52 Die During Desert Crossing
Fifty-two migrants have been found dead in the deserts of central Niger, near Séguédine. A group of 75 set out in three vehicles but were abandoned by traffickers, who feared the security forces. A...
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Travel Ban Ruling ‘victory For National Security’
Donald Trump hailed Monday's Supreme Court ruling which partially reinstates the US president's travel ban targeting citizens from six mainly Muslim countries as "a clear victory for our national...
Supreme Court Reinstates Part of Trump Travel Ban
The US Supreme Court on Monday partially reinstated President Donald Trump's controversial travel ban targeting citizens from six predominantly Muslim countries, before examining the case in full...
US High Court Looks To Travel Ban Ruling and A Possible Retirement
The White House declined to comment Sunday on speculation that a pivotal US Supreme Court justice might announce his retirement on Monday, the last day of the high court's current session. Justice...
I Didn’t Have an Affair with My Sister-in-Law – Alban Bagbin
The 2nd-deputy speaker of parliament. Alban S.K Bagbin, has denied allegations that he was in a romantic relationship with his sister-in-law, as was reported some years ago. According to him, the...
Agyemang Badu Urges Gyan To Win AFCON For Ghana
Black Stars midfielder, Emmanuel Agyemang Badu has implored Asamoah Gyan to win the Africa Cup of Nations for the country before hanging up his boots. The Black Stars last tasted glory in the...
Horror Philippine War Tales In Heroes’ Ward
Inside the "Heroes' Ward" at a hospital in the Philippine capital, wounded soldiers read the Bible and recount horror stories of an unprecedented urban war against fighters linked to the Islamic...
UN Boss Warns America Will Be Replaced If It Withdraws From the World
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the Trump administration on Tuesday that if the United States disengages from the international community it will be replaced - saying that...
Children of Jihadists Flown Back To Sudan From Libya
Sudanese authorities on Tuesday brought home from Libya eight children, including a one-year-old, whose parents are allegedly members of the Islamic State group. The children were flown into Khartoum...
Italy Arrests Nigerian Torturer Dubbed ‘Rambo’
A Nigerian human trafficker known as "Rambo" has been arrested in Italy on charges of torturing and killing migrants held captive in Libya, Italian police said Tuesday. The suspect named John Ogais,...
Fresh Med Shipwreck Horror On World Refugee Day
Nearly 2,000 people are believed to have drowned trying to cross the Mediterranean this year, the UN's refugee agency said Tuesday on World Refugee Day, as it reported fresh deaths. "This is among...
Nearly 130 Migrants Feared Dead In Mediterranean After Shipwreck
At least 126 migrants were feared dead after their boat sank off the coast of Libya while trying to make the perilous crossing to Europe, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said...
C. Africa Sapped By Decades of Strife and Misrule
The government of the Central African Republic on Monday signed an "immediate ceasefire" deal with rebel groups aimed at ending violence in the strife-torn country. One of the world's poorest...
More Than 900 Migrants Rescued Off Libya
The Libyan coastguard has rescued more than 900 African and Asian migrants attempting to reach Europe, a navy spokesman said on Saturday. "A coastguard patrol from Zawiya (west of Tripoli)...
Abandoned Migrants Saved In Saharan Desert
Troops in northern Niger have rescued 92 migrants who were on the brink of death in the Sahara Desert, an army statement has said. Traffickers abandoned the group, which included women and children,...
Black Stars B Captain Daniel Darkwah Wants To Lead Team To CHAN Tournament
Black Stars B captain Daniel Darkwah is eager to lead the team to the 2019 Championship of Africa Nations (CHAN) tournament in Kenya. The Black Stars B team are currently preparing for their upcoming...
Migration Crisis In Numbers – IOM Releases Staggering Figures
IOM Rome spokesperson Flavio Di Giacomo reported that when IOM last released figures (13 June), over 3,000 migrants arrived in Italy after having been rescued since last weekend. He said new rescues...
UN and Russian Leaders Discuss Stabilising Libya
On June 14 Special Presidential Representative for the Middle East and Africa and Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov had a telephone conversation with UN Secretary-General’s Special...
Somalia Migration Is A Great Cause For Concern – UN
The UN Migration Agency (IOM) has indicated that it is deeply concerned by the situation of approximately 260 Somali and Ethiopian migrants and refugees, including many children, held captive by...
Libya In Turmoil Over Saif Gaddafi’s Release
Few people expected Saif al-Islam Gaddafi to return to the spotlight after six years in prison on charges of alleged genocide and suppression of demonstrators during the unrest in 2011. Before the...