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Article: Morocco pays price of neglecting rest of Africa: Morocco appears to have neglected building up relations with other African countries, especially further to the south, and has paid the price for this neglect. Faycal Lescarret-Benhassain says there is now a new realisation of the need to improve relations.(MOROCCO)
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- African Business
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- November 1, 2004
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When, on September 15, South Africa announced that it would recognise the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), Morocco's government experienced a major setback. How could this have happened, officials wondered--precisely at the moment when Moroccan diplomacy thought it was winning the argument over this very sensitive issue?
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Whatever the reason, the Moroccan government suddenly realised that its relationship with sub-Saharan Africa needed a sharp rethink.
Policy-makers in Rabat, Morocco's political capital, have since reassessed the nation's relations with many fellow African countries, countries that they believe ...