Decrease in number of illegal migrants crossing to Europe from North Africa
The UN immigration agency’s reporting a significant drop in the number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean to Europe from Africa. There were 25 338 migrants that made this journey in the first 19 weeks of this year. 628 died attempting it. Italy, with 41% of the traffic, once again took in the lion’s share of […]
NGOs say migrants were executed in Gambia on Yahya Jammeh’s orders
Human Rights Watch says a paramilitary unit controlled by former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh was behind the killings of more than 50 West African migrants in 2005. The watchdog group is involved in joint investigation with TRIAL International that involved interviewing 30 former Gambian officials, including 11 officers, and a survivor of the round-up as […]
Virunga National Park suspends tourism after kidnappings and death of ranger
Africa’s first game reserve has been closed to tourists for an indefinite period. This allows the abduction of two British visitors to their Virunga National Park in the Eastern DRC and the death of a ranger in successful operations to rescue them. Director of the Virunga National Park Emmanuel de Merode cannot say when the […]
Time has run out for Commonwealth Games athletes who did not go home from Australia
Time has run out for more than a dozen African athletes who did not go home after last month’s Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. Their visas ran out yesterday and Australian authorities are saying they must leave or apply for refugee status. The athletes come from Cameroon, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Uganda. They left their team […]