The Parliamentary Morocco-Italian Friendship Group, "Friends of Morocco", said Thursday it positively welcomed the Moroccan initiative to negotiate an autonomy statute for the Sahara. 

A group of young Sahrawis, having recently benefited from family visit exchange, decided to settle permanently in the province of Essmara.

The Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs continued and ended late in the evening of Thursday to Friday, the works of its first regular session for 2009.

The Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs began Thursday, the works of its first regular session for 2009.

Regional integration in the Maghreb cannot be achieved without finding a solution to the Sahara issue that takes into account the Moroccan proposal to grant broad autonomy to the region, a report by the "Potomac Institute" said Tuesday.