Italy arrests 12 suspected human traffickers over speed boat migrant trips from Tunisia
February 21, 2024 Italian police said on Wednesday they had arrested 12 suspected human traffickers for allegedly organising high-speed transfers for at least 73 illegal migrants from Tunisia to Europe….
Africa leadership disorder: A diagnosis, by Ken Ugbechie
I wager that this is the best time for the best neurosurgeons from around the world to gather in Africa to do a check on the leaders of African…
Africa could be hit hard by loss of Ukrainian grain exports – Institute says
March 11, 2022 African countries may be hit hard by any continuing halt to Ukraine’s grain exports caused by the war, a report from Germany’s Kiel Institute for the World…
Nigeria hosts Sahel Military Games; OSMA President Seeks Media Support
The President, Organisation of Military Sports in Africa (OSMA), Brigadier General Abdullahi Maikano has solicited media support towards the successful hosting of the maiden OSMA Sahel Countries Military Games billed…
Nigerians among over 42,000 refugees, asylum-seekers in LibyaÂ
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said that there were 42,210 registered refugees and asylum-seekers currently in Libya. A good number of them were said to be…
Two Nigerian migrant women rescued from drowning enroute Europe tell their story
Authorities say 17 migrants drowned and two were rescued Thursday after a boat trying to carry them to Europe sank off the Tunisian coast. The two rescued migrants were Nigerian…
In Libya, my agents turned me to a prostitute but collected the cash – Victim
An alleged victim of human trafficking, Frasanna Adejoke, on Monday narrated before a Federal High Court in Ibadan how she was lured to Libya for prostitution. She said she offered…
474 women, 364 minors among over 6,800 illegal immigrants rescued off Libyan coast in 2020
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said, on Tuesday, that 6,848 illegal immigrants have been rescued and returned to Libya so far in 2020. IOM said the rescued immigrants include…
Weapons used in northern communal crisis came from Libya, Turkey – Study
Weapons that have been used in inter-communal violence that has killed thousands of people in northern Nigeria have been trafficked from Ivory Coast, Libya and Turkey, according to a new…
Better to die in the sea than return to Libya, says ‘husband’ of rescued Nigerian migrant
An African migrant recently rescued from a crowded dinghy drifting in the Mediterranean said he would have rather died at sea than return to Libya, highlighting the desperation driving the…