Algeria: Government Urges U.S. to Reverse Western Sahara Policy

During a recent meeting, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Schenker effectively punted Algerian officials’ request that the White House retract its recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara, noting he “[could not] talk about the decision” and that the incoming administration of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden had the right to set its own foreign policy prerogatives, Tout sur Algerie reported Jan. 8....