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| Morocco seeks to rejoin African Union after Western Sahara row | Morocco seeks to rejoin African Union after Western Sahara row |
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| Morocco has sent a special envoy to lobby African leaders to rejoin the African Union 32 years after it left in a row over Western Sahara. | Morocco has sent a special envoy to lobby African leaders to rejoin the African Union 32 years after it left in a row over Western Sahara. |
| Taib Fassi Fihri met Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta in Nairobi and said Morocco wants to re-join the AU without any preconditions. | Taib Fassi Fihri met Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta in Nairobi and said Morocco wants to re-join the AU without any preconditions. |
| Morocco claims Western Sahara as part of its territory, much of which it has occupied since 1975. | Morocco claims Western Sahara as part of its territory, much of which it has occupied since 1975. |
| But the AU recognises Western Sahara as an independent state. | But the AU recognises Western Sahara as an independent state. |
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