when King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia visited Ceuta and Melilla, Morocco protested loudly, and last year, some activists even raided Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera and raised the Moroccan flag ...

This page is no longer being updated. It was last updated on 18 May 2023 The tiny Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla sit on the northern shores of Morocco's Mediterranean coast. Together they ...

The small Spanish enclave of Melilla and the enclave of Ceuta are the only European land borders in Africa. Melilla first fell under Spanish rule in 1497 and Ceuta in 1668 after Portugal gave it ...

The tiny Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla sit on the northern shores of Morocco's Mediterranean coast. Together they form the European Union's only land borders with Africa. Ceuta and its ...