The ECOWAS Commission has not revealed yet the results of a study meant to examine implications of Moroccan membership. A situation the United Nations proposed to work on by hosting an expert meeting in Benin.
To circumvent the Dublin III Regulation on asylum and migration, the European Union plans to set up detention centers for migrants in North Africa.
Two weeks ahead of the 31st African Union summit in Mauritania, Moussa Faki is expected to visit the Polisario. The Chairperson of the African Union Commission is pressured by the Front’s allies to meet Brahim Ghali in Bir Lahlou.
Three weeks before the start of the 31st African Union summit, Moussa Faki Mahamat visits Morocco to discuss the implementation of Resolution 653, adopted July 2017. The AU Chairperson will have to head later to the Tindouf camps.
On Sunday 20th of May, the Polisario Front made sure to commemorate the outbreak of its armed struggle in Tifariti, located east of the Moroccan Berm. The decision discredits the movement’s stance and will to conduct direct negotiations with the Kingdom.
The Polisario ended up organizing military parades in Tifariti. No foreign ambassador has taken part in the ceremony, attended only by a military attachés from a few countries alongside a Mauritanian parliamentary delegation.