The deadlock in the Sahara conflict is due to the persistence of Algerian officials to maintain the status quo by refusing to organize a census of the population held against its will in the Tindouf camps, said in Florence (central Italy) several international experts at a meeting.

A new direct flight between Dakhla and Paris, the first of its kind, will be set up in November 2017 with a weekly flight served by the French company Transavia, announced Tuesday in Rabat, the Director General of the Moroccan National Tourism Office (ONMT), Abderrafie Zouitene.

With the return of Morocco to the African institutional family, the African Union (AU) has become "stronger" than before, said Guinean President and AU Chairman, Alpha Conde.

Spanish analyst Clara Riveros, Latin American business specialist, compared the tragedy of Saadani Maouelainin, member of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs (Corcas), in Tindouf camps, to events reported by Georges Orwell In his famous novel, "1984", which tells the story of the single party that ruled in the name of "Big Brother", and which strengthened its power, by means of terror, hatred, sequestration, torture, assassination and falsification of history in the name of patriotism and revolution.

The Royal Advisory Council celebrated Saturday the 11th anniversary of its establishment by His Majesty King Mohammed VI during his historic visit to Laayoune on March 25, 2006.