The US stand was followed with Spanish support for Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Sahara under the Kingdom’s sovereignty. Within the past five years, 28 countries opened consulates in the Saharan cities of Dakhla and Laayoune, bringing tangible support for Morocco’s sovereignty over the territory. These include 22 African states, or 40% of the African Union member states. Morocco’s King has also led efforts to ensure Morocco’s return to the African Union in 2017. History shall remember how opponents of Morocco’s territorial integrity, usually failed dictatorships turning in Algeria’s orbit, have used the same council to defend separatism.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 26, 2024 11:32 UTC