Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders, an international NGO, has urged safe countries to offer protection to migrants in Libya. It also urged them to urgently evacuate the vulnerable people by strengthening existing mechanisms and opening alternative pathways for them to leave the country. According to a statement released by the charity organisation, the few legal […]
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The leader of Chad’s Front Populaire pour le Redressement (FPR), Baba Ladde, has revealed that his colleagues in Mali who signed peace accords with the Malian transitional government have threatened to take up arms once again if the Russian mercenaries of the Wagner Security Group intervene in Mali. In a statement issued in Bangui, the […]
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The Sokoto State command of National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says it has rescued 22 victims of human trafficking who were being taking to Tripoli, the capital of Libya. Abubakar Bashiru, Zonal Commander of NAPTIP in Sokoto State, Northwest Nigeria said the victims were rescued in Niger Republic following an interception […]
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The African Union (AU) has called on concerned parties in Chad to find an amicable solution to their perennial political divergences, stressing that there cannot be a sustainable military solution to the challenges facing the country. The AU made the call in a communique published on Friday, Aug. 27 by its Peace and Security Council […]
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The Nigerian government has announced the repatriation of family members of Islamic State (ISIS) fighters killed in Libya. They were among 101 stranded Nigerians repatriated to the country from Libya. According to a statement by Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Head of Media, National Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), the evacuees arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International airport Abuja onboard […]
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Nigeria Police have rescued seven teenagers in Edo State, South-south Nigeria, from being trafficked outside the country. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Philip Ogbadu, Edo State Police Commissioner said the victims were rescued following an intelligence report on Friday, Aug. 6. The victims —six girls and one boy— who are aged between […]
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Cherif Mahamat Zene, Chadian Minister of Communication, Monday morning, called on Chadians to be calm and to go about their daily activities, following rumour that rebels have started arriving in N’Djamena, the country’s capital. “The security detail in certain areas of the capital seems to have been wrongly interpreted. I want to reassure you that […]
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