In the coming months, Morocco will prioritize receiving foreign investment and developing industries in the Western Sahara, while Algeria will try to de-emphasize the territorial dispute in its foreign engagements to improve its bilateral partnerships. The U.N. Security Council is expected to vote to renew the mandate of its peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara (formally known as the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara, or MINURSO) prior to its Oct. 31 expiration. The deliberations to renew the mandate come amid the United Nations' frustration with the Polisario Front, an Algeria-backed Sahrawi nationalist militant group seeking Western Sahara's independence, for allegedly infringing on MINURSO operations along the berm dividing the Moroccan-governed portion of Western Sahara and the Polisario Front-governed portion. The United Nations is also frustrated with Algeria for the country's alleged interference in MINURSO operations overseeing the region's political transition and the stalled roundtable process. MINURSO is...
