Vol 63 No 14 | MOROCCOSPAINEUROPEAN UNION Death at the border 7th July 2022 The death of over 25 migrants on 24 June after more than 2,000 people tried to jump the fence separating the enclave of Melilla and Nador, in northern Morocco, has prompted a furio...
DISPATCHES Vol 63 No 13 | ALGERIASPAINWESTERN SAHARA Madrid embroiled in zero-sum fight with Rabat and Algiers 14th June 2022 Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has been shocked by the ferocious responses to his policy change on Western Sahara As Madrid rebuilds its diplomatic relations with Morocco in the wake of its latest row over Western Sahara, it is eroding its long-nurtured ties with Algiers. This has been reinfor... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 63 No 9 | MOROCCOUNITED STATESSPAINWESTERN SAHARA Washington and Brussels edge back on Western Sahara 21st April 2022 Recognising Algeria's power on gas supply, the US and the EU are rowing back on support for Morocco's plan for the disputed region After tilting strongly in favour of Rabat's offer of 'limited autonomy' to the Western Sahara as an alternative to a UN-organised referendum, the United States and the European Uni... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 63 No 7 | MOROCCOSPAINWESTERN SAHARA Dropping the Polisario Front, Madrid backs Rabat 24th March 2022 The Spanish government's endorsement of Morocco's plan for Western Sahara could have unintended consequences Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares' statement late on 18 March that Spain views Rabat's plan for 'limited autonomy' to the Western Sahara as 'the most serious, realistic, ... READ FOR FREE
Vol 62 No 12 | MOROCCOSPAIN Spain feels M6's fury 10th June 2021 Using migrants to pressure Spain underlines the Saharan conflict's central position in Palace thinking Rabat's 'encouragement' last month for a wave of migrants who, freed of Moroccan policing, promptly descended on the Spanish-ruled enclave of Ceuta, blew Saharan sands to a most se...
Vol 49 No 4 | RWANDASPAIN Indicting Kigali 15th February 2008 A Spanish judge has made it unsafe for 40 senior Rwandan officials to travel outside their own country by issuing international arrest warrants against them for crimes including ge...
Vol 43 No 15 | MOROCCOSPAIN Everyone likes parsley 26th July 2002 The Parsley Island affair underlined the glacial nature of Rabat-Madrid relations. Spain's continuing occupation of the enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, within Morocco, is highly sen...