The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is set to meet in end October 2026 on the future of Western Sahara, with an emerging consensus not to renew the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), which expires on October 31, 2026. Since MINURSO's main objective is to organize a referendum on the Saharawi demand for independence, this would effectively hand over the founding member of the African Union to Morocco. This follows UNSC Resolution 2797 of October 31, 2025, which called for unconditional talks based on Morocco's autonomy proposal. The article argues that Africans must defend the Saharawi people.
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