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Morocco has decided to lance the festering boil, putting an end to the agenda claimed by the Polisario. Reportedly, the front said that the «kingdom’s projects are sowing seeds of division within the African union».
And for good reason, announcing that king Mohammed VI is attending the 5th AU-EU summit scheduled for the 29 and 30 of November in Abidjan has completely changed the situation. The pragmatic decision decided by Rabat proves that Morocco is really willing to integrate in the continental organization.
However, the presence of the sovereign at the internation meeting comes as the Polisario’s allies in southern Africa are struggling with some changes.
The Southern African Development Community
In Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe’s resignation has allowed Morocco to get closer to a key country from the Southern African Development Community (SADC), an inter-governmental organization headquartered in Gaborone, Botswana. The kingdom has already reached out to the new leaders of Harare. The king sent a letter to Emmerson Mnangagawa, the third and current President of Zimbabwe, congratulating him just a few hours after his inauguration.
While the situation in Zimbabwe has made headlines recently, another SADC member state is also experiencing a «revolution».
Indeed, the new Angolan president, Joao Lourenco, who served previously as a Minister of defense presented himself as the docile successor of Dos Santos while campaigning for his candidacy, he ended up showing his claws. The latter launched a massive sacking campaign against officials close to his former mentor. The daughter of his predecessor, 44, has not been excluded. Working as head of the state-owned oil company, Sonangola, she was also dismissed.
The changes witnessed in Angola and Zimbabwe are quite promising for Morocco. They forced strong presidents, fiercely opposed to the kingdom, to withdraw from power.
Obviously, Morocco’s attempts to embrace the Southern African Development Community will be closely supervised by Namibia, Mozambique and South Africa. A trio that provides valuable support to Polisario both in Africa and internationally.
