{"id":"01efacae-6149-406e-be31-0c823b2df3c4","url":"https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3373014/un-peacekeeping-mission-western-sahara-ends-refugees-cling-hopes-return","domain":"scmp.com","outlet":{"name":"South China Morning Post","country":"HK","cred":4,"lean":0,"curated":true,"owner":"Alibaba Group"},"title":"As UN peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara ends, refugees cling to hopes of return","plainHeadline":"UN Western Sahara peacekeeping ends; Sahrawis cling to return.","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Binina Mohamed, 51, reflects decades-long displacement in Algerian refugee camps.","UN Security Council decision ends decades-old peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara.","Morocco seeks autonomy under its sovereignty; Polisario demands independence.","Dispute escalated as Russia vetoed a US-backed resolution renewal at the UN.","Refugees face water shortages, harsh climate and heavy reliance on humanitarian aid."],"topics":["Politics","Environment"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-11-02T12:15:06.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-11-02T12:49:07.380Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/e4a2ec90-dda8-4659-9cf7-934fc3a87801","storyId":"e4a2ec90-dda8-4659-9cf7-934fc3a87801","image":"https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/d8/images/canvas/2026/11/02/b11e6ce3-1793-4eda-b8f4-ac4098036ec2_910a788c.jpg?itok=DcJM8k4O&v=1793620615","author":"Reuters","dek":"At 51, Binina Mohamed is as old as the conflict that drove her from the Western Sahara region into a refugee camp in southern Algeria, where she has spent her life among tens of thousands of others facing a similar fate."}