The number of women and children migrating from the Horn of Africa to the Gulf states has significantly increased and is a cause of concern, the head of the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) has warned, citing climate change as the main driver of the increased migration. The treacherous journey from Djibouti, Ethiopia and […]
Amnesty International has denounced the racial and discriminatory crackdown launched by Algerian authorities against sub-Saharan migrants, rounding up and forcibly expelling more than 2,000 of them to Niger and Mali over the past three weeks. Those expelled include more than 300 minors, among them at least 25 unaccompanied children, said Amnesty in a press release […]
Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, wants to “restore the lost unity” of Libya after a decade of chaos and talks about running for president. In a rare interview with the New York Times, Seif al-Islam said that Libyan politicians have “brought nothing but misery.” “It’s time to go back […]
