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The SafeMed II Project: Harmonising enforcement of maritime standards across North Africa and the Mediterranean

The adage ‘a chain is as strong as its weakest link’ is well applied to the need for harmonised maritime standards across a region as diverse as the Mediterranean. As one of the world’s major shipping areas, the Mediterranean Sea comprises some 450 ports and terminals, handling more than 300,000 port calls per annum. Progress […]

Spanish media hits new low on back of Ceuta migration crisis

Most Spanish media these days surf on the tide of far-right discourse following the crossing of thousands of migrants to Ceuta or Sebta as Moroccans call it. They continue to ignore the root causes behind the Spanish-Morocco rift to focus on the symptoms. Moroccan Foreign Minister made it clear that what happened over the last […]

Egypt: IS Claims Sunday Bombing of Coptic Church

The Islamic State group (IS) Tuesday said it was behind the suicide bombing of a Coptic church in capital Cairo, perpetrated on Sunday. The group also announced it was determined to continue attacks against polytheism, in reference to Christians. IS fighting Egyptian forces mainly in restive Sinai peninsula has exported its insurgency in capital Cairo […]