Traffic Resumes At Truck Stop That Sparked WSahara Tensions

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Traffic Resumes At Truck Stop That Sparked WSahara Tensions​

By Sophie Pons with Philippe Agret in Tunis
11/14/20 AT 8:00 PM

Truck traffic resumed Saturday between Mauritania and Morocco a day after Rabat launched a military operation to reopen a key highway in the disputed Western Sahara it said was blocked by the Polisario Front.

But the pro-independence movement, which Friday declared the end of an almost three-decade ceasefire in Western Sahara, said fighting continued in the disputed territory.

Tensions in the former Spanish colony have sparked concern around the globe, with the United Nations, the African Union, Algeria and Mauritania among those urging both sides to respect the 1991 ceasefire.
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Yes, one rarely sees “truck stop” in the headlines but I guess, this is a story about the possibility of war in Upper Western Africa near Morocco.

That “Polisario” is a group to watch. Maybe they are just wanting independence.
 
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