The Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday inaugurated its consulate general in Dakhla, a Morocco’s southern province.
Nasser Bourita, Morocco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, travelled to Western Sahara to open the new consulate general with his Congolese counterpart, Marie Tumba Nzeza, also in attendance.
On Monday, Bourita inaugurated Bahrain’s consulate in Dakhla. On Friday, the Moroccan FM again travelled south for another ribbon-cutting ceremony in the form of a new AU office in the region.
The new Congolese consulate joins 18 already established consulates in Western Sahara.
Dakhla now hosts diplomatic missions of Gambia, Guinea, Djibouti, Liberia, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso and Haiti.
In addition, the region’s capital Laayoune is home to the consulates of the Comoros, Gabon, the Central African Republic, Sao Tome, Ivory Coast, Burundi, the UAE, Eswatini, Zambia and the newly inaugurated mission of Bahrain.
The recent US recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara grabbed headlines across the world, yet the diplomatic efforts by Morocco in Africa could prove even more significant.