German migrant rescue group Mission Lifeline Wednesday denied breaking the law when it took on board more than 230 African asylum seekers and refused to hand them over to Libya's coastguard. Lifeline also said its ship remained in waters off Malta amid deteriorating weather conditions and an increasingly fragile health situation of the rescued ...

CONAKRY, June 25, (Xinhua) -- Four people were killed after a small civilian plane crashed on Sunday in Sougueta, a sub-prefecture of Kindia, more than 150 km northeast of Conakry, the Guinean capital, according to local media sources. No survivors were after the accident that happened at about 11 a.m., according to the same source contacted on ...

Low knowledge on ECOWAS Protocol on Free Movement, especially on the part of the populace and border officials is hampering smooth implementation of the policy across the sub region. A study conducted by University of Ghana Centre for Migration Studies under its Migration and Development West Africa (MADE) Project also identified harassment of p ...

Blaise has a beer in his hand, he's in front of a TV screen showing the World Cup, and the smile on his face suggests life doesn't get much better than this. But Canal Plus may disagree -- it owns the broadcasting rights in Gabon to the match being illegally shown in the bar in Libreville, the capital. I've got a Canal Plus box, but I got ho ...

Ten women who left their children at home in Morocco to earn money picking strawberries in southern Spain have said that they were lied to, exploited and even sexually harassed. They told AFP how their seasonal jobs turned into a nightmare, with punishing work schedules, free accommodation they had to pay for, and in one case attempted rape by ...