Africa’s wealthiest monarch orders firm security measures after Russia blocks US plan and UN’s 35-year Western Sahara mission ends

Business Insider AfricaAyodeji Adegboyega · 5 November 2026 at 06:26

Africa’s wealthiest monarch, Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has ordered the country’s civilian and security authorities to protect its territorial integrity and national security following the end of a 35-year United Nations mission in Western Sahara.
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