The Spanish Association of Oil Geologists and Geophysicists (AGGEP) assures that Morocco has not discovered oil deposits off Tarfaya, near the Canary Islands. According to it, it is "advertising" to attract investors in the hydrocarbon sector in Morocco.
Morocco could earn more than 100 billion euros, the equivalent of its current Gross Domestic Product (GDP), from oil exploration in Tarfaya, near the Canary Islands.
Morocco announced on Monday its plan to prospect for oil, gas and tellurium in the Tarfaya area, off the coast of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands. The news is worrying the Canarian authorities.
Two people were killed and 14 people were injured, several of them seriously, in an accident between a bus and a truck near Tarfaya, in southern Morocco.
The local authorities and security services of Tarfaya have succeeded in foiling three attempts at illegal migration to the Canary Islands in the last 24 hours.
After a slight delay, the process of selecting a shipping company for the operation of a mixed maritime line (passengers and goods) between the port of Tarfaya and one of the ports of the Canary Islands is coming to an end in a few days.
The National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE) announced the upcoming commissioning of two new seawater desalination plants, after that of Chtouka Aït Baha, recently mentioned by the Minister of Agriculture.
4 dead and 7 missing off the coast of Tarfaya. This is the sad toll of this Thursday, December 31, mourned by the sinking of a traditional fishing boat with 14 fishermen on board.
The Directorate General of Meteorology (DGM) announces dangerous waves that can reach 4 to 6 meters from Friday on the Atlantic coasts between Assilah and Tarfaya.
Morocco is preparing to launch a mixed maritime transport line between the port of Tarfaya and that of the Canary Islands. To this end, the Ministry of Equipment, Transport and Logistics has launched a call for expressions of interest (AMI) for its operation.
37 would-be illegal immigrants arrested in Tarfaya were declared positive for covid-19, between Saturday June 20 at 5 p.m. and Sunday June 21 at 10 a.m., in the Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra region.
Geza and Cherif Zerdoumi, a couple of South Tarn plastic artists, mainly based in Boissezon, are confined in their residence in Tarfaya, a Moroccan village located on the edge of the Sahara. They see this confinement as an incredible opportunity.