The announcement of the dismantling by Moroccan security services of a terrorist network linked to al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) confirms analysts' fears that the violence that occurred in Laayoune lays bare AQIM's aims in the region.

The involvement of the polisario network in drug trafficking in the Sahel-Saharan region is worrying all the more so because its former soldiers joined Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in the region, wrote weekly newsmagazine "Jeune Afrique" in its latest issue.

The Australian newspaper “The Australian” reckons that Morocco is the most important country in North Africa, with which Australia should improve its political and economic ties. The article adds that Morocco is facing a separatist movement which is supported by Algeria and is equally involved with the well known terrorist movement Al- Qaeda. Knowing that Morocco is one of the main countries directly involved with the western world in terms of fighting against terrorism.

Fleeing the nightmare in Tindouf, a "growing number" of Sahrawis choose to return to Morocco at their peril, writes Sunday the Washington Post, holding responsible the "deplorable"  living conditions and deprivation endured by the people sequestered in camps in southwestern Algeria.

By endorsing the Moroccan autonomy proposal in the southern provinces, a "just" solution able to put an end to the Sahara conflict, tens of thousands of Sahrawi refuse thus to undergo the scare tactics advocated by Polisario, wrote New York Post on Tuesday.