Nigerian Detainees Dying in Prison, says Amnesty Intl...Italy Rescues, Cracks Down on African Migrants Coming by Sea...Seventh Mo Ibrahim Index Released, but no Prize Awarded... Read more »
A boat carrying as many as 500 immigrants that sunk off the Italian Island of Lampedusa has sparked debate on why Africans appear determined to make such a foolhardy journey to get ... Read more »
The death toll has risen to around 232 afer a boat estimated to have carried more that 500 undocumented migrants sank near the Italian island of Lampedusa. Read more »
The French Prime Minister, Jean Marc Ayrault, has called for an urgent meeting of European leaders to discuss border management, following the death of scores of African migrants ... Read more »
African Women Advancing their Legal Rights on the Continent... Backlash Against Somalis in Kenya after Attack... Kenyan Farmers are Fighting Climate Change... Read more »
Sister Angélique Namaika was honoured at a ceremony in Geneva with the Nansen Refugee Award for helping to rebuild the lives of women and boys who survived violence at the ... Read more »
The Federal Capital Territory Administration has demolished 110 illegal structures which it says posed security threats in the Gaduwa District of Abuja. Read more »
The United Nations refugee agency is calling on staff, partners and refugees themselves to suggest innovative solutions to the challenges faced by displaced people. Read more »
Off the Coast of Gabon, Visitors Discover Whale Watching Paradise... Kenya Fights Eye Disease with Smartphone App... Niger Flooded with Nigeria Refugees Fleeing Fighting... Read more »
There is little evidence that threats of detention discourage illegal migrants from their perilous journeys but the physical and psychological scars of incarceration are well ... Read more »
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