Morocco leads mass walkout at Africa-Arab summit over Western Sahara independence
Morocco sees former Spanish colony as its ‘southern province’ but Polisario Front wants independence.
Officials from Morocco, Somalia and seven Arab nations have walked out from an Africa-Arab summit in Equatorial Guinea in protest against the presence of a delegation from a movement that calls for the independence of Western Sahara. Morocco sees Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony, as its “southern province”, and has occupied a large part of its territory since 1975.