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Anger: People in Madrid protest against Spain’s support for Morocco’s plan for Western Sahara. (Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP)
MOHAMED BENBATOUCH

Spain shafts Western Sahara to win Morocco’s favour

Relations between the two allies soured but their recent reconciliation has serious implications for Morocco’s neighbours, especially the Sahrawis

  • David Soler
4 min read
Secretary General of the United Nations, the Portuguese António Guterres, during his meeting with the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez (R), at the Moncloa Palace. Guterres has shown his “admiration for the courage in the resilience that the Spanish have shown”, in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, and has assured that being a direct witness of “an exemplary cooperation of Spain with the United Nations system”, in the peace and security mechanisms and operations, and also “in human rights”, of “an exemplary commitment of Spain to multilateralism”, as well as of “the quality” of Spanish institutions. (Juan Carlos Rojas/Picture Alliance via Getty Images)
ACADEMIA

Urgent need for the world to reinvigorate rules-based multilateralism

The system needs to be more open and inclusive to give young people, civil society, the private sector, academia, and others a spot at the table

  • Cyril Ramaphosa
  • Carlos Alvarado Quesada
  • Jacinda Ardern
  • Stefan Löfven
  • Macky Sall
  • Pedro Sánchez
5 min read
Migrants wait to disembark from Aquarius in the Sicilian harbour of Catania
AQUARIUS

Spain gives refuge after Italy’s Trump-approved prime minister rejects migrants

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said on Monday afternoon that his country would give "safe harbour" to the MS Aquarius.

  • Sarah Smit
3 min read