| WESTERN SAHARA: UN Security Council might change tack, think-tank |
 DAKAR, 18 May 2006 (IRIN) - Although the UN Security Council has agreed to keep peacekeepers in Western Sahara for another six months, Council members are losing patience with the 15-year status quo, and one member even wants this to be the multi-million dollar mission's last extension, according to an influential think-tank.
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| WESTERN SAHARA: Tens of thousands of refugees homeless after rains wipe out shelters |
DAKAR, 16 February 2006 (IRIN) - Aid agencies are rushing to help some 60,000 Western Sahara refugees after freak rains late last week wiped out houses and schools and damaged hospitals in camps in eastern Algeria.
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| WESTERN SAHARA: UN renews peacekeeping mandate amid pessimism |
DAKAR, 28 October 2005 (IRIN) - The UN Security Council voted on Friday not to give up on its peacekeeping mission in the disputed territory of Western Sahara but black clouds continue to hang over talks on the three decade-old problem.
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| WESTERN SAHARA: UN renews peacekeeping mandate amid pessimism |
DAKAR, 28 October 2005 (IRIN) - The UN Security Council voted on Friday not to give up on its peacekeeping mission in the disputed territory of Western Sahara but black clouds continue to hang over talks on the three decade-old problem.
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| WESTERN SAHARA: Polisario releases all remaining Moroccan prisoners of war |
DAKAR, 18 August 2005 (IRIN) - The Polisario Front, which is fighting for Western Sahara to be recognised as an independent state, on Thursday released all remaining Moroccan prisoners-of-war, some of whom had been held in captivity for more than 20 years.
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| WESTERN SAHARA: New UN envoy named after 13-month gap |
 DAKAR, 27 July 2005 (IRIN) - UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has confirmed Dutch Ambassador Peter Van Walsum as his personal envoy for the Western Sahara where a territorial dispute has raged for nearly 30 years.
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| WESTERN SAHARA: Polisario asks world to intervene after what it calls repression by Morocco |
DAKAR, 31 May 2005 (IRIN) - The Polisario Front, the group seeking independence for Western Sahara, has accused the Moroccan government of ferocious repression following disturbances this month and has called on the international community to intervene and protect civilians.
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| WESTERN SAHARA: Polisario releases 100 prisoners after EU request |
DAKAR, 22 June 2004 (IRIN) - One hundred Moroccan prisoners of war, some of them in captivity for more than 20 years, have been released by the Polisario movement fighting for the independence of Western Sahara, European Union officials said.
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| WESTERN SAHARA: Baker resigns as UN mediator after seven years |
DAKAR, 14 June 2004 (IRIN) - Former US Secretary of State James Baker has resigned as the UN special envoy to the Western Sahara after trying without success for seven years to broker a political settlement for the desert territory occupied by Morocco since 1976.
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| WESTERN SAHARA: 13 years and $600 million later, peace nowhere in sight |
 ABIDJAN, 28 April 2004 (IRIN) - The United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has warned that UN peacekeepers will be pulled out of the Western Sahara next February unless the Morocco and the Polisario Front can agree on how to bring peace to the troubled desert territory.
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