The Trump administration is pushing to resolve the Western Sahara conflict through Morocco’s autonomy plan, amid tentative Algerian engagement and Polisario insistence on a referendum.

The Algerian parliament has unanimously passed a law criminalizing French colonialism, labeling it a state crime and demanding an official apology from Paris.

Algeria’s mediation offer between Morocco and the Polisario is viewed skeptically, seen by some as dialogue, but may serve Algeria’s own interests.

The UN Security Council’s backing of Morocco’s Western Sahara autonomy plan is hailed in Rabat as historic, while the Polisario Front and Algeria reject it, citing threats to Sahrawi self-determination.

Renewed international momentum is building toward resolving the Western Sahara conflict, with the UN urging Algeria’s greater engagement, the U.S. backing Morocco’s autonomy plan, and mounting diplomatic pressure isolating Algiers.