Visiting Prime Minister of Sao Tome and Principe, Joaquim Rafael Branco, on Monday expressed his country's support to the autonomy plan proposed by Morocco in a bid to settle the Sahara issue.

Fifteen Sahrawi families benefited on Saturday from a new family visits exchange programme, conducted under the auspices of the High Commissioner for Refugees (HCR).

Morocco has drawn the attention of Belgian federal and regional legislative institutions to the instrumentalisation by the "Polisario" of certain cases of imprisonment for common law offences to credit the theory of "alleged human rights violations."

Moroccan Foreign Minister, Taib Fassi Fihri, on Tuesday, called on Algeria to "completely normalize relations and reopen borders closed since 1994" to promote Maghreban integration.

Mrs. Hajabouha Zubeir member of the Council, head of the women entrepreneurs in Laayoune and representing the "International Business & Professional Women" in Morocco, during a workshop organized within the framework of the Civil Society Forum of Durban II, highlighted the achievements of Moroccan women and their contribution in the service of social and economic development of the Kingdom, especially in the southern regions.