5th AU-EU summit : Morocco's first major challenge ten months after joining the AU

Last March in Dakar, Morocco protested against the presence of a Polisario delegation at a meeting organized by the UN Economic Commission for Africa and the AU. Would it be interesting for Morocco to adopt the same position in Abidjan ? Details.

5th AU-EU summit : The Polisario is once again criticizing Morocco and France

The Polisario has implicitly admitted that it is not invited to the 5th AU-EU summit. Its «Foreign Minister» accused once again both Morocco and France on Wednesday of blocking its participation to the event even though its leader announced on October 28th that the Chairperson of the African Union Commission had called the separatist movement to Abidjan.

AU-EU summit : The Polisario Front invited by the African Union Commission

Is the Polisario Front going to attend the 5th AU-EU summit ? The answer is still unclear for the moment as the separatist movement announced on Friday that it was invited by the Chairperson of the African Union Commission at a time when Ivory Coast, the hosting country, refuses to do so. Details.

Is «SADR» attending the 5th African Union-EU summit ?  

An Ivorian official told Jeune Afrique on Wednesday that his country refuses to invite «SADR» to the 5th AU-EU summit. On the same day El Moudjahid, an Algerian newspaper, criticized in one of its editorials Morocco and its policy in Africa comparing it to the one adopted by «some European capitals».

A decision adopted by the AU Executive Commission might allow the Polisario to attend the AU-EU summit

The Polisario is in the process of getting an invitation to attend the African Union-EU summit shedualed for the 29th and 30th of November in Abidjan. Before electing Moussa Faki Mahamat, a Chadian politician, as the chairperson of the African Union Commission and Morocco’s admission to the Panafrican organization, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, a South-African politician, has offered the separatist Front a valuable gift. Details.

5th African Union-EU Summit : The Polisario accuses France of blocking its participation

The Polisario accuses France of blocking its participation in the next African Union-EU summit. The 5th AU-EU conference will take place on the 29th and 30th of November in Abidjan, Ivory Cost to strengthen political and economic ties between the two continents.

Morocco and the Palestinian authorities pressure African countries to boycott an Africa-Israel summit

According to Jerusalem Post, Morocco and the Palestinian authorities are pressuring Togo into canceling an Africa-Israel summit scheduled for October in Lomé, the Togolese capital.

African Union : Did Nigeria succeeded at brokering peace between Morocco and the Polisario ?

During the African Union Executive Council held on Sunday in Nigeria, Morocco confronted the Polisario’s allies regarding a visit of an African human rights mission to the Sahara. However, peace between Morocco and the front was brokered by Nigeria which allowed to lift the Moroccan reserves.  

A Moroccan parliamentarian delegation to attend the Pan-African Parliament fouth session in South Africa

African Union : a Moroccan civil society delegation to visit Niamey