Sidi Mohamed Ould Maham, head of Mauritania's ruling party criticized King Mohammed VI for not attending the African Union summit, held in Nouakchott earlier this month.
In his speech, King Mohammed VI stressed the need for fighting against corruption in Africa. Read by Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita at the 31st African Union summit in Nouakchott, the speech tackled the issue and the obstacles it creates.
To circumvent the Dublin III Regulation on asylum and migration, the European Union plans to set up detention centers for migrants in North Africa.
It is hard to believe that during his visit to Rabat, the Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union did not talk to Moroccan officials about the Sahara conflict just three weeks before the Mauritania summit.