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Society | Politics

Niger, Chad receive 75,000 refugees from Libya

afrol News, 27 April - The governments of the poor Sahelian states of Niger and Chad are struggling to accommodate a total of 75,000 refugees crossing the Sahara desert from Libya.

Côte d'Ivoire
Society | Human rights | Politics

Côte d'Ivoire war displaces half a million

afrol News, 8 March - The new warfare in Côte d'Ivoire, which includes cutting water and power provisions for entire populations, has now displaced an estimated half a million persons. The number is quickly increasing.

Africa | Libya
Human rights | Society | Politics

Fleeing Africans tell tales of Libyan horror

afrol News, 4 March - As more sub-Saharan Africans manage to escape Libya, they tell stories about increasing racist attacks and desperation. Hundreds of thousands are still hiding out in Libya.

Libya
Human rights | Society

Evacuation of scared Africans from Libya starts

afrol News, 3 March - An international operation to evacuate the most vulnerable migrants from "liberated Libya" started today. African migrants told stories of horror and fear for racist attacks.

Côte d'Ivoire
Society | Politics

Côte d'Ivoire fighting intensifies

afrol News, 1 March - Clashes between armed commandos and members of the security forces loyal to Côte d'Ivoire's outgoing President Laurent Gbagbo are intensifying in the city of Abidjan, leaving many dead.


