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Let $n\geq 1$, and let $\iota\_{n}\colon\thinspace F\_{n}(M) \longrightarrow\prod\_{1}^{n} M$ be the natural inclusion of the $n$th configuration space of$M$ in the $n$-fold Cartesian product of $M$ with itself. In this paper, westudy the map $\iota\_{n}$, its homotopy fibre $I\_{n}$, and the inducedhomomorphisms $(\iota\_{n})\_{#k}$ on the $k$th homotopy groups of $F\_{n}(M)$and $\prod\_{1}^{n} M$ for $k\geq 1$ in the cases where $M$ is the $2$-sphere$\mathbb{S}^{2}$ or the real projective plane $\mathbb{R}P^{2}$. If $k\geq 2$,we show that the homomorphism $(\iota\_{n})\_{#k}$ is injective and diagonal,with the exception of the case $n=k=2$ and $M=\mathbb{S}^{2}$, where it isanti-diagonal. We then show that $I\_{n}$ has the homotopy type of$K(R\_{n-1},1) \times \Omega(\prod\_{1}^{n-1} \mathbb{S}^{2})$, where$R\_{n-1}$ is the $(n-1)$th Artin pure braid group if $M=\mathbb{S}^{2}$, andis the fundamental group $G\_{n-1}$ of the $(n-1)$th orbit configuration spaceof the open cylinder $\mathbb{S}^{2}\setminus \{\widetilde{z}\_{0},-\widetilde{z}\_{0}\}$ with respect to the action of the antipodal map of$\mathbb{S}^{2}$ if $M=\mathbb{R}P^{2}$, where $\widetilde{z}\_{0}\in\mathbb{S}^{2}$. This enables us to describe the long exact sequence inhomotopy of the homotopy fibration $I\_{n} \longrightarrow F\_n(M)\stackrel{\iota\_{n}}{\longrightarrow} \prod\_{1}^{n} M$ in geometric terms,and notably the boundary homomorphism $\pi\_{k+1}(\prod\_{1}^{n}M)\longrightarrow \pi\_{k}(I\_{n})$. From this, if $M=\mathbb{R}P^{2}$ and$n\geq 2$, we show that $\ker{(\iota\_{n})\_{#1}}$ is isomorphic to thequotient of $G\_{n-1}$ by its centre, as well as to an iterated semi-directproduct of free groups with the subgroup of order $2$ generated by the centreof $P\_{n}(\mathbb{R}P^{2})$ that is reminiscent of the combing operation forthe Artin pure braid groups, as well as decompositions obtained in a previouspaper.

The homotopy fibre of the inclusion $F\_n(M)  \lhook\joinrel\longrightarrow \prod\_{1}^{n} M$ for $M$ either $\mathbb{S}^2$  or$\mathbb{R}P^2$ and orbit configuration spaces