.PRACTICALLY HALF A CENTURY have passed since Morocco professed prepotence over Western Sahara, a piece of property that stretches for 900km along the Atlantic shore to the nation's south. The Polisario Front end-- a protection team backed by Algeria, Morocco's lasting rival, and embodying the area's native population, the Sahrawi-- is actually still fighting for command. In 2020 a 29-year ceasefire broke. On July 30th France contacted Morocco's plan for Western side Sahara the "merely basis" to deal with the problem. Algeria reversed its ambassador to France in reaction.