Cape Verde Two migrants die, 88 saved off Cape Verde Praia – Rescue teams in Cape Verde have saved 88 migrants adrift in a canoe, but two others aboard... Read more 16 Jan, 2023
Countries In Spain’s Ceuta, ex-politician jailed on child abuse allegations Madrid – The former health minister in Ceuta, one of Spain’s North African enclaves, has been placed in pre-trial... Read more 15 Jan, 2023
Countries Morocco raises migrants’ jail time over Melilla tragedy: lawyer Rabat – A Moroccan appeals court has increased the sentences of 13 migrants to three years over a deadly... Read more 10 Jan, 2023
Countries Morocco retrieves two migrant bodies after shipwreck Rabat – Two new bodies were found off the southern coast of Morocco, bringing the toll from a December... Read more 10 Jan, 2023
Countries Five migrants drown in shipwreck off Tunisia Tunis – Five migrants from sub-Saharan Africa drowned and five more were missing after their boat sank off Tunisia... Read more 9 Jan, 2023
Countries Moroccans cross into Spain’s Melilla enclave, rights group say Rabat – A group of Moroccans entered Spain’s Melilla enclave overnight Saturday-Sunday, a rights group said, out of dozens... Read more 2 Jan, 2023
Countries 13 Moroccans drown trying to reach Spanish territory Rabat – The bodies of 13 Moroccans were recovered after their boat sank off the country’s southern coast while... Read more 1 Jan, 2023
Countries Niger detains suspected Libyan people smuggler: French police Paris – Niger has arrested a Libyan suspected of smuggling thousands of migrants through the Sahel country towards Europe... Read more 31 Dec, 2022
World Italy allows Ocean Viking to dock carrying 113 migrants Marseille – Italy will allow the Ocean Viking humanitarian ship to dock at an Italian port and disembark 113... Read more 28 Dec, 2022
Countries Tunisia rights group slams ‘inhumane’ move to deport migrants Tunis – A Tunisian rights group condemned on Sunday a “repressive and inhumane” government decision to deport a group... Read more 27 Dec, 2022