France backs Moroccan claim over disputed Western Sahara

France has shifted its decades-long position on the status of Western Sahara. The Polisario Front, which claims to represent the Saharawi people, has vowed to push back against Morocco and France. France has backed Morocco's controversial autonomy plan for the disputed territory of Western Sahara. In a letter addressed to Morocco's King Mohammed VI, French President Emmanuel Macron said a proposal to make Western Sahara an autonomous region of Morocco is the "only basis" to solve the long-running conflict. "The present and future of Western Sahara fall within the framework...