The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor expressed alarm on Monday at the inhumane detention of…
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200 killed in migrant shipwrecks
Almost 200 people are feared to have died in two Mediterranean Sea migrant shipwrecks during the…
Libya captures two oil tankers after firefight
Libyan naval forces captured two vessels suspected of smuggling oil from the North African country after…
Libya repatriates 253 Nigerians
No fewer than 253 Nigerians repatriated from Libya arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja,…
Mediterranean migrant death toll for 2017 tops 1,000
Around 100 migrants have drowned in the Mediterranean according to shipwreck survivors, raising the death toll…
Fewer migrants are crossing Niger for Libya: IOM
The number of migrants crossing Niger to reach Libya has declined, the International Organisation for Migration…
Libya fishermen find 28 dead migrants in boat
Libyan fishermen found the bodies of 28 illegal migrants who appeared to have died of thirst…
Nearly 9,000 migrants rescued in Mediterranean over weekend – IOM
Nearly 9,000 mainly African migrants were rescued in the Mediterranean this past long weekend, after setting…
100 migrants missing as boat sinks off Libya
Coastguard official on Thursday said that close to 100 migrants were feared missing after their boat…
Nearly 100 migrants feared missing after boat sinks off Libya – coastguard
Close to 100 migrants were feared missing after their boat sank off the Libyan coast near…
Libya coastguard clashes with suspected migrant smugglers, four killed- Spokesman
Four suspected migrant smugglers were killed in an exchange of fire with coastguards off Libya’s western…
IOM expects to fly up to 10,000 migrants out of Libya in 2017
Up to 10,000 migrants stranded in Libya will be flown back to their home countries this…