A thousand of people sent a petition to the Norwegian authorities, urging them to intercede to end the ordeal endured by the populations held against their will in the Tindouf camps of desolation and misery.

Moroccans and particularly the resistance family commemorate this Tuesday the 40th anniversary of the recovery of Sidi Ifni.  30th of June 1969 is seen as an important date in the process of completion of the territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Morocco.

The chairman of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs (CORCAS), Mr. Ould Errachid Khalihenna, met Monday afternoon in Rabat, with the personal envoy of UN Secretary General for the Sahara, Mr. Christopher Ross.

Morocco's plan to grant autonomy to its Southern Provinces, known as the Sahara, is "useful" and will help settling the Sahara issue, visiting Polish Foreign Minister, Radoslav Sikorski said on Thursday.

Two advisers from the embassies of Belgium and Sweden in Rabat, held on Wednesday a series of meetings with local officials and civil society actors in Laâyoune, to learn about the situation of human rights in Morocco and more particularly in the southern provinces.