Also known as: the Canary Islands
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Pope Leo XIV began a two-day visit to the Canary Islands on Thursday by listening to the stories of migrants who have risked long and perilous journeys across the Atlantic to reach Europe. …
Pope Leo visits Canary Islands to highlight perilous journeys of migrantsJoy Online
… He would be at sea for seven frightening days as his supplies of food and water gradually ran out. “You can’t even sleep in case you fall in,” he recalled, now in Tenerife after finally reaching the Canary Islands late last year in search of a “better life”. …
Pope Leo visits Canary Islands to highlight perilous journeys of migrantsJoy Online
… Alongside Morocco’s national carrier Royal Air Maroc, airlines including Ryanair, Transavia France and Binter Canarias now operate direct routes from Madrid, Paris and the Canary Islands respectively. …
Morocco wants tourists to visit Western Sahara. Some say it’s tightening its controlJoy Online
… Only the ship’s crew were aboard for the last leg of the journey, as all passengers docked off the ship in the Canary Islands between 10 and 11 May. …
Cruise ship hit by hantavirus outbreak docks in RotterdamJoy Online
… The cruise ship, which set sail from Argentina on 1 April, finally docked in Tenerife, in Spain’s Canary Islands, less than a week ago, allowing its 147 passengers and crew from 23 countries to leave and go into isolation. …
Canadian from hantavirus-hit cruise ship tests positiveJoy Online
… The Canary Islands regional government had previously insisted that the Hondius not be allowed to dock, as it was concerned that mice carrying the hantavirus might reach land. …
Macron announces €23bn in investment for Africa at Nairobi summitJoy Online
… More than 90 passengers of the MV Hondius ship, currently docked in Spain’s Canary Islands, are being repatriated. …
France confirms first hantavirus caseJoy Online
… More than 90 passengers of the cruise ship, currently docked in Spain’s Canary Islands, are being repatriated. …
US passengers from ship quarantined as officials say public risk ‘very low’Joy Online
… More than 90 passengers of the cruise ship, currently docked in Spain’s Canary Islands, are being repatriated. …
US passengers from ship quarantined as officials say public risk ‘very low’Joy Online
… More than 90 passengers of the MV Hondius ship, currently docked in Spain’s Canary Islands, are being repatriated. …
US and French nationals test positive for hantavirus after leaving shipPope Leo XIV visited the Canary Islands to listen to migrants' stories and call for legal and safe migration pathways, emphasizing their dignity and lamenting deaths at sea as Europe's conscience must not grow accustomed to migrant deaths.
12 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Pope Leo XIV visited the Canary Islands to listen to migrants' stories and call for legal and safe migration pathways, emphasizing their dignity and lamenting deaths at sea as Europe's conscience must not grow accustomed to migrant deaths.
12 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Pope Leo has arrived in the Canary Islands to draw attention to the perilous journeys of migrants crossing the Atlantic from West Africa, calling for safe and legal pathways to Europe and a humane welcome for those attempting the dangerous passage.
11 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Morocco is marketing Western Sahara, particularly the city of Dakhla, as a tourist destination, but rights groups and legal experts say this raises concerns from an international law perspective and promotes the legitimisation of Morocco's occupation of a UN-classified non-self-governing territory.
24 May 2026 · Joy Online →
MV Hondius, a cruise ship affected by a hantavirus outbreak that killed three people and infected 11 passengers, has docked in Rotterdam with only crew remaining aboard. The WHO recommends 42 days of isolation for those leaving the ship, and authorities will conduct further testing of crew members.
18 May 2026 · Joy Online →
A Canadian who sailed on the cruise ship MV Hondius, which was hit by a hantavirus outbreak in April, has tested positive for the disease with mild symptoms. The case brings the total number of infections to 11, all among cruise passengers, with three deaths.
16 May 2026 · Joy Online →
French President Emmanuel Macron announced €23 billion in investments at the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi, with €14 billion from French donors and the rest from African investors, targeting energy transition, digitalization and agriculture and potentially creating over 250,000 jobs. The summit brings together thirty African leaders and aims to shift France's Africa policy toward equal partnership and direct investment over traditional development aid.
