In response to the situation of thousands of migrants stranded in Niger, the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) deployed a high-level humanitarian mission to Niamey. The mission is led by Prof. Fatou Sow Sarr, ECOWAS Commissioner for Human Development and Social Affairs and is expected […]
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Over 11,000 migrants recorded missing in Africa since 2014, Joint Communiqué reveals
A Joint Communiqué issued by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR) & Migration Stakeholders on the fate of missing African migrants at the end of a two-day international conference organised by the above-mentioned migration stakeholders in Tunis, Tunisian from […]
Fate Of Missing Migrants Tops Agenda As Member States and Migration Stakeholders Meet in Tunisia
Public Notice from Foreign Affairs Ministry. The Director of Diaspora and Migration Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Musa Camara led a delegation to the first-ever meeting about missing migrants on the migratory routes of West and North Africa by State and Non-State Actors, held in Tunisia from […]
UN Human Rights Commission visits Gambia to meet returned migrants, stakeholders
A delegation from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is currently in the Gambia to monitor the human rights situation of Gambian migrants who returned from Libya. The delegation also had direct interaction with recent returnees from Libya to know their experiences, and gaps […]