The Western Sahara conflict is at a turning point.
UN peace talks towards a negotiated settlement are expected as early as November.
With the recent appointment of a new UN secretary general's special envoy, former German president Horst Koehler, and the upcoming renewal of the UN peacekeeping operation (MINURSO) in a conflict that has been frozen for nearly 40 years, there is a rare window of opportunity to change the status quo.
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