Decades of stalemate has exhausted the population, with the United Nations unable to send a special envoy to Western Sahara for more than a year now. In a televised report, Al Jazeera Arabic noted that there was no such traffic movement on the Western Sahara borders with Mauritania. “Morocco has acted more or less with impunity since invading the Spanish-held Western Sahara in 1975,” Mundy said. Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony, is believed to have significant offshore oil reserves and mineral resources. A day before Morocco launched its military operation in Western Sahara, Africom military commanders met with Moroccan generals to prepare for the African Lion.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 20, 2020 11:03 UTC