On a five-nation Southern African tour, Ghali’s stopped in Pretoria to thank Cyril Ramaphosa for the political and humanitarian support.

In an exclusive interview with EyeWitness News, Saharawi President Ebrahim Ghali says Morocco joining the continental body enables African Union members to apply increasing pressure on it to end its 43-year occupation of Western Sahara.

Morocco, which doing the bidding of multi-national companies seeking to exploit Saharawi fish, phosphates, iron ore, gold and possibly uranium, hopes to undermine the founding-member status of the territory it annexed.

The AU realizes,  however, that pandering to the wishes of a colonial occupier would undermine its credibility and make it look ridiculous. 

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