UN votes for Western Sahara talks to resume
Morocco and the Polisario Front, which is supported by Algeria, contend for the former Spanish colony of Western Sahara.
Boakyewaa Lawrencia 
The UN Security Council voted in favor of resuming talks between the disputing parties over Western Sahara.
The resolution passed on Thursday urged the parties to pick up their talks "in good faith to establish a just, sustainable, and mutually acceptable political solution" to the Western Sahara conflict.
The resolution was approved by 13 of the council's 15 members, while Kenya and Russia abstained.
Morocco and the Polisario Front, which is supported by Algeria, contend for the former Spanish colony of Western Sahara.
Around 80% of Western Sahara is under Moroccan authority, and the other 20% is held by the Polisario movement, which battled alongside Morocco for many years following the withdrawal of Spanish soldiers in 1975.
An UN-mediated cease-fire that was signed in 1991 and included the promise of an independence vote that has yet to happen put an end to the 16-year insurgency.
