In his last report to the Security Council on the Sahara, the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, requested complete and immediate withdrawal of Polisario from the Guerguerat buffer zone.

The Swedish Social Democrats (SAP) Congress, held April 8 through 12 in Gothenburg, unanimously rejected a motion proposed by some members to recognize so-called "SADR", a diplomatic source said.

The deadlock in the Sahara conflict is due to the persistence of Algerian officials to maintain the status quo by refusing to organize a census of the population held against its will in the Tindouf camps, said in Florence (central Italy) several international experts at a meeting.

The Royal Advisory Council celebrated Saturday the 11th anniversary of its establishment by His Majesty King Mohammed VI during his historic visit to Laayoune on March 25, 2006.

Morocco failed on Saturday in Dakar involvement by a representative of Polisario separatists in the works of a meeting of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) which was postponed sine Die.