The U.N. is pushing for a plan to split Western Sahara as a possible solution to the long-standing conflict in the region. Staffan de Mistura, U.N. envoy to Western Sahara, revealed his idea of carving up the territory between Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front during a closed briefing for the U.

The U.N. envoy to Western Sahara is suggesting that dividing the territory between Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front could be one way to settle the decades-long conflict.

In a closed U.N. Security Council briefing, de Mistura proposed partition, with the southern part becoming independent and the rest integrated into Morocco under internationally recognized sovereignty.

The UN envoy to Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, proposed dividing the disputed territory between Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front as a potential solution to the long-running conflict.

The U.N. envoy for Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, has floated the idea of dividing the territory between Morocco and the Polisario front as a solution to the near five-decades-old dispute, according to remarks seen by Reuters.

The U.N. envoy to Western Sahara has proposed partitioning the territory between Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front to resolve the long-standing conflict. Though the suggestion could potentially satisfy both sides by creating an independent state and integrating part of the territory with Morocco,

Generals Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, has suggested splitting the Sahara between Morocco and the Polisario as a potential solution to the territorial conflict, according to remarks reported by Reuters.