14 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Seven cases of hantavirus linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship have been confirmed, with an American and French national testing positive after returning home. Three passengers have died, including two confirmed cases, and the WHO says the virus's Andes strain was likely contracted in South America.
11 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Eighteen Americans evacuated from the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius after possible exposure to hantavirus are being monitored by US health officials. One passenger tested positive for the Andes virus, another is showing mild symptoms, and authorities say the risk to the public remains "very, very low."
11 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Eighteen Americans evacuated from the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius are being quarantined in the US after one passenger tested positive for Andes virus (a type of hantavirus) and another showed mild symptoms. US health officials say the risk to the public remains "very, very low," with two individuals monitored in Atlanta and sixteen at Nebraska's national quarantine facility.
11 May 2026 · Joy Online →
An American and a French national who left a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak have tested positive for the virus after returning home; more than 90 passengers from the MV Hondius ship are being repatriated, with three passengers dead and officials saying the risk of a major outbreak is very low.
11 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Spain has begun evacuating passengers from the MS Hondius cruise ship anchored near Tenerife in the Canary Islands after a hantavirus outbreak. Health Minister Mónica García said all passengers remaining on board are asymptomatic, and they are being divided by nationality and flown to their home countries via charter planes.
11 May 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
Spain has begun evacuating passengers from the MS Hondius, a cruise ship anchored near Tenerife after a hantavirus outbreak that resulted in one passenger death a month ago. All passengers remain asymptomatic and will be repatriated by charter flights grouped by nationality, with the last evacuation flight expected to leave Monday for Australia.
10 May 2026 · Joy Online →
The MV Hondius cruise ship, on which a passenger died of hantavirus nearly a month ago, has arrived near Tenerife in the Canary Islands. More than 100 people will be repatriated under strict isolation measures, with Spain's health minister describing the operation involving 23 countries as "unprecedented."
10 May 2026 · Joy Online →
The MV Hondius cruise ship, which experienced a hantavirus outbreak and evacuated three people from Cape Verde, is set to disembark passengers in Tenerife this weekend following an agreement between the Spanish government and the WHO. Tenerife dock workers have protested outside parliament, demanding safety measures and information before the ship's arrival, with some threatening to block it if their concerns are not addressed.
9 May 2026 · Joy Online →
A third British national has suspected hantavirus infection connected to an outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius. Five cases of hantavirus have been confirmed overall, including one death; two British men have confirmed cases in the Netherlands and South Africa respectively, while the third suspected case patient is on Tristan da Cunha.
8 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Around 150 people from 23 countries are stranded on the luxury cruise liner MV Hondius near Cape Verde after a hantavirus outbreak; three passengers have died and three confirmed and five suspected cases have been identified since the ship set sail from Argentina around a month ago. The WHO said hantavirus has possibly spread among those on board, and three suspected patients have been evacuated to the Netherlands for medical care.
6 May 2026 · Joy Online →
The World Health Organisation said human-to-human transmission is the suspected cause of a hantavirus outbreak aboard the Atlantic cruise ship MV Hondius, which has left three passengers dead and several others ill. The virus typically jumps from rodents to humans, but WHO cautioned that evidence suggests rare spread between individuals in close contact on the vessel, though the risk to the general public remains low.
6 May 2026 · Joy Online →
A Dutch cruise ship with a hantavirus outbreak is sailing to Spain's Canary Islands after being docked in Cape Verde. Three passengers have died, two crew members require urgent medical evacuation, and Spain's health ministry said officials were determining which passengers needed urgent evacuation from Cape Verde before the remaining passengers continue to the Canary Islands.
6 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Spanish Civil Guard intercepted a freighter in international waters off the Canary Islands on Friday, seizing between 30,000 and 45,000kg of cocaine and arresting around 20 people. Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska called it "one of the biggest, not only nationally but internationally," while the Civil Guard described the haul as the "largest known seizure."
4 May 2026 · Joy Online →