With King Mohammed VI’s personal commitment to Africa and pan-Africanism leading the way, Morocco is emerging as an indispensable player in African affairs.
Rabat – With intra-African cooperation and Morocco’s Africanness as part of his Green March speech delivered yesterday night, King Mohammed VI signaled Morocco’s growing leadership in Africa, according to a Senegalese expert.
Africa has become a staple in royal speeches, with the Moroccan monarch repeatedly and emphatically hammering home two points in most of his public statements: That Moroccan’s roots are African; and that, in a context of numerous geopolitical and domestic challenges facing the continent, the North African kingdom is poised to shoulder its “historical African responsibility.”
Analyzing the “continental significance” of the King’s most recent speech, Boubacar Gueye, the president of Horizons Sans Frontieres (Horizons Without Borders), a migration-focused international NGO, said that Morocco is now a “confirmed African leader.”
