And a date is still to be set for a long-planned state visit to Morocco by France's President Emmanuel Macron suggesting frostier relations with King Mohammed VI...

He might struggle to get Morocco's King Mohammed VI to agree but Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch would may be interested in discussions over fertiliser supply deals with Russian producers...

Meanwhile Morocco's more diversified economy is reopening after a prolonged Covid lockdown that officials in Rabat are anxious to say wasn't driven by the health preoccupations of King Mohammed VI (M6 AC Vol 63 No 9 Navigating through the fog of cold war)...

King Mohammed VI's influence is strong even while his health remains in question...

Later Ruto held talks with Morocco's foreign minister Nasser Bourita who also attended the inauguration and delivered a congratulatory message from King Mohammed VI...

Last month Mohammed VI urged African governments to clarify their stance towards Western Sahara stating that this was 'the prism through which Morocco views its international environment'...

But factions in Algiers see MBS as favouring his fellow royal Morocco's King Mohammed VI...

It was rewarded with a visit to King Mohammed VI (M6) but the move has triggered a diplomatic split between Algiers and Madrid...

Rabat moves cautiously after the Negev summit The Sahara is Morocco's national cause but Middle Eastern politics are never far from King Mohammed VI (M6)'s agenda...

That offers a market opportunity for African exporters particularly Morocco the world's largest phosphate fertiliser producer with 75% of phosphate reserves and its state-owned Office Chérifien des Phosphates (OCP) whose board is headed by King Mohammed VI...