Could Algeria persuade the Polisario Front to soften its stance on the Western Sahara issue? That's the suggestion put forward by an American think tank closely aligned with Israel, yet sympathetic to Algeria’s interests in the United States.
After losing several of the Polisario’s traditional allies across Africa, Algeria is eager to prevent South Africa from taking the same path. In response to Jacob Zuma’s recent stance on the Western Sahara issue, Algerian authorities have sent envoys to Pretoria.
A few weeks after officially backing Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara, former South African President Jacob Zuma reaffirmed his position during a meeting with Nasser Bourita in Rabat.