Several MEPs called on the EU to play a positive role in the Sahara conflict and work for the organization of a census of the population sequestered in Tindouf camps fiercely opposed by Algeria for over forty years.

The UN Security Council, whose rotating presidency is held this month by the US, held today, Tuesday, December 8, 2015, a meeting on the Moroccan Sahara issue.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Salaheddine Mezouar held, here Wednesday, talks with Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary General for the Sahara, Christopher Ross.

The Palestinian state expressed its "categorical rejection" of any "erroneous" and "misleading" comparison between the Palestinian issue and the Moroccan Sahara.

This meeting, initiated by the International Institute for Security and Development, in partnership with the province of the region of Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira, brings together women ministers, parliamentarians, civil society actors and advisors from among others, Benin, Central African Republic, Mali, Senegal, Niger, Kenya, Gambia Democratic Congo, Mauritania, Tunisia, Niger and Madagascar. "