Tag: africa
Southern Spain is the animal trafficking gateway to Europe
Authorities in southern Spain are fighting against Europe’s growing animal trafficking problem
New map for expat parents charts all British schools worldwide
The most comprehensive British curriculum search
Flood of migrants in past 48 hours in Strait of Gibraltar
Emergency services have picked up nearly 1,000 migrants in dozens of boats and rafts
Tarifa’s new bird lab to become world leader for migration
The centre will study the effect of global change on bird migration
Spain slammed by Amnesty for putting borders before people
Spain spends 30 times more on defending its borders than on improving conditions for would-be migrants
EU grants €10 million to fight immigration at Spain’s borders
Spain is bearing the brunt of immigration from Africa into Europe
African migrants in Melilla dash
60 African migrants scale the Melilla fence separating the Spanish enclave from Morocco
Spanish football friendly slammed by human rights activists
Match in Equatorial Guinea causes outrage
Was Russian libelled over African president money laundering claims?
Court to hear whether Russian businessman bought property in Spain for Obiang
A closer look at ‘looky looky’ men
The Olive Press discovers more about the illegal street vendors selling their wares along the Andalucian coastline
Tarifa: Where the wind blows
Wendy Williams is blown away by the magic of Tarifa, Europe’s southernmost point
King Juan Carlos under fire after Botswana hunting trip
King Juan Carlos urged to stand down from WWF role after being caught hunting elephants in Botswana
Police hunt for thieves who stole 20,000 euros worth of solar kit from expat couple in Spain
Couple lost dozens of solar batteries and their generator in the raid
Parents dump two-year-old girl in rubbish container in southern Spain
Toddler was rescued after local residents heard her cries
Riding the wind on the Costa de la Luz
JON CLARKE takes a trip along the Costa de la Luz, Andalucia’s most unspoilt, if sometimes rather breezy, coastline
Ferry rescues illegal immigrants
Group of 44 on inflatable boat wre picked up off the Granada coast
Saharawi protests in historic Jerez
While perusing Jerez’s beautiful public library, I heard muffled shouts from the street below. The cries grew louder and louder until they filled the quiet library and I headed down the stairs and out the door to investigate
A birds-eye view
It should, of course, come easy for a bird, and now a family of Egyptian vultures are the latest group to start Twittering... as well as allowing cameras into their private lives!
52 migrants rescued from Strait of Gibraltar
Their boat was found just seven miles off the coast of Tarifa
“Jetman” fails to fly from Africa to Europe
The Swiss man falls into the sea on record-attempt flight
Safari Spain – Olive Press Investigation
On the Cordoba-Extremadura border, a businessman is to be tried for charging 30,000 euros to allow hunters the chance to shoot lions, tigers and even perhaps lynxes