» 28.02.2011 - Africans hunted down in "liberated" Libya
» 26.02.2011 - African mercenaries in Libya: Fact or racism?
» 23.02.2011 - Exodus from Libya; foreigners targeted
» 11.02.2011 - Ivorian crisis displaces 82,000
» 10.02.2011 - "Thousands of child soldiers in Chad"
» 07.02.2011 - South Sudanese mass return to nothing
» 31.01.2011 - African remittance flows are back up
» 14.01.2011 - Zimbabweans in SA get extended deadline
» 07.01.2011 - 1.3 million Zimbabweans to be evicted from SA
» 09.12.2010 - Mayotte issue to split or join Comoros, France
» 02.12.2010 - African Horn migration routes shifting
» 29.10.2010 - 20,000 Western Sahara protesters "starving"
» 21.10.2010 - "Mass exodus" from Western Sahara cities
» 21.10.2010 - 1.5m Sudanese being moved from north to south
» 12.10.2010 - Nairobi, Dar es Salaam attracting trafficked children
» 24.09.2010 - Kenya increases control on Somali border
» 22.09.2010 - Zimbabweans queue to legalise SA stay
» 15.07.2010 - Fewer internal displacements in Africa
» 13.07.2010 - Zimbabweans flee SA "xenophobia rumour"
» 10.06.2010 - UN negotiates return of agency to Libya
» 08.06.2010 - Libya kicks out UN refugee agency
» 04.06.2010 - Trafficked Bangladeshis return home from Liberia
» 26.05.2010 - Eritrea "intimidates emigrants into paying tax"
» 26.05.2010 - Chad promises to protect civilians
» 25.05.2010 - Migrants interned in Niger's desert
» 24.05.2010 - UN withdrawal from Chad "puts thousands at risk"
» 14.05.2010 - Ugandan rebels increase terror in neighbour countries
» 13.05.2010 - Population fears new clashes in Darfur
» 16.04.2010 - Tanzania naturalises 162,000 Burundi refugees
» 14.04.2010 - Sahrawis fed up with UN chief
» 13.04.2010 - 13% of Malians have emigrated
» 31.03.2010 - LRA now also in Central African Republic
» 31.03.2010 - Comorans angry as Mayotte remains French
» 23.03.2010 - Senegal no longer immigration destination
» 17.03.2010 - UNICEF brings books to CAR
» 10.03.2010 - Mines increasingly discovered in Burundi
» 03.03.2010 - UN deplores lethal force by Egyptian security
» 02.03.2010 - Rights groups call for suspension of Lieutenant
» 26.02.2010 - Darfur mission receives helicopters
» 17.02.2010 - Somali refugees moved to Ethiopia
» 15.02.2010 - Children still recruited into DRC’s war ranks
» 09.02.2010 - Khama accused of trampling on Bushmen’s rights
» 03.02.2010 - New talks on Western Sahara in US
» 02.02.2010 - Scores slaughtered by rebels in DRC
» 27.01.2010 - UN agency working with 100,000 DRC refugees
» 27.01.2010 - UN agency working with 100,000 DRC refugees
» 20.01.2010 - Clashes displaced 63 000 since January
» 19.01.2010 - $100 million for 14 neglected humanitarian crises
» 14.01.2010 - UN-backed microfinance project to benefit thousands of refugees
» 12.01.2010 - DRC refugees a problem to neighbours
» 05.01.2010 - WFP pulls out of Southern Somalia
» 04.01.2010 - DRC population still unharmed by volcano
» 14.12.2009 - Security Council should intervene – HRW says
» 07.12.2009 - SA urged to improve health care for migrants
» 03.12.2009 - Nigerian diplomat to head UN Darfur mission
» 02.12.2009 - Banditry threatens humanitarian work in Chad
» 01.12.2009 - UN launches $7.1 billion 2010 humanitarian appeal
» 30.11.2009 - Somali combatants flee to Kenya
» 27.11.2009 - Côte D'Ivoire migrant figures to drop
» 25.11.2009 - UN mission failing to root out rebels in DRC
» 20.11.2009 - Cambodia troops arrive in CAR
» 18.11.2009 - Security Council calls for protection of civilians
» 17.11.2009 - Unblock foreign visits to Sahrawi activists, HRW
» 11.11.2009 - Djibouti forcibly repatriates Somali asylum seekers
» 11.11.2009 - Tribal clashes uproot over 21,000
» 10.11.2009 - UN envoy backs Congo’s fight against rebels
» 30.10.2009 - Last Burundian refugees repatriated
» 30.10.2009 - Assembly shop for efficient stoves launched in Darfur
» 29.10.2009 - UN steps in to help in Angola/DRC refugee saga
» 29.10.2009 - Abdelaziz calls on UN to protect Sahrawi
» 27.10.2009 - Gabon rejects nearly 300 migrants
» 26.10.2009 - Kenya probes missing funds in resettlement programme
» 22.10.2009 - UN pledges support to AU's refugees' treaty
» 21.10.2009 - Displaced Somalis failed international community, UN rights expert
» 20.10.2009 - Expelled Angolan refugees in dire need of aid
» 16.10.2009 - HRW calls on Burundi to halt deportation of refugees
» 16.10.2009 - UN expert calls for independent investigation into DRC killings
» 09.10.2009 - New report documents abuse of Sahrawi refugees' rights in Algeria camps
» 05.10.2009 - Maximise gains and protect rights of migrants, HDR
» 30.09.2009 - Somalis need more support to talk, UN envoy
» 28.09.2009 - Stakeholders discuss post-crisis reproductive health needs of populations
» 25.09.2009 - Help out in central Africa, Ban appeals
» 21.09.2009 - Rescuers abandon search for survivors
» 11.09.2009 - Kenya preparing for impact of possible torrential rains
» 10.09.2009 - Egypt must investigate border killings, AI
» 09.09.2009 - Commissioner calls for urgent reforms in DRC’s security
» 08.09.2009 - More people affected by West African floods
» 08.09.2009 - Diarrhoea threatens to wreaks havoc in Ethiopia
» 08.09.2009 - UN refugee chief begins visit to Western Sahara camps
» 02.09.2009 - 16 Somalis die in an attempt to reach Yemen
» 31.08.2009 - UNICEF head visits children traumatised by DRC war
» 28.08.2009 - LRA attacks uproot thousands in DRC
» 25.08.2009 - WFP appeals for urgent assistance for Kenya
» 24.08.2009 - Senegal should intensify efforts to monitor migrants’ situation

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