Cameroon’s cocoa farmers blend conservation efforts with global chocolate demand, supporting sustainable agriculture.
The dispute over Western Sahara remains one of North Africa’s most enduring flashpoints, pitting Morocco against the Algeria-backed Polisario Front. While Morocco views the region as part of its territory and proposes an autonomy plan, the Polisario Front wants a referendum on self-determination for the Sahrawi people of Western Sahara. Recently, when France (and other Western allies) endorsed Morocco’s autonomy plan, Algeria recalled its ambassador to Paris in protest, reaffirming its support for Sahrawi self-determination. Algiers’s stance is rooted in its anti-colonial history, its tradition of backing liberation movements, and its role as host to tens of thousands of Sahrawi refugees. But geopolitics also drive Algeria’s position—Western Sahara’s phosphate wealth, Morocco’s growing regional influence, and the 2020 Morocco-Israel security pact, which Algiers perceives as threatening, all sharpen Algeria’s concerns.
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