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Vol 67 No 8

Published 17th April 2026


Morocco

Rabat buys influence in Washington, branding Polisario as the Houthis of West Africa

King Mohammed VI’s government is trying to convince the White House and Congress to sanction the Sahrawi independence movement, claiming it has links to Iran

Morocco is aiming to tighten its grip on Western Sahara by getting the United States Congress to designate the Sahrawi independence movement’s political arm, the Polisario Front, as a terrorist group. It has hired new lobbyists, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, a Washington DC-based law firm and lobby outfit, according to a contract filed under the US Foreign Agents Registration Act.

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