The Managing Director of the National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE) , visited the site housing the Laâyoune desalination plant on Monday. Abderrahim El Hafidi went to check on the progress of the work for the commissioning tests of this seawater desalination plant.
The resumption of flights between the Canary Islands and Laâyoune is not to the liking of the Polisario. The latter threatens the Spanish airline Binter with legal action.
Moroccan security forces reportedly arrested and displaced sub-Saharan migrants present in Laâyoune. Among them were pregnant women and children, who arrived on May 7. Voices are rising to denounce violations of migrants’ rights.
The "Laâyouneconnect" platform, financed by the government of the United States of America, will be launched very soon with the aim of boosting investment and territorial marketing in the Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra region by seizing the opportunities offered in particular by Dakhla.
The judicial police elements of Laâyoune carried out the seizure of 1.264 tons of cannabis resin, on Monday evening in Boucraa and Gueltat Zemmour. The operation also resulted in the arrest of two individuals who would be members of a criminal network active in international drug trafficking.
The cities of Laâyoune and Dakhla have recently been the scene of violent clashes between members of smuggling networks. The origin was a settling of scores between traffickers.
After their arrest, the two alleged authors of the sextapes showing women, married or not, in intimate moments with a Mauritanian "raqi" at his home appeared before the court of first instance of Laâyoune on Wednesday.
The largest bridge connecting Europe and sub-Saharan Africa via Morocco will be operational in 2022, the completion date of the expressway project in the Tiznit-Dakhla region.
The security services of the wilaya of Laâyoune are conducting investigations to arrest a Mauritanian "raqi" who was raping his clients during "consultations" and filming the scenes with the cameras of his mobile phones.
The Moroccan authorities indicated on Monday that several accompanied and unaccompanied minors, grouped four or six in boats, are repatriated weekly from Las Palmas to Laâyoune. In total, 80 weekly trips are made.
At the initiative of the Moroccan-American network, a virtual economic summit will be held on Monday, March 29. American economists and investors will participate in this webinar, the objective of which is to study the modalities for setting up viable economic partnerships for the benefit of the Laayoune Sakia El Hamra and Dakhla Oued-Eddahab regions.
The former president of the municipality of Laâyoune-Marsa, the billionaire Hassan Derham, did not appear before the investigating judge at the Court of Appeal of Marrakech . Charged with embezzlement of public funds and falsification of official documents, he risks being arrested and placed in pre-trial detention.