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West African Military States introduce new biometric passport

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, all governed by military juntas, are preparing to launch a new biometric passport as part of their exit from the regional bloc Ecowas. After a series of coups between 2020 and 2023, these countries formed the Alliance of Sahel States and announced their intention to leave Ecowas earlier this year. […]

Libya deports group of Nigerian illegal migrants

The Anti-Illegal Migration Agency announced yesterday March 19 the deportation of a group of Nigerian nationals, following their violation of Libyan regulations. According to the Agency’s Deportation Office at Mitiga International Airport in Tripoli, the deportation was carried out after the completion of the necessary legal procedures for their removal from Libyan territory. Although the […]

Migrants in limbo as Mauritania’s expulsion drive overwhelms border town

In the dusty border town of Rosso, straddling the frontier between Mauritania and Senegal, the humanitarian burden is growing heavier by the day as waves of deported migrants arrive with nowhere to turn. Weeks into Mauritania’s intensified crackdown on undocumented migrants, hundreds—many hailing from Guinea, Mali, Senegal, Gambia, and Côte d’Ivoire—find themselves stranded in harrowing […]