A political settlement of the Sahara would be possible if Algeria had showed political will, "said Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Mr Taib Fassi Fihri.

Sahrawi populations are enduring "inhumane living conditions" in Tindouf Camps, South-Western Algeria, said on Tuesday, Edward Benson, ex Officer-in-Charge of confidence-building measures at the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

Morocco's initiative to grant broad autonomy to its southern provinces, the Sahara, is a "credible solution" to settle the Sahara issue, Garman Ambassador to Morocco Ulf-Dieter Klemm said.

The Sahara is Moroccan and the autonomy initiative proposed by Morocco for the southern provinces serves democracy, said, on Tuesday in Rabat, the president of the Federation of Andalusian Cultural Entities in Catalonia (FECAC).

The Foreign Office minister in charge of Middle East and North Africa, Mr Ivan Lewis, said Tuesday in Casablanca, that his country welcomes the Moroccan autonomy initiative in the Sahara, and supports the efforts made by the envoy of the Secretary General of the UN in charge of the Sahara issue.