Politics● Elevated5d ago · Oct 31, 2026, 11:19 AM
US and Russia block competing UN resolutions on Western Sahara
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from RFI [en] · North Africa
The mandate for a UN-led peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara is set to end on Saturday after Russia and the United States vetoed each other's draft resolutions on extending the 35-year-old mission.
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