The Criminal Chamber of the Court of Appeals in Salé pronounced on Wednesday sentences ranging from two years to life imprisonment in the events related to dismantling the camp of Gdim Izik.

The Canario-Saraoui Forum (Focasa), a Spanish NGO based in the Canary Islands, denounced "immoral manipulation" by Polisario of children "for political purposes" during summer holidays with host families in Spain.

The decision by the South African court to order the seizure of the ship "Cherry Blossom" carrying a cargo of phosphate from Phosboucraa is "counterproductive", "ideologically motivated" act, which carries incalculable risks "encouraging piracy, "writes US expert Michael Rubin, in an analysis published by the influential US think-tank American Enterprise Institute (AEI).

The delimitation by Morocco of its maritime borders is a sovereign decision that has an economic, strategic, diplomatic and development dimension, said, on Thursday in Rabat, minister in charge of Relations with the Parliament and Civil Society, government spokesman, Mustapha El Khalfi.

The criminal chamber of the Court of Appeal in Salé decided on Tuesday, 11 July, to resume consideration of the case concerning the events in Gdim Izik, July 18, 2017, said Attorney General of the King at the Court of Appeal in Rabat, Hassan Daki.