The local authorities of Laâyoune gave Saturday a batch of protective masks to representatives to civil society for free distribution to the population, in order to limit the spread of the new coronavirus (Covid-19).

The evolution of the epidemiological situation in the Dakhla Oued-Eddahab was at the center of a meeting organized on Saturday at the headquarters of the wilaya, with the participation of professionals from the health sector, operators organizations, professional organizations and civil society.

The Human Rights Committee (HRC), a body that monitors States' compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, has established the full responsibility of the Algerian authorities in the abduction of polisario dissident Ahmed Khalil Mahmoud Braih.

Oum Labouir beach (near Dakhla) recently received the Blue Flag, a label of “Clean Beaches” program awarded by the Mohammed VI Foundation for the Protection of the Environment and International Foundation for Environmental Education.

A new scandal involving the Polisario and its Algerian sponsors has made the headlines in a country in Latin America and the Caribbean. Caribbean daily WIC News reported on Monday that the separatist group had handed over 500,000 dollars to the Commonwealth of Dominica's opposition leader Lennox Linton to fund his campaign for the 2019 general election.