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African and the Western Sahara sovereignty illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

China and Russia gain African influence while America ignores Western Sahara sovereignty crisis

By John Bolton

In this image made from video, Brahim Ghali, leader of the pro-independence Polisario Front speaks to a crowd in Tindouf, Algeria, Feb. 27, 2021. The leader of the Polisario Front that leads the struggle for the self-declared Western Sahara republic has been brought to Spain to receive medical treatment, it was announced Thursday, April 22. Brahim Ghali, who is 73, leads the Algeria-backed pro-independence group representing the local Sahrawi population that has fought Moroccan forces for control of the territory in western Africa. Ghali was taken to Spain “for strictly humanitarian reasons,&quot; the foreign ministry said. (AP Photo)

Sahara’s Polisario Front chief gets COVID treatment in Spain

By ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 20 2008 file photo, pro-independence Polisario Front rebel soldiers prepare tea in the Western Sahara region of Tifariti. The Moroccan military has intervened in a U.N.-patrolled border zone in the disputed Western Sahara to clear a key road it said was being blockaded for weeks by supporters of the pro-independence Polisario Front. Moroccan forces set up a security cordon overnight in the Guerguerat buffer zone on Western Sahara's southern border with Mauritania, &quot;in order to secure the flow of goods and people through this axis,&quot; (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza, File)

UN chief vows to do utmost to keep Western Sahara cease-fire

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Morocco threatens UN buffer zones in disputed Western Sahara

By AMIRA EL MASAITI - Associated Press