Asylum seekers: Home Office says more than 17,000 are missing/in /by
Over 17,000 asylum seekers, whose claims have been discontinued, are currently unaccounted for, according to the UK Home Office. The admission came during discussions in Parliament regarding Chancellor Rishi Sunak's ambitious goal to eliminate the asylum backlog by year-end.
Ghana: dam flooding displaces hundreds/in /by
A major spillage from an irrigation dam in Ghana on Monday displaced more than 200 households and affected hundreds of people in the area.
Presidential election in the DRC: a Katumbi supporter killed in clashes/in /by
A member of the party of opponent and presidential candidate Moïse Katumbi was killed Tuesday in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo in clashes with supporters of the ruling party, we learned from reliable sources.
Niger: ECOWAS set to rule on complaint over Mohamed Bazoum’s detention/in /by
The complaint with the ECOWAS Court of Justice by Bazoom's lawyers centers on the what they called sequestration and arbitrary detention. The court's decision is expected on Thursday November 30.
British-Nigerian hacker pleads guilty to $6m fraud in US court/in /by
A 33-year-old British-Nigerian man Idris Dayo Mustapha has admitted to orchestrating a sophisticated cyber fraud scheme spanning seven years.
Major cocaine haul seized off Senegal/in /by
Senegal's military has seized more than three tonnes of cocaine from a ship moored off the coast, in one of the country's largest drugs hauls.
Libya sends nearly 250 migrants back to Niger, Chad/in /by
An official with Tripoli's government agency against clandestine migration said 120 Nigeriens had left Libya for Niamey in coordination with the UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM).
EU: drop in migrant departures from Tunisia/in /by
The European Union has "good cooperation" in migration matters with Tunisia, European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson said on Tuesday, indicating that departures of migrants from this country had fallen sharply but had increased from Libya.
UN Refugee Nansen Prize Awarded to Somali Education Trailblazer/in /by
A former Somali refugee intent on bringing books and education to his compatriots languishing in sprawling camps in Kenya has been named the winner of the UN refugee agency's prestigious Nansen Award.
Drought and floods plunge 27 million children into hunger in 2022 (Save the Children)/in /by
This figure is 135% higher than in 2021, according to a data analysis published by the British charity ahead of the UN Climate Conference (COP 28), which opens in Dubai on Thursday.