The decision by the South African court to order the seizure of the ship "Cherry Blossom" carrying a cargo of phosphate from Phosboucraa is "counterproductive", "ideologically motivated" act, which carries incalculable risks "encouraging piracy, "writes US expert Michael Rubin, in an analysis published by the influential US think-tank American Enterprise Institute (AEI).

The delimitation by Morocco of its maritime borders is a sovereign decision that has an economic, strategic, diplomatic and development dimension, said, on Thursday in Rabat, minister in charge of Relations with the Parliament and Civil Society, government spokesman, Mustapha El Khalfi.

The criminal chamber of the Court of Appeal in Salé decided on Tuesday, 11 July, to resume consideration of the case concerning the events in Gdim Izik, July 18, 2017, said Attorney General of the King at the Court of Appeal in Rabat, Hassan Daki.

Belgian-British Professor Wilfried Swenden of the University of Edinburgh said the Moroccan autonomy proposal for the Sahara is a clear roadmap for the entire region.

The European Parliament has addressed the European Commission a series of questions concerning relations with representatives of Sahrawis detained in Tindouf camps on Algerian territory.