News in Points:
– South Africa was delighted when its national soccer team, Bafana Bafana, beat Morocco to reach the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals
– Morocco outmaneuvered South Africa in the elections for the 2024 United Nations Human Rights Council presidency, causing South Africa to lose the vote
– South Africa’s strong pro-SADR stance, position on Russia’s war against Ukraine, pro-LGBTQ policies, and genocide charges against Israel may have cost them support in the vote
– Morocco’s victory in the presidency poll was largely symbolic, and they may have worked with Israel to defeat South Africa
– Morocco’s controversial return to the African Union in 2017, opposed by South Africa, continues to be disruptive across Africa
– Morocco’s potential election as AU chair is a concern for Algeria and its supporters, as they fear it would advance Morocco’s claim to Western Sahara
– South Africa’s defeat in the UNHRC presidency vote may be a warning that its foreign postures could cost it support from Western and broader nations.
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