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Western Sahara: France backs Morocco's claim of sovereignty and its autonomy plan
France has backed Morocco's claim of sovereignty over Western Sahara and its autonomy plan, which Rabat said President Emmanuel Macron described as "the only basis" for resolving the nearly 50-year conflict with the Polisario separatists. …