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October 7, 2021

U.N. Appoints Envoy to Western Sahara After Two-Year Vacancy
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The United Nations secretary-general has appointed Staffan de Mistura of
Italy as his personal envoy for Western Sahara. The appointment comes
after the post went vacant for over two years. Morocco has occupied
Western Sahara since 1975 in defiance of the United Nations and
international law. Over the past four decades, thousands of Western
Sahara's indigenous people - the Sahrawi - have been tortured,
imprisoned, killed and disappeared while resisting the Moroccan
occupation. Click here to see our exclusive documentary, "Four Days in
Western Sahara: Africa's Last Colony."


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