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Oil-producing African nations argue they should be able to use fossil fuel resources for economic growthAfrican leaders and campaigners are at odds over the way forward for the continent as a critical climate summit begins in Nairobi.Some countries, su…
Some took parts of wooden seats for buoyancy after watching friends die on drifting vesselFacing hunger, thirst and a rising number of deaths, some of the group of asylum seekers who were adrift for more than a month in the Atlantic resorted to breakin…
Walking Borders said it told authorities in four countries on 20 July about vessel with more than 100 asylum seekers onboardA Spanish NGO alerted authorities from four countries on 20 July about a boat carrying an estimated 130 asylum seekers that was …
The Spanish migration advocacy group Walking Borders said the vessel was a large fishing boat, called a pirogue, which had left Senegal on July 10.
Fishing vessel with 100 asylum seekers was travelling from Senegal to Spain’s Canary IslandsMore than 60 people are believed to have died after the boat they were travelling on from Senegal was found off Cape Verde, the International Organization for M…
Patrol vessels were pursuing a fishing boat loaded with migrants bound for Spain when it struck rocks off a beach in Senegal’s capital, locals say, leaving at least 16 people dead.
US statement comes as ousted president says he is being held hostage and calls on international community to restore orderJoe Biden has called for the immediate release of Niger’s elected president and for the country’s democracy to be restored, in the…
Supporters say string of charges are intended to prevent Ousmane Sonko and his Pastef party challenging President Macky SallSenegal’s government has dissolved a major opposition party within hours of the party’s popular president and opposition leader …
Macky Sall had considered seeking a third term in the West African country despite a constitutional limit of two.
About 2,000 crew members withdrew labour over pay and conditions, as well as citing serious breaches of overfishing rules by Spanish and French companiesThe waters of west Africa and the Indian Ocean boast some of the world’s largest, healthiest popula…