Morocco hosts this Monday in Marrakech an African Ministerial Conference on African Union’s support to the United Nations political process on Sahara. The event, which brings together 37 African countries from the five sub-regions of the continent, comes to back the decision, adopted at the 31st AU Summit, held July 1-2, 2018 in Nouakchott (Mauritania), said a release issued by the Moroccan Foreign Ministry. Last July, the AU ended its process to mediate in the Sahara issue, stressing the primacy of the UN process in dealing with the regional conflict. Recommendation 12N of the AU report said that the role of the AU is to support UN efforts and the UN Secretary General’s Personal Envoy. Yet, the enemies of Morocco’s territorial integrity, including the Algerian regime and the polisario separatist group, are conspiring with South Africa to convene a conference of the member states of the Southern African Development Community, to undermine the UN political process for the settlement of the Sahara issue.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 25, 2019 14:26 UTC