More than 850 Sahrawi NGOs active in the area of human rights and sustainable development have strongly rejected the participation of the military leader of +polisario+ in the Summit of the European Union and the African Union, scheduled for February 17-18 in Brussels, while drawing the attention of European leaders to the situation of the Sahrawi populations held against their will in the Tindouf camps.

Actors from various backgrounds announced, Saturday in Rabat, the creation of the Civil Advocacy Coalition for the protection of children in the Tindouf camps, on the occasion of the International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers, celebrated on February 12.

The Moroccan Sahara region "is experiencing an unprecedented economic boom," writes the 'L'Essentiel des Relations Internationales' magazine in a special report on the occasion of the 35th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly held Saturday and Sunday in Addis Ababa.

Morocco is determined to achieve a solution to the artificial conflict over the Moroccan Sahara within the framework of the autonomy initiative and "nothing else but the autonomy initiative under Moroccan sovereignty", underlined the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Abroad, Nasser Bourita, who noted that the framework for settlement would be "round tables with the participation of the real party to this regional dispute", i.e. Algeria.

The real parties involved in conflict situations must assume their responsibility, said Wednesday the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Abroad, Nasser Bourita, at a ministerial meeting of the UN Group of Friends of Mediation, held virtually.