Ghana Supports Morocco’s Proposal on the Sahara

On Thursday, Ghana announced that it considers Morocco’s autonomy plan as the only credible basis for resolving the Sahara issue within the framework of the United Nations.

With this declaration, Ghana joins a growing number of Western, African, and Arab countries supporting Rabat’s position on the matter.

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A joint statement issued after talks in Rabat between Ghana’s Foreign Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, and his Moroccan counterpart, Nasser Bourita, stated that Ghana “considers the autonomy plan proposed by the Kingdom of Morocco as the only realistic and sustainable basis for a mutually acceptable solution to this issue.”

This statement follows recent remarks by the United Kingdom, which confirmed that Morocco’s autonomy proposal is the most credible basis for resolving the Moroccan Sahara issue.

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British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said last Sunday that the UK supports Morocco’s autonomy plan, describing it as “the most credible, viable, and pragmatic foundation” for settling the dispute.

Following his meeting with Nasser Bourita, Lammy emphasized that “the United Kingdom considers the autonomy proposal put forward by Morocco in 2007 as the most credible, sustainable, and pragmatic basis for a lasting solution to the conflict.”

Back in April, the United States also threw its political weight behind Morocco’s proposal, viewing it as the sole framework for negotiations concerning the Moroccan Sahara.

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At the time, the administration of President Donald Trump stated that talks to resolve the Moroccan Sahara dispute should take place exclusively on the basis of Morocco’s plan, which offers autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty.

According to a statement by State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce, Senator Marco Rubio reaffirmed during a meeting in Washington with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita that the decision made by President Trump in 2020 to recognize Moroccan sovereignty over the region remains official U.S. policy.

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