1906: France and Spain Gained Control of Morocco

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1906: France and Spain Gained Control of Morocco

Post author:Tadese Faforiji
Post published:July 11, 2022
Post category:General
Reading time:1 min read

After a long conference in Algeciras to decide the future of Morocco, it was later agreed that the French “would have special responsibility for restoring order along the Algerian-Moroccan border,” gained Morocco. (Article: The First Moroccan Crisis of 1905)

Then, the Moroccan police force was to be controlled both by the French and the Spanish by a Swiss Inspector General.

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Tadese Faforiji is the founder of Tadexprof, a travel and nature site covering world's destinations worth visiting. He started the site covering local travel in Nigeria and has since expanded it into US national park guides, with plans to document more of the world firsthand going forward.