Countries Morocco jails migrants after Casablanca clashes Rabat – Six sub-Saharan migrants have been sentenced to prison terms of two years after clashes during an operation... Read more 11 Feb, 2023
Countries Angela Merkel receives UNESCO peace prize for welcoming refugees Yamoussoukro – Germany’s former chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday received a prestigious UN award for opening her country to... Read more 9 Feb, 2023
Countries Morocco hands migrants more jail time over Melilla tragedy, says lawyer Rabat – A Moroccan appeals court has increased the prison sentences of eight migrants over a deadly attempted crossing... Read more 8 Feb, 2023
Countries Migrants in Morocco limbo as they cling to Europe dreams Casablanca – Oumar left home in Guinea five years ago in search of a better life in Europe, but... Read more 27 Jan, 2023
Countries Unrest during Morocco migrant clearance, says media Rabat – Migrants threw stones that injured an officer and damaged police vehicles during an operation to remove them... Read more 17 Jan, 2023
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