Visiting French Prime minister François Fillon reiterated, here Thursday, France's support to the Moroccan proposal to grant substantial autonomy to its southern provinces -the Sahara.

 Morocco shares the view of the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, that only realism, and the spirit of compromise can allow negotiations to solve the 32-year old dispute over the Sahara to succeed, said a communiqué of Morocco's Permanent Mission to the United Nations, issued on Wednesday in New York.

Talh Association for Water, Environment and Human Development will launch on April 26 in Laayoune an expedition of scientific research, information and awareness on the importance of acacia trees.

An operation to distribute plots of land for the benefit of the inhabitants of "Al Wahda camp" kicked off Saturday in the town of Dakhla.

The Moroccan proposal to grant large autonomy to the southern provinces of "is serious and credible," said Friday in Rabat, the President of the Malian President, Mr. Diocounda Traoré.