South Africa’s banking system could come under scrutiny and the country may attract targeted sanctions if it does not follow the US lead.
The party veteran has been ousted after he contradicted the ANC’s position on Morocco’s occupation of Western Sahar
The president said that only dialogue, mediation and diplomacy would end Russia’s war in Ukraine
South Africa recognises the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, which controls part of Western Sahara and has been under Moroccan occupation since the withdrawal of Spain in the 1970s
The ANC regards the return of Morocco to the African Union as selling out the Sahrawi people.
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/ 14 December 2010
The head of the Western Sahara’s pro-independence force said the group will attend talks with Morocco in December with a "hand extended for peace".
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/ 16 November 2010
Morocco defended its security forces during a deadly raid on a squatter camp in Western Sahara, and accused Sahrawi protesters of reacting savagely.
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/ 12 November 2010
South Africa has deplored deaths at a camp in Western Saharan following the "heavy-handed" break up of a protest by Moroccan security forces.
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/ 8 November 2010
A statement from the Polisario Front said Morocco’s King Mohammed VI comments "interfere with efforts to settle the conflict".
UN chief Ban Ki-moon met with Polisario Front head Mohamed Abdelaziz on Friday and expressed renewed concern about alleged human rights violations.
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/ 12 February 2010
Neither side in the Western Sahara stand-off budged during informal talks Thursday aimed at reviving negotiations to try to end the dispute.
A UN envoy to Western Sahara believes the independence of the desert territory from Morocco to have become an unrealistic plan.