With the exception of the China-Africa Summit, the South African president has been calling on all international forums to advocate for the Polisario Front. In New York, he had the opportunity to demonstrate on two occasions his support for the separatist movement.
Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW) hailed on Tuesday, 18th of September, the “historic decision” of a Canadian company who announced that it is no longer importing products from the Sahara. However, Nutrien, the firm in question, explains that its decision was based on economic reasons.
In 2017, Algeria spent $ 421,000 on lobbying in the United States, while Morocco expended nearly $ 1.8 million during the same period.
One day after King Mohammed VI met with the United Arab Emirates’ Crown Prince, Mohamed Ben Zayed, in Abu Dhabi, Gulf states hailed the efforts made by Morocco to solve the Western Sahara dispute at a UNHRC session.
A few weeks before the adoption of a new resolution, extending the mandate of the MINURSO, the United States warns Morocco and the Front against the situation in the Sahara.
Spain is planning to restore universal jurisdiction, repealed in 2014 by the Rajoy government. The decision might affect Morocco, especially as the situation in the Rif and the Western Sahara interest judges in Madrid.
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