Western Sahara

The UN has extended through October the mandate of their peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara. On the table is a peace plan in which the region would have limited autonomy for five years pending a referendum on independence. The Polisario Front, which seeks independence for Western Sahara, has accepted the plan, but the Moroccan government has not. When I go to Morocco in less than three weeks, I have some hopes of going to northern Western Sahara, but no promises.