Is Corruption Responsible for Africa's Migration Problem?

According to the International Organisation for Migration, the number of Africans seeking to cross the Mediterranean has reached 438,000, a consequence of "massive" corruption by some leaders on the continent, this editorial by The Ghanaian Chronicle says.

Libyan migrants arrive in Italy (file photo).

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