Tag: REFUGEES
Zulum in Cameroon to repatriate 9,800 Nigerian refugees
Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has arrived Cameroon for the repatriation of thousands of Nigerian refugees, his media aide Isa Gusau said on Wednesday.
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Zulum visits Chadian president
Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has visited Chadian President Idriss Debby to seek support in the repatriation of Borno refugees in the country.
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Nigerian migrants, others die as boat sinks off Libyan coast
More than 100 people, including Nigerians, have died in a shipwreck off the Libyan coast, Doctors Without Borders has claimed.
Survivors are being held in...
100,000 Nigerian refugees deported from Cameroon
Cameroon has forcibly returned 100,000 Nigerian refugees in breach of international agreements, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report made public on Wednesday.
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Federal judge blocks Trump’s immigration ban
A US judge in Seattle has issued a temporary nationwide block on President Donald Trump's ban on travellers from seven mainly Muslim nations.
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Trump fires acting attorney-general for refusing to enforce immigration ban
US President Donald Trump on Monday night fired acting Attorney-General Sally Yates for refusing to enforce his controversial Refugee Order designed to keep refugees...
Car explosion kills 9 in Borno
A car bomb targeting a military checkpoint on a road leading to Maiduguri exploded Tuesday, killing all nine people in the vehicle, police and...
Outrage over image of boy injured in Syria airstrike
A photograph of a dazed and bloodied Syrian boy rescued from a destroyed building in Aleppo after an airstrike has caused outrage around the...
Nigerian survivors recount horror as bodies of migrants arrive Italy
Some Nigerians have recounted their horrible experience on a migrant ship after the bodies of 21 women and one man were brought ashore to...
Andy Murray pledges to make every ace count for refugees
By Toby Prince
Tennis super star, Andy Murray, has pledged 50 pounds ($77.59) to children's charity UNICEF for every ace he hits for the rest...