By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Ivoire Actu
Morocco's ambassador to Ivory Coast, Othman El Ferdaous, retraces the history of the Moroccan Sahara, from Sijilmassa to the opening of an Ivorian consulate in Laâyoune in 2020, in a text published on the occasion of the 51st anniversary of the Green March. He notably mentions the Ivorian judge Alphonse Boni, appointed in 1975 as ad hoc judge in The Hague on the Sahara question.
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Guterres and the UN place self-determination at the center of negotiations on the Sahara, while several countries support Morocco’s autonomy plan.
6 NovMoroccan ambassador in Dakar says Sahara falls under UN Chapter VI
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6 NovIn Dakar, academic Abdou Latif Aïdara defends Moroccan autonomy in the SaharaHundreds of Sahrawis favouring Morocco celebrated the 51st anniversary of the 1975 Green March in Laayoune. The commemoration comes as the Sahara conflict enters a new diplomatic phase after MINURSO’s withdrawal, according to Africanews. In Rabat, a Moroccan official also highlighted the event’s peaceful nature and historical importance.
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Morocco’s ambassador to Dakar, Hassan Naciri, has reaffirmed that settling the Sahara conflict falls under Chapter VI of the UN Charter, on the peaceful settlement of disputes, rather than Chapter VII. He defended the bay'a, the allegiance of the people of the Sahara to the Moroccan sovereign, as the historical and religious basis of Morocco’s position. The statement was made at a meeting in Dakar marking the 50th anniversary of the Green March, according to Senego.
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At the celebration of the 51st anniversary of the Green March in Dakar, the academic Abdou Latif Aïdara, director of the African Centre for Strategic Intelligence, defended the Moroccan autonomy initiative in the Sahara as the "only credible alternative" to the deadlock of the referendum. He was speaking before diplomats and researchers, according to Senego.
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Eight school buses handed over in Fquih Ben SalahEight new school transport buses have been handed over to the Tahfiz Local Development Company in Fquih Ben Salah to facilitate pupils’ travel, particularly in rural areas. The vehicles were donated by OCP Group and will support the management of provincial school transport, according to MAP.
Tunisia and Libya strengthen energy and security cooperationTunisia and Libya want to strengthen their partnership in energy, water and security along their shared border, during a meeting between Mohamed Ali Nafti and Abdelhamid Dbeibah in Tripoli. The two officials also reaffirmed their desire to develop bilateral relations and support a Libyan-led solution to the crisis, according to Business News.The week in Africa
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