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African refugees and migrants fleeing war and dictatorships in search of safety on European shores. (AFP)
AFRICA

Home may be the least bad option for African migrants

To keep migrants away, Fortress Europe has extended its walls into African countries such as Morocco and Mauritania

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4 min read
In a year-long investigation released last week, UK-based Lighthouse Reports revealed that EU funding is being used for an ongoing wave of “desert dumps” across Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia. File photo by Jose Colon/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
AFRICA

Senegalese migrants on hunger strike in Western Sahara after Moroccan navy interception

North African countries are arresting black people they suspect are headed to Europe, and abandoning them in ‘desert dumps’

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4 min read
Senegalese newly elected president Bassirou Diomaye Faye. (Photo by Senegalese Presidency / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)
AFRICA

New Senegal president, new cabinet, same limits on women

Only four of the 25 ministers are women and, by law, men are the supreme heads of the family

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3 min read