This royal vision has made Morocco “a credible partner, with a strong presence within the African Union and African institutions as a whole,” he said. Morocco within a short time span managed to extend its network of friends and allies in Africa beyond its immediate African Sahel neighborhood. With Zambia, Eswatini and Malawi, to cite but a few, Morocco is making breakthroughs in southern Africa. The Gulf country becomes thus the first Arab country to envisage opening a diplomatic mission in the Moroccan Sahara. The move is a blow to Algeria, which opposes its neighbor’s sovereignty over the territory, and to its puppet Polisario front.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 28, 2020 16:07 UTC