The UN refugee agency UNHCR urged concrete actions to avert forced displacement in the war-ravaged Sahel, warning of a deteriorating humanitarian crisis. Nearly 3.3 million people were forced to flee their homes in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger due to increasing terrorist activity, exacerbated by drought, the UNHCR said in a statement. “The security situation […]
The European Union is planning to offer 210 million euros to help Mauritania curb illegal migration to the Canary Islands, which reported a record number of arrivals last year. The batch includes €60 million to be allocated to migration management, the Financial Times reported. The rest will be invested in security, economic development, and humanitarian […]
Algeria is facing an outbreak of Cholera with 59 confirmed cases so far in five provinces, 11 were registered in the capital city, the health ministry said. Observers estimate that the scale of the cholera outbreak is much higher than what authorities claim as the polluted water continue to be considered the main cause for […]
