<p>Madrid: A Spanish man has been kidnapped in North Africa, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday, without providing details.</p><p><em>El Pais</em> newspaper reported that the man was kidnapped in southern Algeria by an Islamist group and taken to Mali, though the Foreign Ministry did not confirm that information.</p>.Spain says social media platforms such as Musk's X must be neutral, not interfere.<p>"Several reliable sources confirmed a Spanish citizen is currently held against his will in Northern Africa," a foreign ministry spokesperson said. "The government is working actively to clarify all the aspects and solve the issue."</p><p>Spain is in the middle of a dispute between Morocco and Algeria over the Western Sahara, which was controlled by Spain until 1975 and is now claimed by Morocco and the Algeria-backed Polisario Front, which seeks its independence.</p>
<p>Madrid: A Spanish man has been kidnapped in North Africa, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday, without providing details.</p><p><em>El Pais</em> newspaper reported that the man was kidnapped in southern Algeria by an Islamist group and taken to Mali, though the Foreign Ministry did not confirm that information.</p>.Spain says social media platforms such as Musk's X must be neutral, not interfere.<p>"Several reliable sources confirmed a Spanish citizen is currently held against his will in Northern Africa," a foreign ministry spokesperson said. "The government is working actively to clarify all the aspects and solve the issue."</p><p>Spain is in the middle of a dispute between Morocco and Algeria over the Western Sahara, which was controlled by Spain until 1975 and is now claimed by Morocco and the Algeria-backed Polisario Front, which seeks its independence.</p>