ASSESSMENTS

In Morocco, Diplomacy Hints at Broader Ambition

Jul 23, 2016 | 14:50 GMT

King Mohammed VI, who wants Morocco to take a more prominent role in Africa, has asked to rejoin the African Union, a group his country left in 1984. But standing in the way is a dispute over the status of the Western Sahara.
King Mohammed VI, who wants Morocco to take a more prominent role in Africa, has asked to rejoin the African Union, a group his country left in 1984. But standing in the way is a dispute over the status of the Western Sahara.

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A flurry of diplomatic activity over the past week has revealed Morocco's renewed focus on pursuing its interests in Africa. But Rabat's complicated relationships on the continent and its claims over disputed territory in the Western Sahara will make the realization of its goals neither easy nor uncontroversial....

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