The Local Spain https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Spanish PM Sanchez visits troops in Mali as six-year military engagement drags on Sanchez will meet with his Malian counterpart in Bamako, capital of the west African country, before traveling to meet hundreds of Spanish troops deployed at a nearby EU peacekeeping base. https://www.thelocal.es/20181227/spanish-pm-sanchez-visits-troops-in-mali-as-six-year-military-engagement-drags-on Thu, 27 Dec 2018 12:32:33 +0100 spanish-pm-sanchez-visits-troops-in-mali-as-six-year-military-engagement-drags-on Police free Mali consul's wife held hostage in Barcelona Police on Monday freed the wife of Mali's honorary consul in Barcelona after a man from the African country seeking to be allowed out of Spain held her for five hours, police said. https://www.thelocal.es/20180320/police-free-mali-consuls-wife-kidnapped-in-barcelona Tue, 20 Mar 2018 10:07:02 +0100 police-free-mali-consuls-wife-kidnapped-in-barcelona Al-Qaeda suspect remanded in custody A Spanish judge Friday remanded in custody a suspected Al-Qaeda militant accused of links to extremists in Mali and bailed another man on the same charges, the court said. https://www.thelocal.es/20130427/al-qaeda-suspect-remanded-in-custody-in-spain Sat, 27 Apr 2013 11:26:00 +0200 al-qaeda-suspect-remanded-in-custody-in-spain Spain to send security troops to Mali Spain is to send 50 troops to the West African country of Mali as the European nation moves to combat regional insecurity. https://www.thelocal.es/20130326/spain-to-send-securtity-troops-to-mali Tue, 26 Mar 2013 09:49:00 +0100 spain-to-send-securtity-troops-to-mali