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A Long-Dormant African Conflict Draws Unusual White House Spotlight
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| Contributor | Bojicat |
| Last Edited | Bojicat Aug 12, 2019 08:40am |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Dion Nissenbaum |
| News Date | Sunday, August 11, 2019 02:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | LAAYOUNE, Western Sahara—The world’s longest minefield stretches hundreds of miles through the Sahara, cutting a path through one of Africa’s quietest conflicts.
For nearly three decades, a few hundred United Nations soldiers have ensured that this 1,700-mile cease-fire line, which separates Moroccan soldiers from an outgunned group of Western Sahara militants striving for independence, has remained quiet.
To the U.N., this tiny peacekeeping mission is a success. But to the White House, it’s a failure, one that President Trump’s national security adviser, John Bolton, has zeroed in on as Exhibit A of the shortfalls of the U.N. and the international order it represents.
Mr. Bolton is putting the weight of the White House behind a contentious plan to resolve the Western Sahara conflict by turning the screws on the U.N. and trying to force the rival parties to cut a deal. |
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