The relations between Morocco and Algeria "are of crucial importance" to settle the Sahara issue, said Monday the Foreign Office minister in charge of the Middle East and North Africa, Alistair Burt.

The autonomy plan for the Sahara, under Moroccan sovereignty, will ultimately "prevail" thanks to the leadership of Morocco, wrote the US publication, 'The Huffington Post' on its website, denouncing the worsening of living conditions in the Tindouf camps.

The last thing Africa needs is another unviable state, which would be a hotbed of terrorist and criminal networks, as evidenced by the serious turn of the Malian crisis and proved collusion between elements of the Polisario and the terrorist group Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), warned participants at a conference in Washington.

The last thing Africa needs is another unviable state, which would be a hotbed of terrorist and criminal networks, as evidenced by the serious turn of the Malian crisis and proved collusion between elements of the Polisario and the terrorist group Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), warned participants at a conference in Washington.

The UN Security Council will hold consultations behind closed doors on the Sahara issue on April 17, according to the work program of the Executive Body for the current month released Tuesday.