UN Security Council to vote on autonomy plan for Western Sahara

The United Nations Security Council is due to vote on Friday on a resolution stating that genuine autonomy for Western Sahara under Moroccan sovereignty “could constitute a most feasible solution” to the 50-year-long conflict.

Morocco claims Western Sahara as its own, while the Algeria-backed Polisario Front wants to see a fully independent state.

The US-drafted autonomy plan was first put forward by Morocco in 2007. It would establish…