Sahrawi

President William Ruto has reiterated Kenya's commitment to UN-led efforts towards the amicable resolution of the dispute over Sahrawi, ...

These claims were repeated during a TV interview on 26th March 2021... "As a non-permanent member of the Security Council, it is in Kenya's interest to support the UN peace process regarding the Sahara issue in compliance with the Heads of States Decision 693." Kenya is among 41 UN member states which recognize Sahrawi and has been at the forefront championing for the de-escalation of the conflict between Sahrawi and Morocco.

President William Ruto receiving a congratulatory message from His Majesty King Mohammed VI of Morocco at the State House on September 14,2022.

Backed by Algeria, SADR wants an independent state in Western Sahara. “In 1980’s while the rest of Africa shunned apartheid in South Africa, Kenya and Malawi defied Africa. Morocco and Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic are both laying claim to Western Sahara. Morocco has issues with the recognition of the SADR as a state. South Africa has never forgiven Kenya. “Kenya rescinds its recognition of the SADR and initiates steps to wind down the entity’s presence in the country,” Ruto said in a tweet.

A tweet from the new Kenyan President, William Ruto, announcing on Wednesday September 14 a severance of his country's diplomatic ties with the ...

Every Saturday at 6 a.m., find a week of news and debates covered by the editorial staff of the “World Africa”. A former Spanish colony, Western Sahara sits at the western end of the vast desert of the same name, which stretches along the Atlantic coast. Nasser Bourita handed him a message of congratulations from King Mohammed VI, William Ruto said, adding that the two countries had agreed to improve their relations, “among others in the fields of trade, agriculture, health, tourism and energy”.

Morocco is campaigning for countries to renounce their support for the Sahrawi Republic's independence and instead support the Kingdom's claims to the ...

William Ruto, the Republic of Kenya has decided to withdraw the recognition of the so-called "sadr" and to initiate the steps to close its representation in Nairobi.— Moroccan Diplomacy 🇲🇦 (@Marocdiplo_EN) In a somewhat brazen way, the announcement was made a day after the leader of Polisario and SADR Brahim Ghali attended Mr Ruto’s inauguration at Kasarani and whose presence, not the Moroccan Foreign Minister’s, was recognised by the new president before he gave his speech to a gathering. With a new man in Kenya’s presidential chair, things are moving up for Morocco and its ultimate goal, namely, garnering support for its claims to Western Sahara while simultaneously disenfranchising its enemy, the Polisario Front.