In Video: Moroccans celebrate in streets after UN Security Council backs autonomy plan for Sahara

Friday 31 October 2025 - 22:31

Celebrations erupted across Morocco late Friday after the United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution endorsing the kingdom’s autonomy initiative as the framework for negotiations on the Sahara. 

Fom Casablanca to Laayoune, crowds flooded avenues waving flags, honking horns, and chanting slogans in one of the country’s most visible public displays of unity.

In Laayoune, the largest city in the southern provinces, videos captured thousands gathered around Mechouar Square and along Smara Avenue, waving portraits of KingMohammed VI and of the Moroccan flag.

Convoys of cars circled the downtown area, flags draped across hoods and rooftops. 

In Rabat and Casablanca, motorcades clogged main boulevards,and drivers leaned on horns in unison.

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