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The city of Dakhla will host, this March 8 and 9, the Morocco-United States Investment Forum, meant to strengthen bilateral economic ties, highlight the investment assets in the Moroccan southern provinces and promote the region through the presentation of its potential and investment opportunities to American investors and operators. Initiated by the Council of the […]
Sierra Leone has joined the growing list of countries that have opened consulates in the Moroccan Sahara, inaugurating this Monday a Consulate General in Dakhla and installing Ms. Zainab Candy as the country’s consul general. Ms. Candy was installed in her functions by the Ambassador of the Republic of Sierra Leone in Rabat, Mr. Atumanni […]
A delegation including the ambassadors of Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Yemen to Morocco visited Dakhla on Thursday to explore the investment opportunities and economic assets in the region. This visit, organized by the Dakhla-Oued Eddahab Regional Council in cooperation with the Diplomatic Foundation, is part of initiatives aimed at informing representatives of foreign delegations […]
The Crans Montana Forum will resume its activities in Dakhla on June 22 with a virtual conference on African women, the organizers said Saturday. “African women and post-covid resilience”, with a focus on Morocco will be the theme of this conference which will mark the return of the Crans Montana Forum to Dakhla after […]
Some 40 cases of the UK variant of the Covid-19 have been detected in Dakhla, announced Monday the Regional Health Director of Dakhla-Oued Eddahab, Salima Saâsaâ. The health condition of those tested positive for this variant is “stable” and does not cause any concern, Saâsaâ told the press, adding that patients were placed in sanitary […]
Tan Tan, Mahbes and Dakhla in the Moroccan Sahara territory will be in June the venue of the African Lion military exercises bringing together Moroccan and US armies as well as soldiers from friendly states. The news was relayed by Moroccan media following a preparatory meeting between Moroccan and US senior army officials. The military […]
The city of Dakhla, pearl of the Moroccan Sahara, has been voted “Dream Region 2021” during a ceremony organized lately by online news outlet “Tourisma Post”, the National Confederation of Tourism (CNT) and Moroccan National Tourism Office (ONMT). Dakhla has won the distinction following a survey conducted last summer by CNT and Tourisma Post, showing […]
US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Schenker, who is currently visiting the Moroccan Sahara, held talks Sunday in Dakhla with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita that covered bilateral relations as well as a set of regional issues, such as the situation in Libya and in the Sahel. At a press […]
An institute specializing in tourism and hospitality training was inaugurated on Friday, December 18, in Dakhla. Built over a surface area of 20,000 square meters and having cost $4.78 million, the institute is meant to strengthen the vocational training system in the Dakhla Oued Eddahab Region, and adapt the training offer to the demand […]
This Monday saw the number of countries having opened diplomatic representations in the Moroccan Sahara increase by two new missions in Laayoune and Dakhla. Bahrain has thus opened this December 14 a consulate general in Laayoune, at a ceremony co-chaired by the Bahraini and Moroccan Foreign Ministers Abdullatif Al Zayani and Nasser Bourita. Bahrain, […]