The city of Smara is hosting the fourth edition of the International Forum on Heritage and Tourism Development, organized by the Smara Youth Association for Sustainable Development. Held over three days under the theme “Our Youth, Our Future,” the event aims to showcase the region’s rich and diverse potential, combining natural resources, a long history, and authentic cultural heritage.

A delegation of diplomats from several English-speaking African countries visited Dakhla on Monday to learn about the development momentum underway in the Dakhla-Oued Eddahab region across a range of strategic sectors.

The Republic of Ecuador reaffirmed on Friday its support for the autonomy initiative presented by Morocco in 2007, describing it as the only serious, credible, and realistic resolution to the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara.

The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, Kaja Kallas, affirmed, on Thursday in Rabat, the new European position on the Moroccan Sahara, considering that "genuine autonomy could represent a most feasible outcome" for a final resolution to the regional dispute.

The Gabonese Republic reiterated on Tuesday its support for the Moroccanness of the Sahara, welcoming the historic adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2797.