Some claim that the admission of Morocco will now resolve the question of Western Sahara’s occupation but in fact Morocco is now emboldened.
The recent events in Morocco prove that Islam, even political, remains the affair of the monarchy which has secured foreign support through an ambitious African and religious diplomacy.
The question of Western Sahara has been in a stalemate since 1976, but with Morocco joining the African Union, the new leadership of Polisario, and the escalation in El Guergarate region, is there room for renewed negotiations?
Some reflections about the Sahrawi struggle for self determination on the 41st anniversary of the proclamation of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR).
Can Morocco's admission to the African Union last month trigger a lasting solution to the forty-year long Western Sahara conflict?
Morocco’s admission to the African Union after decades of absence was received as a victory, but what does it mean for the Western Sahara?
EU policy is blocking routes to Europe for those suffering from the neocolonial and capitalist exploitation and nurturing of conflicts throughout Africa by western countries.
A month after Mohsen Fikri’s death, the ongoing protests in Morocco’s Rif expose a long history of marginalization in the region.
With COP22 taking place in Morocco, is the kingdom greenwashing its image? And can there be climate justice without social justice?
The one institution that benefited from the post-Arab Spring uncertainty and continues to profit from poor party politics, including the failed stint of the PJD in ‘power’, is undoubtedly the monarchy.
Environmental problems need to be analysed in a comprehensive way with consideration to social justice, entitlements and fair redistribution.
