Since its triumphal return to the African Union, Morocco continues to score precious diplomatic points on the Sahara issue at the continental level. In his speech, Mahamat broke away with the Algerian-rhetoric portraying the Sahara as “the last colony in Africa”. The terminology used by Mahamat to refer to the Sahara conflict stands in stark contrast to the subjective way the Sahara issue was tackled by his South African Predecessor Dlamini Zuma, who turned the AU into an enemy of Morocco’s territorial integrity. Mahamat’s speech is actually in line with the Moroccan stand on the Sahara issue. The Polisario and their Algerian mentors are feeling the heat of an imminent change in the AU in favor of Morocco.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 30, 2018 11:26 UTC