Event · 📍 Western Sahara · first report 01 Nov 2026, 08:10 UTC · latest 02 Nov 2026, 05:11 UTC

UN peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara ends after 35 years, UN chief says

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Corroboration: at least 3 independent newsrooms. How we count

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Independent origins: 7 from 17 reports
Official source: UN News
Measurements: no monitoring networks for this kind of event
Contradictions: none detected

Timeline

01 Nov 2026, 08:10 UTC First report: TSA Algérie
01 Nov 2026, 11:30 UTC New independent origin: Infobae
01 Nov 2026, 11:30 UTC First report from Argentina / Latin America (Infobae)
01 Nov 2026, 12:00 UTC New independent origin: UN News
01 Nov 2026, 12:00 UTC First report from International (UN News)
01 Nov 2026, 12:00 UTC Official / primary source: UN News
01 Nov 2026, 12:31 UTC New independent origin: taz
01 Nov 2026, 12:31 UTC First report from Germany (taz)
01 Nov 2026, 14:26 UTC New independent origin: Al Jazeera English
01 Nov 2026, 14:26 UTC First report from Qatar / global (Al Jazeera English)
01 Nov 2026, 16:04 UTC New independent origin: RFI Afrique
01 Nov 2026, 16:04 UTC First report from France / Africa (RFI Afrique)
01 Nov 2026, 20:37 UTC New independent origin: agency Reuters
01 Nov 2026, 20:37 UTC First report from France / global (France 24)
02 Nov 2026, 02:42 UTC First report from South Africa (Daily Maverick)
02 Nov 2026, 03:38 UTC First report from United Kingdom / global (Reuters (über Google News))

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Algeria (4)

TSA Algérie 01 Nov 2026, 08:10 UTC
Sahara occidental : les trois piliers de la nouvelle doctrine marocaine
La réunion conjointe des deux chambres du Parlement marocain, prévue lundi 2 novembre, devrait constituer une étape dans la formalisation de la nouvelle doctrine marocaine sur le Sahara occidental. Intervenant deux jours après le veto russe au projet de résolution américain, qui …
TSA Algérie 01 Nov 2026, 10:00 UTC
Sahara occidental : Washington, première responsable de l’impasse au Conseil de sécurité
Tout d’abord, il faut désigner le principal responsable de l’impasse au Conseil de sécurité dans le dossier du Sahara occidental : l’administration américaine. Washington a sacrifié le compromis onusien aux exigences marocaines. En abusant de sa position de porte-plume, elle a …
TSA Algérie 01 Nov 2026, 14:16 UTC
Sahara occidental : le Maroc prend le risque d’une reprise de la guerre
Le Maroc entend tirer parti de la non-reconduction de la MINURSO pour imposer de nouveaux paramètres au dossier du Sahara occidental. Rabat saisit ainsi une décision du Conseil de sécurité pour tenter de remodeler un processus politique dont il conteste désormais les mécanismes …
TSA Algérie 01 Nov 2026, 17:35 UTC
Sahara occidental : Abdelaziz Rahabi décrypte les enjeux stratégiques du véto russe
Abdelaziz Rahabi livre sa lecture sur le véto russe contre une résolution sur le Sahara occidental présentée vendredi 30 octobre par les États-Unis, ainsi que les retombées du rejet des résolutions américaine et russe et du nouveau statut de la Minurso. L’ancien ministre …

Argentina / Latin America (2)

Infobae 01 Nov 2026, 11:30 UTC
Guterres reivindica el derecho de autodeterminación del Sáhara Occidental tras el fin de la MINURSO
Infobae 01 Nov 2026, 12:17 UTC
La ONU inicia el desmantelamiento de su misión en Sáhara Occidental tras fin de su mandato

Qatar / global (2)

Al Jazeera English 01 Nov 2026, 14:26 UTC
Why is Morocco celebrating the defeat of a UN resolution on Western Sahara?
Mandate expires for UN mission tasked to monitor 1991 truce and hold a referendum in the disputed territory.
Al Jazeera English 01 Nov 2026, 23:19 UTC
UN warns of security risks in Western Sahara as peacekeeping mission ends
The mission, known as MINURSO, has been in place in the disputed region since a ceasefire in 1991.

United Kingdom / global (2)

Reuters (über Google News) 02 Nov 2026, 03:38 UTC
UN peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara ends after 35 years, UN chief says
UN peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara ends after 35 years, UN chief says MyJoyOnline
Reuters (über Google News) 02 Nov 2026, 04:35 UTC
UN peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara ends after 35 years, UN chief says
UN peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara ends after 35 years, UN chief says Ada Derana

Pan-African (2)

AllAfrica 02 Nov 2026, 05:09 UTC
Western Sahara: Western Sahara - UN 'Stands Ready' to Keep Supporting Peace Efforts As Minurso Mission Ends
[UN News] The UN remains committed to supporting a just, lasting and mutually acceptable political solution in Western Sahara that provides for the self-determination of its people, Secretary-General António Guterres said on Sunday, as the UN peacekeeping mission there began to …
AllAfrica 02 Nov 2026, 05:11 UTC
Western Sahara: U.S. and Russia Block Competing UN Resolutions On Western Sahara
[RFI] The mandate for a UN-led peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara is set to end on Saturday after Russia and the United States vetoes each other's draft resolutions on extending the 35-year-old mission for another year.

International (1)

UN News 01 Nov 2026, 12:00 UTC
Western Sahara: UN ‘stands ready’ to keep supporting peace efforts as MINURSO mission ends
The UN remains committed to supporting a just, lasting and mutually acceptable political solution in Western Sahara that provides for the self-determination of its people, Secretary-General António Guterres said on Sunday, as the UN peacekeeping mission there began to wind down.

Germany (1)

taz 01 Nov 2026, 12:31 UTC
Mandat der UN-Mission abgelaufen: Die Westsahara-Mission wird „liquidiert“
Ein Veto Russlands im UN-Sicherheitsrat beendet die UN-Mission für die Westsahara. Seit 35 Jahren sollte sie ein Referendum vorbereiten, das nie kam. mehr...

France / Africa (1)

RFI Afrique 01 Nov 2026, 16:04 UTC
Sahara occidental: l’ONU acte la «liquidation» de la Minurso
Ainsi, c’est la fin, ce dimanche 1ᵉʳ novembre, de la Mission des Nations unies pour l’organisation d’un référendum au Sahara occidental (Minurso), une mission de maintien de la paix de l'ONU vieille de 35 ans. Son mandat n'a pas été renouvelé, vendredi 27 octobre, au Conseil de …

France / global (1)

France 24 01 Nov 2026, 20:37 UTC
UN’s peacekeeping mission in disputed Western Sahara ends after 35 years
The 35-year-old UN peacekeeping mission ⁠in the disputed Western Sahara region came to an end Sunday after the Security Council failed to renew its mandate. Morocco, which claims the region as its own, welcomed the decision, while its opponents from the Algeria-backed …

South Africa (1)

Daily Maverick 02 Nov 2026, 02:42 UTC
UN peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara ends after 35 years, UN chief says
Nov 1 (Reuters) - The 35-year-old UN peacekeeping mission in the Western Sahara region will come to an end after the Security Council failed to renew its mandate, the UN chief said on Sunday.