Why is Morocco Picking a Fight with Spain?

It was the images of empty food markets on the news, and reporters' overblown warnings of possible shortages, that told Spaniards on Thursday that their nation's five-century dispute with Morocco over the sovereignty of Ceuta and Melilla, two enclaves on the Mediterranean coast, had reignited. In the worst diplomatic spat between the two countries in almost a decade, Moroccan activists were blocking food imports into one of the enclaves and promising more action to come. The Spanish government and the press were appalled, not so much at the protest, but that it had taken place after King Juan Carlos himself...

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Sub-Saharan Africa - Six killed as hundreds storm Spanish enclave of Ceuta

Six died in a massive assault of immigrants in the fence that separates Ceuta of Morocco Six people have passed away this dawn in a massive assault of about 600 immigrants to the fence that separates Ceuta of Morocco, has informed the chain TO BE, that mentions police sources. The assault began on the 3,30 although shortly before, like distraction maneuver, a hundred of people tried to penetrate more in Spain in the border area watched over the police. This new incident in the border with the neighbor of the south takes place hours before a summit begins Hispanic-Moroccan...

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