A new HCR-led family visit exchange was held on Sunday between family members living in the Province of Laâyoune and their relatives in the Tindouf camps, south-western Algeria.

 US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has advocated "some aspect of autonomy" to settle the Sahara issue, insisting that it is time to solve this question.

 Sahara NGO "Association sahraouie de défense des droits de l'homme" (ASADEDH) has called on Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon to issue an arrest warrant against the current representative of Polisario in Algeria, Brahim Ghali, accused of "genocide and torture" against the Sahrawi people, and who is expected to visit Spain early October.

A group of 108 Members of the French parliament voiced their support for Morocco's proposal to grant autonomy to its southern provinces, the Sahara, part of the continuous support expressed to the Moroccan plan in France and on the international scene.

Azerbaijan Foreign minister Elmar Mammadyarov on Thursday welcomed the autonomy initiative for the Sahara as a "good path" towards establishing peace and security in the region.