Morocco

In a sign of growing tensions over Western Sahara, Morocco has expelled a Swedish diplomat accused of passing on official documents to separatist groups within the disputed territory. According to Moroccan authorities, Anna Block-Mazoyer had committed 'a serious breach of diplomatic practice' by allowing documents handed to her during an official briefing to reach the Polisario Front, which is calling for a referendum on Sarhawi independence from Morocco. This was followed by the deportation of a Sarhawi activist to the Canary Islands, reportedly for entering Western Sahara as her country of birth on an entry form upon arrival at the

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