Around 5,000 migrants are being held in official detention centres in Libya but they could represent just the tip of the iceberg, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) chief said. Speaking in Geneva Wednesday (Mar. 8) Antonio Vitorino decried “the violation of the rights of migrants” in Libya as he …
Read More »Around 5,000 migrants in Libyan detention centres, not counting unofficial centres – IOM
Around 5,000 migrants are being held in official detention centres in Libya but they could represent just the tip of the iceberg, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) chief said. Speaking in Geneva Wednesday (Mar. 8) Antonio Vitorino decried “the violation of the rights of migrants” in Libya as he …
Read More »Around 5,000 migrants in Libyan detention centres, not counting unofficial centres – IOM
Around 5,000 migrants are being held in official detention centres in Libya but they could represent just the tip of the iceberg, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) chief said. Speaking in Geneva Wednesday (Mar. 8) Antonio Vitorino decried “the violation of the rights of migrants” in Libya as he …
Read More »‘Creed III’ breaks box office records
“Creed III” punched above its weight at the domestic box office in its first weekend in theaters. The MGM release knocked “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” out of first place and far surpassed both industry expectations and the opening weekends of the first two movies in the franchise. Playing in …
Read More »Malian migrants prepare to flee Tunisia after president’s crackdown
Some 300 West African migrants were set to leave Tunisia on repatriation flights Saturday, fearful of a wave of violence since President Kais Saied delivered a controversial tirade last month. In his February 21 speech, Saied ordered officials to take “urgent measures” to tackle irregular migration, claiming without evidence that …
Read More »Scientists discover hidden corridor in Egyptian pyramid
Scientists have discovered a hidden passage inside Egypt’s Great Pyramid, the authorities announced on Thursday, part of a seven-year international research project. The passage is nine metres (30 feet) in length and more than two metres in width, the antiquities ministry said in a statement. Egypt’s Tourism and Antiquities Minister …
Read More »Violence faced by marginalised Tunisian youth expressed in art project
In collaboration with youth from working-class neighbourhoods of Tunis, NGO International Alert has launched a series of artistic productions to highlight the violence faced by young people in marginalised areas. It says that many of the social and economic problems in Tunisia continue to exist more than a decade after …
Read More »Head of Burundi Football Association talks game development with FIFA president
How to strengthen football’s development in Burundi? The president of the Burundi Football association, Alexandre Muyengye, was in Paris Tuesday to discuss new pathways to success for the game in his country. He met with FIFA president Gianni Infantino in the sidelines of The Best FIFA Football Awards. “So we …
Read More »Uganda appears to be planning a new anti-gay law
Uganda is expected to propose a new anti-gay bill on Wednesday, according to an audio recording of the country’s speaker of parliament, Annet Anita Among, accessed by news agency, AFP. Sexual minorities have traditionally faced widespread persecution in the country, where anti-gay and transphobic views are common. But, while homosexual …
Read More »Tunisia: Fearful sub-Saharan nationals exit country amid anti-migrant push
A steady flow of taxis has rolled up outside the Ivorian embassy in Tunis in recent days, depositing dozens of migrants who say they no longer feel safe amid an officially sanctioned climate of fear. After a wave of arrests in recent weeks, President Kais Saied gave a speech on …
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