The NGO African Forum for Research and Studies on Human Rights (AFORES) warned in Geneva against the activities of polisario members who are recruited by armed groups and jihadists as mercenaries operating in the Sahel-Saharan region.

Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans abroad, Nasser Bourita, reiterated the Kingdom's unwavering commitment to regional peace, Friday at a ministerial conference organized by the U.S. Department of State to commemorate the first anniversary of the Abraham Accords.

Morocco's permanent representative in Geneva, ambassador Omar Zniber, questioned on Thursday the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on the full responsibility of the Algerian regime in the persistence of the ordeal endured by the population held against its will in the Tindouf camps.

The only candidate for his own succession, Ould Errachid obtained 29 votes out of the 39 members of the regional council, while 10 members abstained.

The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, began, on Tuesday, consultations with members of the Security Council, in order to appoint Staffan de Mistura, Italian-Swedish diplomat, as his Personal Envoy for the Moroccan Sahara, MAP learned from diplomatic sources.