(VOVworld) - More than 80 civilian members of a UN mission have left Western Sahara under a Moroccan expulsion order.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrives at the Sahrawi refugee camp of Rabouni, 20 kms south of the Algerian city of Tindouf in the disputed territory of Western Sahara on March 5, 2016 (Photo: AFP)

The French AFP news agency reported the last civilian members of the UN mission had left on Sunday on a flight from Laayoune airport to Casablanca. It was the latest chapter in a row between Morocco and the world body since UN chief Ban Ki-moon angered Rabat by using the term "occupation" to refer to the status of Western Sahara. The United Nations has been trying to broker a Western Saharan settlement since the 1991 ceasefire ending the war that broke out after Morocco deployed its military to the former Spanish territory in 1975.