Thursday, June 25, 2026

Sahara Desert

June 5, 2024

UNHCR seeks expanded rescue efforts for migrants facing “unimaginable horrors”

UNHCR said that many of those on the move underestimate the journey’s risks and dangers.

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)
January 25, 2023

14,000 Nigerian children disappeared, Buhari regime to create database for missing persons

Out of the 64,000 disappeared persons across Africa, Nigeria recorded 25,000 missing persons, including over 14,000 children.

Silhouette of missing persons used to illustrate the story
October 5, 2022

Burkina Faso: Coup leader Traore promises to step aside in 2024 

Burkina Faso’s new military leader Ibrahim Traore said he would respect a democratic transition timeline agreed upon between his predecessor and ECOWAS.

August 30, 2022

25,000 people, including 14,000 children, disappeared in Nigeria: Red Cross

ICRC says the latest figures for disappeared persons across Africa is 64,000 cases, with Nigeria recording over 25,000 missing people.

People
August 9, 2022

Terrorists kill seventeen soldiers, four civilians in Mali

Mali blamed the attack on the terrorist organisation Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS), an offshoot ISIS.

Germany's Bundeswehr in Mali
June 18, 2022

SPECIAL: Hopeless at home, Europe-bound Nigerians brave treacherous Sahara pathway into forced labour, exploitation in Libya

Nigerians unable to obtain a visa to the West are condemned to journey through Africa’s vast desert — where forced labour and sexual exploitation are rampant.

Obinna and migrants