Algerian authorities have intensified the expulsion of Sub-Saharan African migrants, often abandoning them in harsh conditions on the borders with Niger, against the backdrop of diplomatic tension with its southern Sahel neighbors. Niger officials have often denounced Algeria’s harsh treatment of thousands of migrants, which has worsened after Niger joined the alliance of Sahel states […]
Over 1,500 inmates escaped during a riot in the high-security Machava prison near in Mozambique’s capital Maputo that left 33 people dead and 15 injured on Wednesday (25 December), according to police general commander Bernardino Rafael. About 1,534 people escaped during the massive prison break, of whom about one tenth have since been recaptured. The […]
Pilots of the 737 Max that crashed in Ethiopia last month initially followed Boeing’s standard emergency procedures to try to get control of the plane, before the crash, Ethiopia’s transport minister told a news conference in Addis Ababa on Thursday, as she delivered the first official report on the disaster. According to Dagmawit Moges, the […]
