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UN ends Western Sahara peacekeeping mission, impacting refugees

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The United Nations Security Council has ended its peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara, a territory claimed by Morocco and sought as a separate state by the Algeria-backed Polisario Front. This decision impacts refugees like Binina Mohamed, who have lived in camps in Algeria for decades, holding onto hopes of returning to their homeland. The conflict, which began after Spain's departure in 1976, has seen UN peacekeepers monitoring a ceasefire since 1991. AI

RANK_REASON The UN Security Council's decision to end a long-standing peacekeeping mission constitutes a significant policy shift with geopolitical implications. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.0]

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UN ends Western Sahara peacekeeping mission, impacting refugees

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Reuters ·

    As UN peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara ends, refugees cling to hopes of return

    At 51, Binina Mohamed is as old as the conflict that drove her from the Western Sahara region into a refugee camp in southern Algeria, where she has spent her life among tens of thousands of others facing a similar fate. The confrontation over her native land, often described as …

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