2020 has been a challenging year for every single part of the world. Yet there have been some areas and some populations who have felt the effects of the COVID19 pandemic that has hit the world disproportionately as compared to others, which has exacerbated their...
The humanitarian situation in the Central Sahel is one of the fastest growing crises in the world. Within the sub-region consisting of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, the combination of intensifying armed conflict, political instability, restricted humanitarian access, extensive displacement and the effects of climate...
Worldwide, the statistics for international migration showed that around 48.4% of migrants were women or girls in 2017. The figures for forced migrants in the same year provided by the UNHCR suggested a similarly even split in this population. Despite this, there is evidence to...
Ismael was in his early twenties struggling to sustain a living in Ivory Coast when he made the decision to attempt the dangerous migration route across Northern Africa in search of work. Ismael grew up in poverty in Ivory Coast where he received no formal...
Marie is a Cameroonian woman who dreamed of a fresh start in Switzerland. Marie attended secondary school in Cameroon and started working in trade shortly after graduating. She had always dreamed of exciting job prospects abroad having heard from friends of the better standard of...
The remains of 34 migrants were discovered near the Algeria-Niger border, raising the total number of recorded deaths and disappearances in Africa this year to 471, according to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). [caption id="attachment_5895" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Nigerian returnees from Algeria at an IOM Transit Center...