According to local police on Sunday and early on Monday, hundreds of migrants took advantage of a thick mist to swim to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from neighboring Morocco. Spain's two enclaves on Morocco's Mediterranean coast, Ceuta and Melilla, share the only land borders of the European Union with Africa. The enclaves sporadically experience waves of attempted crossings by migrants trying to reach Europe.
Moroccan and Spanish security services have dismantled a ISIS affiliated terrorist cell in the Sahel. The operation, carried out by
Morocco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita, met with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk,
Chinese President Xi Jinping made a brief visit to Morocco on Thursday, according to state media from both countries. Welcomed
Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, on behalf of Morocco’s King Mohammed VI, received, Thursday evening in Casablanca, the President
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