Morocco-Spain Tensions Escalate as Writer Claims Ceuta as Moroccan Territory
24 May 2021
Moroccan writer Tahar Ben Jelloun reacted to the new tensions between Morocco and Spain. He stated that "Ceuta is Moroccan land".
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Spain-Morocco Tensions Escalate Over Polisario Leader’s Hospital Stay
24 May 2021
The crisis between Morocco and Spain, born after the reception of Brahim Ghali in a hospital in Logroño, is not about to see its epilogue. This Sunday, Arancha González Laya, (…)
Spain Rallies EU Allies to Counter Moroccan Diplomatic Offensive Amid Crisis
24 May 2021
In reaction to the migration crisis in Ceuta and the Brahim Ghali affair, the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has just instructed its ambassadors in the 27 European Union (…)
Spain Seeks to Defuse Tensions with Morocco over Polisario Leader’s Presence
24 May 2021
While Nasser Bourita, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Residing Abroad, has warned against the exfiltration of Brahim Ghali, his counterpart (…)
Spain-Morocco Tensions Rise as Drug Seizure Follows Migrant Crisis in Ceuta
23 May 2021
While Spain has accused Morocco of "aggression" and "blackmail" following the massive influx of migrants to Ceuta, it seems to be allowing a significant amount of drugs to (…)
Moroccan Activists Call for Spanish Product Boycott Amid Diplomatic Tensions
23 May 2021
In Morocco, thousands of people, including journalists and activists, are reacting to the new tension between the kingdom and Spain caused by the emergency admission of Brahim (…)
Humanitarian Crisis in Ceuta: Thousands of Migrants Rely on Local Aid
23 May 2021
Arriving by the thousands in Ceuta, the migrants pose a real humanitarian problem. Even if some have been sent back to Morocco and others, minors, have been housed in centers, (…)
Morocco Warns Spain Over Polisario Leader’s Hospitalization, Testing Bilateral Relations
23 May 2021
The Moroccan ambassador to Spain, Karima Benyaich has warned of a likely departure of Brahim Ghali from the Iberian peninsula "in an opaque manner". The Polisario leader was (…)
Morocco Recalls Ambassador as Migrant Crisis Escalates with Spain
23 May 2021
Morocco does not weaken in the face of Spain’s "provocations" which, in the face of this week’s migration flow, has summoned the kingdom’s ambassador to Madrid in rather (…)
Spain Provides Over €100 Million in Development Aid to Morocco, Boosting Education and Health
22 May 2021
Morocco has benefited from more than 100 million euros in aid from Spain between 2014 and 2019. Aid that has been used to modernize the institutions of the kingdom and to (…)