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  • Published on May 3, 2026

    Nigerian refugee returnees rise by 1,800

    The number of Nigerian refugees who voluntarily returned home under a tripartite repatriation agreement more than doubled in the first quarter of 2026, rising by 1,805 persons from 1,705 in February to 3,510 by April. This is as Internally Displaced …

    Source: Punch - Indeterminate
  • Published on Apr 30, 2026

    In Mauritania, Malian refugees hope to return home

    In the Mauritanian town of Fassala, on the Malian border, many refugees dream of the day they will return to their motherland. Years of instability in Mali have forced thousands to flee to neighboring Mauritania which has so far been spared much of the …

    Source: Africanews - Neutral
  • Published on Apr 29, 2026

    ‘We saw terrible things’: Mali refugees tell of atrocities amid attacks

    Note: Al Jazeera is withholding some details of interviewees, such as surnames, to protect their identities. Douankara, Mauritania – One evening in late March, 75-year-old Moctar gathered with his family and friends in Sondaje, a village in northern Mali, …

    Source: Al Jazeera - Pro-Government
  • Published on May 4, 2026

    Mali Is the Key to Understanding Africa’s Trajectory

    During a long career as a foreign correspondent, when human disasters, violence, and turmoil were common, I experienced two long-running stories that were positive in nature and left me feeling blessed to have been in the right job, in the right place, at …

    Source: Foreign Policy - Neutral
  • Published on Apr 26, 2026

    FG registers 3,613 refugees as asylum-seekers rise by 322

    The number of newly arrived asylum-seekers into Nigeria rose by 322 persons, amounting to 21 per cent increase in the first quarter of 2026, Sunday PUNCH can report. This was as the backlog of refugees awaiting formal registration dropped by 3,613 within …

    Source: Punch - Indeterminate
  • Published on Apr 27, 2026

    Historic Immunization Catch-Up Campaign Reaches 18M Children

    UNICEF and partners share results of the Big Catch-Up, the largest-ever international effort to vaccinate missed children and strengthen routine immunization. Four-year-old Vania shows off her pinky finger, marked with ink to show she has just received …

    Source: Forbes - Neutral
  • Published on Apr 23, 2026

    Hung Cao, the former refugee who is Trump’s new acting navy secretary

    The acting navy secretary, Hung Cao, who steps into the role after the sudden departure of John Phelan, is a veteran naval officer and former refugee who earned a position with the Trump administration with campaigns for political office in Virginia marked …

    Source: The Guardian - Center-left
  • Published on Apr 7, 2026

    Pope Leo XIV Should Raise Human Rights Issues During His Visit to Algeria

    His Holiness Leo XIV The Apostolic Palace Vatican City  Your Holiness, Ahead of your upcoming historic visit to Algeria, scheduled from 13 to 15 April 2026, the undersigned human rights organizations are writing to bring your attention to key pressing …

    Source: Human Rights Watch - Center-left
  • Published on May 3, 2026

    Massive car bomb shatters Russia’s illusion of security in Mali

    After two days of state mourning, the coffin of the man who led Russia’s alliance with Mali was draped in the national flag and buried with full military ceremony. Gen Sadio Camara, the defence minister, was killed aged 47 when a huge suicide car bomb …

    Source: Yahoo News - United Kingdom - Center-left
  • Published on Apr 30, 2026

    All the countries on the UK’s ‘do not travel’ list for summer 2026

    Anyone who holds a British passport has the ability to travel to more than 180 countries and territories across the globe. But just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.  When choosing your next holiday destination, it’s important you check the Foreign …

    Source: Time Out - Neutral
  • Published on Apr 6, 2026

    In Niger Republic, The Junta’s Peace Is Not Everyone’s Peace

    Aichatou often heard of insecurity for most of her life, but never experienced it herself. She had relatives who had either been killed or displaced in places like Bosso, a village close to Lake Chad that was ravaged by Boko Haram insurgency in 2015. But …

    Source: HumAngle - Neutral
  • Published on Apr 29, 2026

    What Erdoğan’s Rule Reveals About the Current State of Western Democracies

    Was the autocracy President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan created over 20 years in Turkey a rejection of liberal democracy, or a response to its failure? The Turkish nation created in 1923 never healed the wounds of a people who lost an empire, and the new nation …

    Source: Literary Hub - Left-wing
  • Published on Apr 28, 2026

    Russia Having Some Pains Down in Africa

    It's been three years since the last time I wrote anything about the West African country of Mali, one of the nations in the swath of North Africa running latitudinally known as 'the Sahel.' It is the biogeographical zone where the transition …

    Source: Hot Air - Right-wing
  • Published on Apr 30, 2026

    The junta loses control after the onslaught and a stalemate sets in

    30 Apr 2026 PREVIEW MALI: The coordinated attacks by a jihadist-Tuareg alliance have shaken the junta Three days after Jama’at Nusrat al Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM) fighters killed defence minister Sadio Camara and destroyed his home in Kati, General Assimi …

    Source: Africa Confidential - Pending
  • Published on Apr 28, 2026

    Migrants in hiding as Mauritania pushbacks drastically cut Europe arrivals

    Note: Al Jazeera is withholding some details of interviewees, such as surnames, to protect their identities. Nouakchott, Mauritania – In her dimly lit apartment in a quiet suburb of Nouakchott, Francina folded up laundry scattered on a low bed in the …

    Source: Al Jazeera - Pro-Government
  • Published on Apr 30, 2026

    Mali crisis: Who are the key leaders to know about?

    EXPLAINER As Mali faces its biggest security challenge in years, Al Jazeera profiles leaders from the government as well as armed groups. Published On 30 Apr 202630 Apr 2026 Armed violence has intensified in Mali since Saturday after an al-Qaeda-linked …

    Source: Al Jazeera - Pro-Government
  • Published on Apr 30, 2026

    Trump's new Navy Secretary under fire over racial slurs, 'stolen valor' and ghoulish brag about JFK Jr and Carolyn ...

    Donald Trump's new acting Navy Secretary has a history of questionable combat disability claims, bizarre witchcraft warnings and racist remarks – including about his own people – the Daily Mail can reveal.  Hung Cao, whose family fled their native …

    Source: Daily Mail - Right-wing
  • Published on Apr 28, 2026

    What is the Azawad Liberation Front, part of the Mali attacks?

    Mali is reeling from attacks on army bases over the weekend that killed Defence Minister Sadio Camara, his wife, two children and an unclear number of other people. Intermittent explosions continued around Senou International Airport, south of the capital …

    Source: Yahoo News - Center-left
  • Published on Apr 29, 2026

    Tuareg rebels urge Russian forces to leave Mali

    Russian forces must withdraw from "all of Mali" and the ruling junta will "fall sooner or later", a spokesman for Tuareg rebels told AFP, after Islamist insurgents and separatists launched attacks destabilising the west African country …

    Source: Modern Ghana - Neutral

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  • Published on May 5, 2026 - 10:02 GMT

    UN Warns Press Under Threat as Attacks on Journalists Increase Globally

    (MENAFN) The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk warns that increasing attacks on journalists around the world are weakening freedom of expression, accountability, and democratic systems, according to reports. Marking World Press Freedom Day …

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  • Published on May 5, 2026 - 09:06 GMT

    UN Rights Chief Warns Press Freedom Under Global Siege

    (MENAFN) UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk sounded a urgent alarm on Sunday, warning that escalating attacks on journalists across the globe are eroding the very foundations of freedom, accountability, and democratic governance. Speaking on …

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