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Nigerians helping Libyans to smuggle migrants

There was outrage across Africa a few months ago when news broke of how illegal migrants were being sold in slave markets in Libya.

EU leaders clash over refugees

Two years after the Mediterranean migrant crisis shook the European Union, a tentative effort by the bloc to patch up differences over refugee policy has stumbled, revealing enduring rifts among the bloc’s leaders over the contentious question.

AU to evacuate African migrants detained in Libya

The African Union (AU) has announced that it has started working together with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to evacuate thousands of African migrants held in detention centers in Libya.

500 people rescued from trafficking in west Africa

Forty people are facing prosecution after police raids in west and central Africa rescued nearly 500 victims of human trafficking, Interpol said on Thursday.

Rwanda to take in Africans abused in Libya

Rwanda is willing to provide refuge to as many as 30,000 African migrants suffering abuse and slave-like conditions in Libya, the foreign minister said.

AU angry over Libya migrant ‘slave market’ footage

The African Union (AU) has expressed outrage after footage emerged appearing to show sub-Saharan migrants being sold at slave markets in Libya.

Belgian court stops deportation of Sudanese migrants

A Belgian court on Monday ordered a halt to the deportation of around two-dozen Sudanese migrants following an uproar over Belgium's invitation to officials from Khartoum to identify them.

140 migrants rescued off Tunisian coast

The Tunisian navy rescued 98 Tunisians fleeing to Europe when their boat started to sink off Kerkenah on the southeast coast late on Saturday, the national guard said.

26 killed in clashes in Libya migrant hub

Two weeks of clashes between rival armed groups in the city of Sabratha sparked by a lethal shooting at a checkpoint have left 26 dead and 170 wounded, the health ministry said Friday.

121 Nigerians repatriated from Libya

Nigerian officials have confirmed the repatriation of some 121 Nigerians from Libya where they were stranded for months.

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