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.
If autonomy is to prevail then it should be an autonomy within a fully and strictly democratic Morocco, and if confederation is to prevail then a confederation within a fully and strictly democratic Western Sahara.
An excerpt from a NOREF report on the background to the current situation in the Middle East, focusing on the aftermath of the 'Arab Spring'. Part one: North Africa, Egypt and the Gulf.
Morocco has avoided the violence and instability of neighbours to the west. But to build a more inclusive economy it still has a hard route to navigate.
