I was in El Hierro, a heart-shaped rock formation off the west coast of Africa that's the youngest, most westerly and second smallest of the Canary Islands ... Hierro on the map after declaring ...

Some 126 people were pushed so closely together on a wooden fishing boat that they could barely move. Eating, sleeping and ...

Tourists have been warned about the spread of sloth fever on the Canary ... on the islands say. Two people who also visited Cuba were admitted to hospitals in Italy earlier this year showing ...

A woman has died following a shark attack in the Atlantic Ocean near the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago off the northwest coast of Africa. The 31-year-old German national lost a leg in the ...

Morocco has stopped 45,015 people from illegally migrating to Europe since January and busted 177 migrant trafficking gangs, Morocco's state news agency MAP reported on Friday, citing interior ...

Migrants disembark at the port of on "La Estaca" in Valverde at the Canary island of El Hierro ... have attempted to cross the border from Morocco to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in the last ...

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A state of emergency has been declared on the island of Gran Canaria, part of the Canary Islands, following a leak of three tonnes of diesel into the sea. The fuel slick is threatening a number of ...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain's prime minister embarked on a three-day tour of West Africa on Tuesday as ... Atlantic voyage by boat to the Canary Islands. The Spanish archipelago — located ...

Spain's Leader Begins West Africa Tour in Mauritania to Tackle Irregular Migration to Canary Islands BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain's prime minister embarked on a three-day tour of West Africa on ...