Moroccan flags in Zagora, Morocco, on Oct. 8, 2021. (Credit: Antonin Vincent/AFP)
Oct. 31 has officially become a national holiday in Morocco. In a statement released Tuesday, the palace announced that the country would henceforth celebrate "Eid al-Wahda" (Unity Day) on this date, in reference to Morocco's "national unity and the territorial integrity." The announcement matches the magnitude of the event and, since making it, Morocco has been savoring its victory: the adoption by the United Nations Security Council of a resolution on the disputed Western Sahara that strongly favors its positions on this territory, which it has coveted for fifty years. Indeed, Morocco's plan to keep sovereignty over the territory will now serve as the "basis" for negotiations with the pro-independence Polisario Front, backed by Algeria, which has claimed sovereignty over the former Spanish colony...
Oct. 31 has officially become a national holiday in Morocco. In a statement released Tuesday, the palace announced that the country would henceforth celebrate "Eid al-Wahda" (Unity Day) on this date, in reference to Morocco's "national unity and the territorial integrity." The announcement matches the magnitude of the event and, since making it, Morocco has been savoring its victory: the adoption by the United Nations Security Council of a resolution on the disputed Western Sahara that strongly favors its positions on this territory, which it has coveted for fifty years. Indeed, Morocco's plan to keep sovereignty over the territory will now serve as the "basis" for negotiations with the pro-independence Polisario Front, backed by Algeria, which has claimed sovereignty over the former Spanish...
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