The fifth round of informal talks on the Sahara, at the invitation of the UN Secretary-General's Personal Envoy Christopher Ross, will start on Saturday in Manhasset (New York suburbs), UN Spokesman Martin Nesirky said on Friday.

Mr. Khalihenna Ould Errachid, chairman of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs (CORCAS), met at the Council headquarters in Rabat on Wednesday, with a parliamentary delegation from Cameroon, led by Mr Cavaye Yeguie Djibril, speaker of Cameroon’s National Assembly. 

Polisario leaders still hold the ideology of the 70s

Mustapha Salma Ould Sidi Mouloud said, on Monday, that he had turned down his kidnappers' offer to backtrack on his statements in exchange for his liberation.

The Australian newspaper “The Australian” reckons that Morocco is the most important country in North Africa, with which Australia should improve its political and economic ties. The article adds that Morocco is facing a separatist movement which is supported by Algeria and is equally involved with the well known terrorist movement Al- Qaeda. Knowing that Morocco is one of the main countries directly involved with the western world in terms of fighting against terrorism.

Morocco's Foreign Minister Taïb Fassi Fihri said on Thursday that the success of negotiations on the Sahara remains weak, or even nonexistent in the absence of the other parties' availability to reach a compromise political solution to the Sahara issue.