Countries Migrants face abuse in Libya after EU-backed interceptions Tripoli – Godwin risked everything for a better life in Europe, but he was detained and ransomed in Libya by... Read more 25 Aug, 2022
Countries Senegal arrests 143 migrants headed for Europe Dakar – Senegal’s paramilitary police has arrested 143 migrants in two seaside swoops as they prepared to embark in... Read more 12 Aug, 2022
Countries 8 months’ jail for 14 migrants in Morocco, says lawyer Rabat – Morocco on Thursday sentenced 14 migrants to eight months’ jail following their arrest a day before a... Read more 5 Aug, 2022
Countries EU drone helps Libya return migrants to ‘abuse’, HRW says Tripoli – A European Union drone is helping Libyan forces intercept boats carrying migrants in the Mediterranean, who are... Read more 2 Aug, 2022
Countries Morocco intercepts more than 350 migrants off coast Rabat – Morocco’s navy intercepted more than 350 illegal migrants, including four children, in waters off its coast, a... Read more 27 Jul, 2022
Countries Eight migrants drown off Morocco Rabat – Moroccan authorities on Monday retrieved the bodies of eight migrants off the southern shores of the North... Read more 26 Jul, 2022
Countries Melilla migrants likely died of ‘suffocation’: Moroccan probe Rabat – At least 23 migrants who died last month in a mass attempt to enter the Spanish enclave... Read more 14 Jul, 2022
Countries Springboks confirm four-Test tour of Europe in November Johannesburg – South Africa Rugby confirmed on Tuesday that the world champions will make a four-Test tour of Europe... Read more 5 Jul, 2022
Business Nigeria agrees step on new gas pipeline through Morocco to Europe Abuja – Nigeria’s government has directed its state-run oil company NNPC to implement a deal on a gas pipeline... Read more 2 Jun, 2022
World EU leaders ban most Russian oil, as Moscow advances in Donbas Kyiv – European Union leaders have agreed to ban more than two-thirds of Russian oil imports, tightening economic screws... Read more 31 May, 2022