HM King Mohammed VI sent a message to the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit, held Monday at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

Political disagreement between Morocco and Algeria over the status of the Sahara "remained an impediment to bilateral and regional counterterrorism cooperation in 2017," the US State Department pointed out in its annual Country Reports on Terrorism for the year 2017.

Sierra Leone's minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Alie Kabba hailed, Wednesday in Rabat, "the seriousness and credibility" of the Moroccan autonomy initiative as a basis for settling the Sahara dispute.

The United States reiterated, Monday in Washington, that the autonomy plan for the Sahara is "serious", "realistic" and "credible", stressing that it can satisfy the aspirations of the populations of the Sahara "to manage their own affairs in peace and dignity".

Introducing the Hassani culture in Italy gives a real image of Morocco, quite contrary to the one conveyed by some media, said Thursday, the mayor of the city of Otranto, Pierre Paulo Carddi.