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More than 30 people are missing after two boats carrying migrants sank off the coast of the Italian island of Lampedusa over the weekend. According to the UN migration agency,...
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Sudan, on Monday, extended the closure of the country's airspace until 15 August, amid ongoing clashes between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group, Anadolu Agency...
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The conflict in Sudan has reached 100 days of fighting, violence and displacement of the civilian population. Despite being a focal point of international news, very few journalists are reporting on the ground, making it hard to get reliable information about the conflict.
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At least 87 Sudanese civilians were buried in a mass grave in Sudan's West Darfur state, the UN human rights office (OHCHR) said on Thursday, Anadolu Agency reports. "The...
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A summit of the neighbours of conflict-torn Sudan's began in Egypt's capital, Cairo, on Thursday to help settle the ongoing Sudanese crisis that erupted in mid-April, Anadolu Agency reports....
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Sudan said, Wednesday, it views "positively" an Egyptian initiative to host a summit of neighbouring countries to look into ways of resolving the Sudanese conflict, Anadolu Agency reports. Egypt...
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Sudan, on Monday, extended the closure of the country's airspace until 31 July amid ongoing clashes between the Army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group, Anadolu Agency...
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Pope Francis said on Saturday that it was a "shame" that irregular migrants trying to reach Europe for a safe and better life were dying at sea, reports Anadolu...
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A boat has capsized between Tunisia and Italy and 37 people including a newborn baby are missing, according to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). The survivors are from...
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The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) urged the warring parties in Sudan, on Thursday, to lay down their arms in a cease-fire ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid...
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The World Food Program (WFP) and Egypt, on Tuesday, launched a safe humanitarian corridor to support thousands of Sudanese trapped by the conflict that has been raging in the...
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"Urgent and further decisive" action is needed to prevent deaths at sea, the UN agencies for migration and refugees said, Friday, after a migrant boat disaster off Greece, Anadolu...
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Nearly 3,800 people died on migration routes within and from the Middle East and North Africa last year, the highest number recorded there since 2017, according to data published...
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The Governor of Sudan's western Darfur region has declared the area a "disaster zone" amid killings and looting, Anadolu Agency reports. "Crimes continue to be committed against civilians at...
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Sudan's Army reportedly suspended participation in Saudi Arabia-hosted cease-fire talks with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group, Anadolu Agency reports. The news was carried by a number of...
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The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said yesterday that more than 1,000 displaced people move daily from Sudan to Ethiopia. The organisation explained in a statement published on its...
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At least 20,000 people have taken refuge in eastern Chad since clashes erupted in neighboring Sudan some two weeks ago, according to International Organisation for Migration (IOM), Anadolu News...
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The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said it has helped over 3,200 African migrants, including 254 unaccompanied children, return safely to their countries of origin from Yemen this year,...
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Some 264 Ethiopian migrants have been repatriated from Yemen, the United Nations' International Organisation for Migration (IOM) announced yesterday. IOM pointed out that the Ethiopian nationals were on board...
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A total of 441 migrants died while attempting to cross the Central Mediterranean for Europe between January and March of this year, the United Nations' International Organisation for Migration...
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The United Nations International Organisation for Migration (IOM) described the first three months of 2023 as the "deadliest" for migrants crossing the central Mediterranean since 2017, Anadolu News Agency...
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Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu met International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Director General Antonio Vitorino and UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi in Ankara today. Cavusoglu tweeted that...
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The UN migration office, International Organisation for Migration, in Kenya announced on Thursday that it had sent 280 tons of humanitarian and relief supplies to help thousands of people...
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The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said that 14 trucks carrying humanitarian aid had crossed into northern Syria from Turkiye today, Reuters reports. "These convoys are carrying electric heaters, tents, blankets...
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The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said that 1,067 migrants were rescued and returned to Libya in the past week, Reuters report. According to the report, in the period...
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Several international NGOs concerned with the search and rescue (SAR) of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea yesterday condemned the Italian government's intention to "obstruct assistance to people in distress"...
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Ethiopia has said it will investigate the deaths of 27 of its citizens who were found dumped on the outskirts of Zambia's capital Lusaka, reports Anadolu Agency. Zambian authorities...
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Two pro-government Yemeni soldiers have been killed in an ambush while escorting a United Nations official convoy in eastern Yemen, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said yesterday. The...
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More than 40,000 African migrants have arrived in war-torn Yemen since the start of this year, according to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), Anadolu News Agency reports. "More...
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A video is circulating online of a 15-year-old begging for his life as a gunman fires an empty rifle at him and asks him for money. According to AP,...
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The International Organisation for Migration has said that there are more than nine million migrants and refugees from 130 countries currently living in Egypt. This figure includes the four...
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At least four people died when their boat capsized off the coast of Libya, the UN migration agency said Monday, and Anadolu News Agency reports. "A wooden boat capsized...