A Sahrawi association, on Monday, called for opening the Tindouf camps, southwestern Algeria, to NGOs and to all UN bodies, noting that it is "high time that Algeria took its responsibilities as a host country" of these camps.

The former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for the Near East, David Welch, reiterated that the initiative of autonomy in the southern provinces is the "most probable" solution for the settlement of the Sahara issue.

President of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs (CORCAS), Mr. M. Khalihenna Ould Errachid said that Morocco, like the international community insists on the need for the next round of negotiations on the Sahara, to be a “serious and deep” step in order to reach final settlement of this issue, which can only be autonomy, as unique option." 

The Chairman of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs, in accordance with Articles 7 and 8 of Dahir number 1.06.81, issued on 24 Safar 1427, corresponding to 25 March 2006 on the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs, announced that the second regular session of the Council for 2008 will be held on 26 and 27 Dou Lhija 1429, corresponding to 25 and 26 December 2008 in Rabat.

Moroccan Foreign Minister, Taib Fassi Fihri, denounced, on Friday, recent declarations and writings alleging human rights abuses in Morocco's southern provinces.