Morocco: German Ex-President Horst Köhler Quits UN Western Sahara Role

Horst Köhler, who was president of Germany for six years, has left his post as UN envoy for the territory of Western Sahara. His departure on health grounds leaves efforts to resolve a decades-long dispute in limbo.

The former German president said he was stepping down on Wednesday, two years after taking the helm of the peacekeeping mission.

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