Morocco

	A thick pall of sand and dust blew out from the Sahara Desert over the Atlantic Ocean yesterday (January 6, 2002), engulfing the Canary Islands (Spain) in what has become one of the worst sand storms ever recorded there. ....read more
	Dagger-like ridgelines and fluted-edged mesas rise out of the desert floor of southwestern Morocco. This folded, eroded landscape is at the far southwestern end of the Anti-Atlas Mountains, where they taper off at the Atlantic coast. The Anti-Atlas run northeast for several hundred kilometers, .... ....read more
	Although Ceuta belongs politically to Spain, the Spanish enclave is - geographically speaking - part of Morocco. Ceuta occupies a narrow isthmus of land on the African side of the Strait of Gibraltar; the rest of the surrounding territory is Morocco. The isthmus and the city of Ceuta have been used as a military base since the Roman Empire occupied the area around AD 42..... ....read more