Protests were also reportedly held in Guelmim and Assa in southern Morocco proper to protest the death and arrest of several Sahrawi youth activists in late April, though Sahrawi sources claiming knowledge of these events did not specify when they took place and their reports could not be immediately verified by independent media or observers.
Chbika is a small coastal town and rural commune in Tan-Tan Province of the Guelmim-Es Semara region of Morocco.
It is the capital of the Guelmim-Es Semara region which includes southern Morocco (south of the Souss-Massa-Drâa region) and northern Western Sahara.
Tata lies on the N12 highway between to the north-east of the regional capital Guelmim and to the south of the neighboring region of Souss-Massa-Drâa.