Moroccan Initiative for Negotiating an Autonomy Statute for the Sahara is characterized by its boldness, its comprehensiveness and its modernity, said the participants at an international symposium on "the statute of regional autonomy in Comparative Law" held Friday in Barcelona. 

Security Council Resolution of 1813 is the "best resolution" adopted so far by the United Nation to solve the Sahara issue, Gabonese President, El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba said on Wednesday.

A group of Moroccan Sahrawis, victims of torture, deportation, and serious human rights violations, testified, on Tuesday, before the European Parliament on the ordeal they underwent by the Polisario in the Camps of Tindouf, south-western Algeria.

The first regular session of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs (CORCAS) for the year 2008, has opened Friday in Rabat. It will take place over two days.

The President of Oman’s State Council, Mr. Yahya Bin Mahfoodh Al-Manthri, reaffirmed Tuesday in Rabat, the support of his country to Morocco’s territorial integrity.