Morocco on a diplomatic charm offensive in East Africa

The bid to diversify its investments, diplomatic outreach and the region’s fledging extractives and infrastructure projects has seen Morocco out on a diplomatic charm in East Africa, after a similar move in West Africa paid off with vast economic investments.

The countries recent economic agreements with Rwanda, Tanzania and Ethiopia ranging from economy, gas, railways, banking, manufacturing and minerals as it seeks a share of the regions budding extractives industries but hidden within is its diplomatic manoeuvers as it seeks to exploit the ongoing African Union leadership contest for its own historical gain.