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Jun 11, 2013

Polisario leader invites U.N. chief to Western Sahara

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The head of the Algeria-backed Polisario Front independence movement said on Tuesday that he invited United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to visit disputed Western Sahara to give a boost to the peace process there.

For decades Morocco has insisted that Western Sahara – a sparsely populated tract of desert on North Africa’s Atlantic coast with phosphates and, potentially, oil and gas – should come under its rule, but Polisario contends it is a sovereign state.

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