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Senegal's President Macky Sall has ordered emergency measures to be taken to stem the growing flow of migrants taking to canoes to reach Europe, his office said. Mr Sall asked the government "to take emergency security, economic,…

Five people have been shot and killed in Johannesburg in suspected violence between rival gangs of illegal miners, police said. The five bodies, believed to be those of illegal miners, were found near an abandoned mine shaft near a…

Kenyan authorities have seized a smuggled shipment of medication which can be used by athletes as performance-enhancing drugs, the country's national anti-doping body. A woman was arrested on suspicion of smuggling and will appear in…

The European Union wishes to negotiate with Egypt and Morocco partnerships similar to the one it has just concluded with Tunisia, relating in particular to the fight against irregular immigration, a European sourcw. The EU and Tunisia…

Security operations continued in the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte as part of its ongoing operation to expel illegal migrants, with police clashing with young people overnight. "We are continuing to secure Mayotte, especially in…

The president of the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Comoros says he wants talks with Paris over plans to expel all illegal migrants from the French island of Mayotte, most of whom are Comorians. Earlier, President Azali Assoumani had…

Tunisian president Kais Saied has condemned attempts at holding what he described as "illegal" meetings of parliament suspended since last July. The assembly's speaker, Rached Ghannouchi, head of the Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party, has…

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it will take action against those behind the “illegal inauguration” of the party local government chairmen in Niger state. The NWC gave the warning in a…

Hard times await those threatening the peace of the country, President Muhammadu Buhari has warned. Those bearing arms illegally have been killing security men, abducting people and school children in parts of the country, he said that…

Al-Mabrouk Abdulhafith, head of the Libyan Anti-Illegal Immigration Department, has called for joint international efforts to resolve the issue of illegal immigration. Abdulhafith made his remarks during a meeting with German Ambassador…