France appreciates the work done by former UNSG personal envoy for the Sahara Horst Köhler and wishes that the process he has initiated in the issue could continue to find a final and negotiated solution to the conflict over the Moroccan Sahara.

Ghostly SADR suffered another major setback on Thursday in the capital Addis Ababa after being excluded from a forum organized as part of the China-Africa partnership under the theme "The belt and road dialogue for China-Africa cooperation".

Morocco's African deputies taking part in the second session of the fifth legislature of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), which is being held in Midrand (near Johannesburg), made on Monday a call for conducting a headcount of the populations held captive in Tindouf (southwest Algeria).

Mustapha El Khalfi, the spokesperson of the Moroccan government, has said that the latest UN resolutions “prove Polisario’s violations” in areas east Morocco’s defense wall, which the separatist group has long claimed as “liberated zones.”

The Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe reiterated its consistent position of support for the Sahara and the territorial integrity of the Kingdom.