This year, the Green March’s speech comes during a favorable regional and international conjuncture for Morocco. Days after the adoption of the recent UN resolution, King Mohammed VI welcomed the fact that 163 states do not recognize «SADR» and that the association agreement signed with the Kingdom fully recognizes the presence of the Sahara in Morocco.
In an audio recording shared on social media, Nasser Zefzafi addresses the desecration of the national flag in Paris, the Hirak movement and alleged reports on torture and rape. Shortly after it emerged, prison authorities in Morocco announced the launching of an investigation.
The adoption of the new resolution on Western Sahara was not received in the same way by Rabat and Algiers. While Morocco welcomed the UN resolution, the Polisario Front voiced its disappointment, threatening to «reconsider its engagement in the UN peace process».