Crans Montana Forum meeting in Dakhla

The annual session of the Crans Montana Forum (CMF), scheduled for next March in Dakhla, "will offer for discussion the example of a specific model of development and integration" in Africa, according to the CMF. "Dakhla and its elected local representatives will be closely associated with the organisation" of this event dedicated to Africa and South-South cooperation, emphasises the prestigious organisation based in Geneva. In an interpretation of the scope of its Dakhla session (12-14 March) published on its website, the CMF states that all political leaders from Africa and the rest of the world will surely welcome this initiative. It explained that the event "tends to highlight a lesser-known region and thus help in the development of local populations". In the opinion of the organisers, "it is a matter of coming, seeing, meeting interlocutors, talking, exchanging, confronting ideas…