AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoWestern Sahara Tourism Push: Morocco is actively marketing Western Sahara to tourists, with travel ads and labels drawing fresh legal and political backlash—critics say it effectively normalizes an area the UN lists as non-self-governing. Diplomatic Reconciliation: In a separate move, King Mohammed VI granted a royal pardon to 18 Senegalese football supporters jailed after the chaotic 2025 AFCON final in Rabat, a gesture framed as humanitarian and meant to ease tensions ahead of Eid al-Adha. Human Rights Pressure: Sahrawi prisoner Naama Asfari has started a hunger strike in Kenitra, while the UN Committee against Torture has accused Morocco of systemic abuse in Gdeim Izik-related cases. International Lobbying: Aminatou Haidar continues meetings in Sweden with rights groups and Swedish officials, keeping attention on detention and restrictions in occupied Western Sahara. Regional Messaging: France and Côte d’Ivoire again reiterated that the Sahara’s “present and future” sit within Moroccan sovereignty, pointing to UN Security Council Resolution 2797 and Morocco’s autonomy plan. Migration Crackdown: Reports also claim Morocco has intensified mass deportations of sub-Saharan migrants toward Europe, tied to EU border externalization efforts.
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