.JUST ABOUT HALF A CENTURY have passed since Morocco professed supreme power over Western Sahara, a piece of land that stretches for 900km along the Atlantic coast to the nation's south. The Polisario Front-- a resistance group backed through Algeria, Morocco's enduring rival, and also representing the area's indigenous population, the Sahrawi-- is actually still defending control. In 2020 a 29-year ceasefire broke. On July 30th France contacted Morocco's prepare for Western side Sahara the "simply manner" to deal with the dispute. Algeria withdrew its own ambassador to France in feedback.