Libya: Story of a Trafficked Nigerian Woman
Peju Akins (not real name) was offered a poisoned chalice in a Lagos church in January 2015; she embraced it hook, line and sinker! A lady she met during Sunday service painted the rosy picture…
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Africa: At Least 240 Migrants Believed Drowned After Two Overcrowded Dinghies Capsize Off Libya
Dramatic photos of a separate near disaster emerge as dozens panicked migrants plummet into the Med during their rescue. The migrants, believed to be from west Africa, had set off from Libya early on Wednesday…
200 Nigerians deported from Libya
Barely two months after the Libyan government, together with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Nigerian embassy in Libya, deported 162 Nigerians for various immigration offenses, another 220 Nigerians will be expelled tomorrow,…
Libyans bury decomposing bodies of migrants
Residents of a Libyan town have buried the decomposing bodies of 21 migrants who had washed up on their beach after authorities failed to act, an NGO and medics said Monday. The first bodies were…