Morocco is a colonising power and is grateful to the Spanish and French colonisers for having helped it to control a territory which, until the early 20th century, they had serious difficulty controlling. By maintaining these practices, it is employing the very same mechanisms it once criticised. With the withdrawal of MINURSO, Morocco has a free hand to implement the rest of its colonisation plans with impunity, but this also marks the end of a peaceful path to resolving this conflict, and the consequences for the region could be catastrophic. 🇷🇺🇩🇿 🇪🇭 🇺🇸🇲🇦