UN’s peacekeeping mission in disputed Western Sahara ends after 35 years

FILE - A Sahrawi refugee boy stands in the shadow in the Boujdour refugee camp, Oct. 11, 2021.

The U.N.’s long-running peacekeeping mission for the disputed Western Sahara ceased operations Sunday after 35 years. Once ruled by Spain, it is claimed by both Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front.

(Image credit: Bernat Armangue)

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