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UN resupplies mission in Western Sahara for first time since 2020

A Polisario Front soldier in a vehicle near Mehaires, Western Sahara, one of the sites of the UN's mission. © Bernat Armangue/AP

The United Nations has sent an overland convoy to resupply its peacekeeping mission in separatist-controlled Western Sahara for the first time since 2020. The UN says its presence in the field is key to finding a way to resolve the disagreement over what to do with the territory.

Two sites hosting UN peacekeepers as part of the Minurso mission were resupplied from April 5 to 7, said Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres, on Monday.

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