US President Joe Biden is expected to widely reset US relations with Africa, which his predecessor Donald Trump reduced to a new low. Biden has already reversed a raft of bad Trump decisions around the world, from rejoining the Paris climate agreement to ending construction of the Mexican border wall.
But one of Trump’s decisions – a parting shot in December 2020 – will not be so easy to correct. That was his controversial recognition of Morocco’s disputed claim to Western Sahara, in exchange for Morocco’s recognition of the state of Israel.
Hapless Western Sahara was apparently just an expendable pawn in Trump’s larger policy of persuading Middle East and North African Muslim states to acknowledge Israel. He had already brokered the recognition of Israel by the United Arabs Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan. The last was also a quid pro quo deal in which Trump agreed to remove Sudan from the US list of State Sponsors of Terrorism.
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Trump’s last-minute decision to recognise Morocco’s claim to Western Sahara presents the new US president with a dilemma.
United States (US) President Joe Biden is expected to widely reset US relations with Africa, which his predecessor Donald Trump reduced to a new low. Biden has already reversed a raft of bad Trump decisions around the world, from rejoining the Paris climate agreement to ending construction of the Mexican border wall.
But one of Trump’s decisions – a parting shot in December 2020 – will not be so easy to correct. That was his controversial recognition of Morocco’s disputed claim to the Western Sahara, in exchange for Morocco’s recognition of the state of Israel.
It now appears that even if the stealth aircraft was offered to Saudi Arabia as part of a deal to normalize relations with the Jewish state it wouldn’t matter.
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Several efforts to get her spokesperson, Aliyu Abdullahi, to speak on the matter yielded no result.
It was gathered that she left shortly after the wedding of one of her daughters, Hana.
Mrs Buhari’s absence became obvious due to her inactiveness on the social media, especially Facebook and Twitter.
Besides, different aides have been representing her to distribute relief materials to the needy in various states across the country under the aegis of the Aisha Buhari Foundation.
Dodo, who spoke on the latest development while presenting some items to widows on behalf of the president’s wife, faulted the report that the first lady left the country because of rising insecurity.