ALGIERS: Western Sahara independence movement Polisario Front elected a founding member of the group as its new leader Saturday, Algeria's APS news agency said, after its head of 40 years died in late May.

Brahim Ghali -- who represented the Algeria-backed movement in Madrid then in Algiers -- is to succeed Mohamed Abdelaziz, who spent decades fighting Morocco for the independence of the territory.

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