Tag: sub-Saharan migrants

Nine Sub-Saharan migrants found dead from cold, thirst near Tunisian-Algerian borders – NGO

May 17, 2023

The bodies of nine migrants from sub-Saharan Africa were discovered recently in Tunisia on the Algerian border, judicial sources said this Wednesday, quoting a Tunisian ... Read More

AU postpones sine die conference slated in Tunisia against backdrop of mistreatment of Sub-Sahara migrants

March 3, 2023

The African Union (AU) has postponed sine die the “Pan African Network Conference on Fighting IFFs in Africa”, a continental conference initially scheduled in the ... Read More

Tunisian president stokes racism against Sub-Saharan migrants

February 23, 2023

Tunisia’s authoritarian president Kais Saied is pushing conspiracy theories to the limit. After accusing the West of trying to undermine Tunisia’s sovereignty amid an uphill ... Read More

Tunisia: Scores of organizations condemn arbitrary arrests of Sub-Saharan migrants

February 17, 2023

Over twenty Tunisian and international organizations active in Tunisia, on Thursday, decried in a joint statement the human rights violations suffered by migrants from sub-Saharan ... Read More

Tunisia-racism: Sfax court hands five-month suspended sentence to woman for abusing black teacher

February 8, 2019

A court in the Tunisian city of Sfax has pressed a five-month suspended sentence on a Tunisian woman convicted for abusing a teacher of black ... Read More

International Press Denounce Algeria’s Brutal Treatment of Migrants

June 26, 2018

Algeria has been slammed by international rights organizations and the media for its notoriously brutal treatment of Sub-Saharan migrants who are often abandoned in harsh ... Read More

UN Urges Algeria to Stop Expelling Sub-Saharans

May 23, 2018

The United Nations Human Rights Office (OHCHR) urged Algerian Government to stop rounding up and collectively expelling thousands of Sub-Saharan, saying such an ill- treatment ... Read More

Sub-Saharan Migrants die on Algeria-Niger Border- IOM says

May 17, 2018

Dozens of Sub-Saharan migrants have died in abhorrent conditions on the Algerian-Niger borders as Algiers continues summary expulsions, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said. ... Read More

Reliefweb Deplores Algeria’s Continuing Crackdown on Sub-Saharans

April 2, 2018

International NGOs and rights watchdogs continue to deplore Algeria’s meagre record in respecting migrants’ rights as the North African country continues its black manhunt, summarily ... Read More

HRW Decries Degrading Treatment of Sub-Saharans in Algeria

February 28, 2018

Few weeks after Amnesty International rebuked Algeria for failing short to uphold its obligation in protecting sub-Saharan refugees and asylum seekers, Human Rights Watch (HRW) ... Read More