Ag Ahmedou Mohamed has strongly protested against Morocco’s reception of foreign ministers from Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, calling it “a political endorsement of military regimes that seized power through coups”.
Ag Ahmedou
Mohamed is the
Secretary General of the Movement for Transformation and Reconciliation in Mali (MTRM) and Pan-African Relations Deputy of the Tabalé Movement of Indigenous Peoples of the Sahel and Africa.
In a open letter to King Mohammed VI, Ag Ahmedou criticized the April 28 meeting in Rabat during which the three Sahel states expressed full support for Morocco’s initiative to connect landlocked countries to the Atlantic Ocean.
He warned that this event “sends a troubling signal” and represents “symbolic diplomatic cover for authoritarian regimes accused of gross human rights violations”.
He further stated that Morocco, with its long-standing diplomatic traditions, should not be associated with governments responsible for arbitrary arrests, forced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and mass repression of civil society and the press.
The letter included detailed accounts of alleged abuses committed by military forces and associated militias in Mali and Burkina Faso, including drone strikes and actions by Russian Wagner mercenaries targeting civilian populations.
Ag Ahmedou concluded: “We hope Your Majesty will hear this call and preserve Morocco’s image as a beacon of dignity and justice across Africa.”
