{"id":42092,"date":"2022-07-27T16:33:49","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T16:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africanchallenges.com\/?p=42092"},"modified":"2022-07-27T16:38:46","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T16:38:46","slug":"sahara-occidental-le-pentagone-ne-souhaite-plus-organiser-lexercice-militaire-africa-lion-au-maroc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africanchallenges.com\/?p=42092","title":{"rendered":"Maroc-Sahara occidental\u00a0: le Pentagone ne souhaite plus organiser l&rsquo;exercice militaire \u00ab\u00a0Africa Lion\u00a0\u00bb au Maroc"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Le plus large exercice militaire en Afrique comprend des man\u0153uvres \u00e0 la lisi\u00e8re du Sahara occidental, un vaste territoire d\u00e9sertique qui oppose, depuis des d\u00e9cennies, le Maroc aux ind\u00e9pendantistes du Front Polisario soutenus par l\u2019Alg\u00e9rie.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le d\u00e9partement am\u00e9ricain de la D\u00e9fense envisage de ne plus organiser l\u2019exercice militaire \u00ab\u00a0Africa Lion\u00a0\u00bb, le plus large sur le continent africain, au Maroc et cherche d\u2019autres pays susceptibles d\u2019accueillir ces man\u0153uvres annuelles, a rapport\u00e9 le site\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2022\/07\/25\/pentagon-reviews-removing-morocco-as-host-of-largest-military-exercise-in-africa\/\">Defense News<\/a>\u00a0le lundi 25 juillet, citant des responsables am\u00e9ricains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La d\u00e9cision du Pentagone est motiv\u00e9e par le lobbying exerc\u00e9 par le s\u00e9nateur r\u00e9publicain James Inhofe, membre de la Commission des forces arm\u00e9es, qui estime que le royaume ch\u00e9rifien&nbsp;<em>\u00ab&nbsp;accueille annuellement l\u2019exercice Africa Lion pour \u00e9tendre son contr\u00f4le sur le Sahara occidental&nbsp;\u00bb,<\/em>&nbsp;a-t-on pr\u00e9cis\u00e9 de m\u00eame source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u00ab&nbsp;Pendant plus de cinq d\u00e9cennies, le peuple sahraoui a \u00e9t\u00e9 soumis \u00e0 des promesses non tenues et \u00e0 des attaques vicieuses de la part du gouvernement marocain&nbsp;\u00bb,<\/em>&nbsp;a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 James Inhofe, lors d\u2019une r\u00e9cente audience consacr\u00e9e au choix des candidats \u00e0 la direction du Commandement des Etats-Unis pour l&rsquo;Afrique (Africom) et du Commandement am\u00e9ricain des op\u00e9rations sp\u00e9ciales (Socom).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u00ab&nbsp;J&rsquo;ai pouss\u00e9 le d\u00e9partement de la D\u00e9fense \u00e0 chercher d&rsquo;autres lieux pour organiser l&rsquo;exercice militaire annuel African Lion qui se d\u00e9roulait jusque-l\u00e0 au Maroc. Je suis heureux que le secr\u00e9taire \u00e0 la D\u00e9fense, Lloyd Austin, soit d&rsquo;accord avec moi sur cette question&nbsp;\u00bb<\/em>, a-t-il ajout\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le lieutenant g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Michael Langley et le lieutenant g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Bryan Fenton nomm\u00e9s respectivement \u00e0 la t\u00eate de l&rsquo;Africom et du Socom ont approuv\u00e9 la recherche de nouveaux pays pour accueillir l\u2019exercice Africa Lion lors de l\u2019audience organis\u00e9e au S\u00e9nat, selon&nbsp;<em>Defense News.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Organis\u00e9 chaque ann\u00e9e essentiellement au Maroc (une partie des man\u0153uvres se d\u00e9roule en Tunisie, au S\u00e9n\u00e9gal et au Ghana), Africa Lion mobilise annuellement des milliers de soldats originaires de dix pays et des observateurs de l\u2019Organisation du trait\u00e9 de l&rsquo;Atlantique Nord (OTAN) et d\u2019autres pays partenaires, dont Isra\u00ebl. Cet exercice militaire qui a notamment pour objectif de&nbsp;<em>\u00ab&nbsp;renforcer les capacit\u00e9s communes de d\u00e9fense pour contrer les menaces transnationales et les organisations extr\u00e9mistes violentes&nbsp;\u00bb&nbsp;<\/em>comprend des man\u0153uvres dans le d\u00e9sert, \u00e0 la lisi\u00e8re du Sahara occidental, non loin de Tindouf, la base des ind\u00e9pendantistes sahraouis du Front Polisario en Alg\u00e9rie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Territoire d\u00e9sertique au sol riche en ressources naturelles, le Sahara occidental est depuis plusieurs d\u00e9cennies au c\u0153ur d\u2019un conflit entre le Maroc qui en contr\u00f4le 80% et les s\u00e9paratistes sahraouis du Front Polisario soutenus par l\u2019Alg\u00e9rie.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le Front Polisario r\u00e9clame un r\u00e9f\u00e9rendum d&rsquo;autod\u00e9termination tandis que Rabat promeut une autonomie sous sa souverainet\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dans le cadre d&rsquo;un accord n\u00e9goci\u00e9 par l&rsquo;ex-pr\u00e9sident am\u00e9ricain Donald Trump, les Etats-Unis ont reconnu en d\u00e9cembre 2020 la souverainet\u00e9 du Maroc sur le Sahara occidental, en contrepartie d&rsquo;une reprise des liens diplomatiques entre le Maroc et Isra\u00ebl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L&rsquo;Alg\u00e9rie a rompu ses relations diplomatiques avec le Maroc en ao\u00fbt 2021, accusant Rabat d\u2019<em>\u00ab&nbsp;actes hostiles&nbsp;\u00bb<\/em>&nbsp;et d\u00e9non\u00e7ant sa coop\u00e9ration militaire et s\u00e9curitaire avec Isra\u00ebl.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le plus large exercice militaire en Afrique comprend des man\u0153uvres \u00e0 la lisi\u00e8re du Sahara occidental, un vaste territoire d\u00e9sertique qui oppose, depuis des d\u00e9cennies, le Maroc aux ind\u00e9pendantistes du Front Polisario soutenus par l\u2019Alg\u00e9rie.&nbsp; 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