahara the "simply basis" to handle the dispute. Algeria reversed its own emissary to France in response.