Morocco's Atlantic Gambit: Linking Restive Sahel to Ocean

This is Beirut, 29/06 12:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Morocco Dakhla Atlantic Port Sahel

A planned trade corridor linking the landlocked Sahel to the Atlantic is at the heart of an ambitious Moroccan project to tackle regional instability and consolidate its grip on disputed Western Sahara. The "Atlantic Initiative" promises ocean access to Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger through a new $1.3-billion port in the former Spanish colony ...