Rebels fighting for Western Sahara's independence claimed an attack on Moroccan troops, signaling no let up after the United Nations indicated it was open to the kingdom's plans to administer the disputed territory.
ROME, November 5 (IPS) - Ehmudi Lebsir was 17 when he trudged more than 50 kilometres across the desert to stay alive. Half a century on, the Sahrawi refugee still has not gone home to what was then Spanish province of Western Sahara.