Unlike the African Union-European Union summit in November 2017, the Polisario will not be attending the China-Africa summit. The latter will be held Monday in Beijing and will be attended by a number of African leaders.
Will Morocco agree to have direct negotiations with the Polisario while challenging the legitimacy of the movement that claims it represents Sahrawis ? Rabat's chances are limited as they are monitored by Donald Trump's advisor John Bolton.
Ignoring the Polisario's calls of boycotting investments in the Sahara, a US fund has announced its intention to build a wind power plant in Dakhla. Brookstone Partners has been operating in Morocco since 2009.