These three thousand activists, member of the International Platform for Defending and Supporting the Moroccan Sahara, renewed their commitment in a Manifesto issued Thursday, and wherein they undertake to spread and uphold the message of the Moroccan identity of the Sahara in the spheres of civil society, universities, media and social networks. Through the manifesto, the Platform, an independent and flexible structure, intends to circulate the story of the populations of the Moroccan Sahara that Algeria seeks to stifle. The Manifesto highlights the development efforts carried out in the Moroccan Sahara, within the framework of the New Development Model for the Southern Provinces, launched by King Mohammed VI in Laayoune in November 2015. The Platform members emphasize, in the Manifesto, the inalienable responsibility of Algeria in the genesis, evolution and persistence of the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara. They all underlined the full conformity of the Moroccan Autonomy Initiative with the right to self-determination.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 06, 2020 03:11 UTC