Ivorian president has announced the withdrawal of French troops from the country’s territory in January, becoming the latest African nation to weaken military ties with its former colonial master. President Alassane Ouattara of Côte d’Ivoire said in his end-of-year speech on Tuesday (31 December) that the French military would hand over control of its Port […]
A total of 956 Nigerians have been evacuated from Libya so far this year, with the assistance of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Nigeria and the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and Internally Displaced Persons (NCRMI). The returnees, which include 683 women, 132 men, 87 children, and 54 infants, were brought back in six […]
The Spanish government has urged again the European Union to increase the funding it grants to Morocco to help the kingdom in its fight against irregular migration. Morocco must be endowed with sufficient resources to deal with illegal immigration, insisted the acting president of the Spanish government, Pedro Sanchez, during a joint press conference, Thursday […]
