Three additional African countries sign “Tangier Appeal” to expel pseudo-SADR from AU

Three new African countries have signed, Saturday in Marrakech, the “Solemn Appeal for the expulsion of the pseudo SADR from the African Union”, known as “Tangier Appeal”.

During this first follow-up meeting of the “Tangier Appeal” former Foreign Ministers of Lesotho, Madagascar and Gambia have proceeded to the signing of this Appeal, signed on November 4, 2022 in Tangier.

The signatories are Lesego Makgothi, Patrick Rajoelina, and Lamine Kaba Badjo, Former Foreign Ministers respectively of Lesotho, Madagascar and Gambia.

With these three new countries, the number of signatories now stands at 19 countries.

The “Tangier Appeal” was signed by former Prime Ministers and former African ministers from Guinea-Bissau, Djibouti, Central African Republic, Somalia, Burkina Faso, Eswatini, Benin, Comoros, Liberia, Gabon, Malawi, Cape Verde, Senegal, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea and Kenya.

The signatories of the solemn appeal for the expulsion of the pseudo-SADR from the African Union, known as the “Tangier Appeal”, held on Saturday in Marrakech, their first meeting to follow up on this Appeal.

During this meeting, they reiterated their full commitment to work together for the exclusion of this non-state entity from the African Union.

The signatories also considered that this exclusion, which is legitimate from a legal point of view, should not be considered as an unattainable goal, as it is part of a favorable continental and international dynamic, where realism and pragmatism prevail, and because it represents an indispensable prerequisite for the return of the impartiality and credibility of the Pan-African Organization on the Moroccan Sahara issue.