King Hassan II trivia

Which other African dictator did King Hassan II, the Moroccan monarch who invaded Western Sahara, prop up? I'll give you a hint. His name means "the cock who won't leave the hens alone."

It's Mobutu Sese Seko, dictator of Zaire! According to Tony Hodges in Western Sahara: Roots of a Desert War, Hassan repeatedly sent Moroccan troops to fight a Zairean secessionist movement (they had experience with that sort of thing, you'll remember).

Brutal African kleptocrats: they're friends!