Therefore, for the next stage of African growth, African nations must pool together their resources to tackle present challenges. It was only in 1975 that Morocco undertook the peaceful Green March to reunite the Moroccan Sahara with the Moroccan state. A UN-backed ceasefire was mediated between Morocco and Polisario in 1991, and Rabat has offered maximum autonomy within Moroccan sovereignty as a solution to the Moroccan Sahara issue. In fact, many African nations are now opening up consulates in the Moroccan Sahara, reaffirming Moroccan sovereignty over the territory. And the Moroccan Sahara issue is a plot that divides.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 26, 2020 13:07 UTC