Dakhla

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• Liberia to Expand Diplomatic Presence in Morocco with New Sahara Consulate
  9 March 2020, by Bladi.net

  This decision comes after the opening of the Liberian consulate in Casablanca and its embassy in Rabat. According to the Liberian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gbehzohngar Findley, on a visit to Morocco, his country "plans to improve its relations with Morocco and extend its services to new regions of the Kingdom".
  During the press conference organized jointly with his Moroccan counterpart, the Liberian Foreign Minister stated that this decision will help promote the long-standing bilateral (…)

• Morocco Coronavirus: 25,000 French Tourists Repatriated as Borders Close
  25 March 2020, by Bladi.net

  Deputy M’jid El Guerrab announced the repatriation of 25,000 French tourists stranded in Morocco due to the closure of borders due to the spread of the coronavirus.
  The Franco-Moroccan deputy specified that the French tourists managed to return to France through 144 air services. Ten planes were mobilized to repatriate the tourists with the support of the French authorities.
  A group of 70 other tourists staying in Dakhla remains to be repatriated, said the deputy of La République en (…)

• Morocco Plans Dakhla Stadium for 2030 World Cup Bid
  15 March 2023, by Prince

  The Moroccan authorities have launched the project to build a football stadium in Dakhla with a view to hosting the 2025 CAF or the 2030 World Cup.
  Architect Abdou Lahlou, who designed the Marrakech airport plan, among other projects, is working on this project where sustainability is the priority. A triumvirate of the Canarian Association of Friends of Morocco commercial interest group carried out an institutional visit this month to establish cooperation modalities with the Canarian (…)

• New Multilingual Radio Station Azawan Expands Across Southern Morocco
  7 February 2020, by Bladi.net

  The new radio station, Azawan, from the Hit Radio group, is continuing its deployment on 41 FM frequencies with a view to covering 100% of the southern basins in 2020.
  The Azawan radio station, now heard in Agadir, Laâyoune and Dakhla, positions itself as a radio open to the cultures and influences of southern Morocco, according to a press release from the radio station. Broadcast in Amazigh, Hassani and Darija, it is continuing its deployment on 41 FM frequencies in order to cover, in (…)

• Morocco Launches $1 Billion Tender for Strategic Dakhla Atlantic Port Project
  13 December 2020, by Jérôme

  The Directorate of Ports and the Maritime Public Domain of the Moroccan Ministry of Equipment has just launched the call for tenders, with pre-selection, for the construction work of the strategic Atlantique Dakhla port. The opening of the bids is scheduled for January 21, 2021 at 10 a.m. in Rabat.
  This is the home stretch before the start of the work, which will last at least 8 years, for an investment of 10 billion dirhams, informs Medias24, specifying that the work initially planned (…)

• New Airport Terminal Planned for Dakhla as Passenger Numbers Soar
  3 June 2023, by Said

  The National Airports Office (ONDA) plans to build a new terminal at Dakhla airport, announced Mohamed Abdeljalil, the Minister of Transport and Logistics. This project, which is currently under technical study, should start in 2024 for an estimated duration of three years.
  Since its inauguration in 2010, Dakhla airport has been equipped with a terminal of 3,000 m², capable of accommodating up to 300,000 passengers per year. In addition to an aircraft park designed to simultaneously (…)

• British Tourist Found Homeless in Moroccan City of Tan Tan, Authorities Investigate
  18 February 2019, by Bladi.net

  The local authorities of the city of Tan Tan have opened an investigation following the publication of photos of a foreign tourist living in precariousness, wandering the streets of the city and roaming at night in dangerous areas, thus putting her life at risk.
  Following the information disseminated on social networks about a foreign British national homeless tourist in the city of Tan Tan, the local authorities and the security services requested the regional authority to conduct (…)

• Dakhla Police Bust Violent Theft Ring, Seize Weapons and Stolen Goods
  9 March 2019, by Said

  Three members of a criminal gang were arrested by the police in Dakhla. They are accused of violent thefts under the threat of bladed weapons.
  "The defendants, aged between 23 and 26 and with multiple criminal records, were arrested on the basis of the results of investigations following the reporting of their criminal activity to the security services," says the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) in a statement released by the MAP.
  "The searches carried out by the judicial (…)

• Transavia Resumes Paris-Dakhla Summer Flights Starting May 9
  18 March 2019, by Said

  The airline Transavia will resume flights between the cities of Paris and Dakhla for the summer season, which is due to start on May 9.
  The announcement was made on the sidelines of the Crans Montana International Forum hosted annually by "the pearl of the desert" located in the south of the country. "Transavia will resume its flights for the summer season on May 9," say sources close to the company.
  The Air France-KLM subsidiary had launched this route in October 2017 during the winter (…)

• Fake Faith Healer and Woman Arrested in Dakhla for Fraud and Adultery Scheme
  18 April 2019, by Amine

  Last Tuesday, a raqi and a divorced woman were arrested in Dakhla for adultery and complicity, fraud, and offense against the judicial police.
  As with any such case, there are two versions. It all started, according to Alyaoum24, when the woman filed a complaint against the raqi, stating that she had turned to him for the Roqya Charîya but that the latter took advantage of her fainting spells to abuse her.
  The latter accuses the raqi of fraud. He allegedly promised her a job contract in (…)