Nairobi rescinds its recognition of the area controlled by Polisario movement, which seeks independence of Western Sahara from Rabat after President William Ruto meets Moroccan FM Nasser Bourita.
In meeting with Staffan de Mistura, Front leaders reiterate "legitimate" aim for self-determination and independence of Western Sahara, a disputed territory claimed in entirety by Morocco.
The move came one day after Morocco summoned its ambassador from Tunisia, protesting a meeting between the head of the Polisario Front and the Tunisian president.
Lima snaps relations with the Polisario-run area of Western Sahara, saying it "respects" territorial integrity of Morocco, which claims the entire disputed territory and controls nearly 80 percent of it.
"We aspire to work with the Algerian presidency so that Morocco and Algeria can work hand in hand to establish normal relations between two brotherly peoples," says Mohammed VI.
Algeria warns it would terminate gas supplies to Spain if Madrid re-exported it to Morocco, a neighbour with which it is locked in a dispute over the Western Sahara region.
Morocco's King Mohammed VI hosts Spain's PM Pedro Sanchez in a landmark visit ending a year-long diplomatic crisis, with both sides agreeing to turn a new page in ties, says Rabat.
US sees autonomy plan as "serious, credible and realistic" to end Morocco's decades-old conflict with Polisario independence movement, says Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman.
Rabat did not comment on Monday’s incident in which three Algerian truck drivers were killed on border between Mauritania and Western Sahara, with Algiers warning “barbaric strike” would “not go unpunished”.
Relations between the two countries go into a tailspin after Spain decides to help the leader of a group that Morocco has designated as terrorist.
At least 5,000 migrants reached the enclave by swimming or walking at low tide from beaches in neighbouring Morocco, says local government spokesperson.
"We ask the United Nations to urgently fulfill its promises: that of ridding Western Sahara of colonisation, in accordance with its Charter and its resolutions," Polisario Front leader Brahim Ghali said in a speech at a refugee camp.
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