Niger

• Tanzania
• Burkina Faso
• Niger

Malaria remained the leading cause of disease among refugees in 2020, despite the coronavirus pandemic. Young children in sub-Saharan Africa are especially vulnerable to the mosquito-borne disease.

• Niger
• Italy

The refugees – eight families with 20 minors – arrived in Rome on Wednesday. This humanitarian corridor transfer from Libya was organized by Caritas and UNHCR.

• Niger
• Italy

During Luigi Di Maio's visit to Niger this week, the Italian foreign minister and his Nigerien colleague Hassoumi Massoudou signed a joint declaration, saying they want to strengthen their cooperation on migration issues.

• Libya
• Sudan
• Italy

Concluding a project on mental health for refugees in Agadez, Niger, the organization Doctors for Human Rights (MEDU) has launched an appeal to Europe, highlighting the need to ensure humanitarian corridors and the possibility of integration.

• Mali
• Burkina Faso
• Niger

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) denounced in a statement that COVID-19 and conflicts in the Central Sahel region of Africa have forced over 12 million children there to leave school.

• Niger
• Italy

Italy will spend €8 million on a plan to reduce migration flows through Niger. This was announced by Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Emanuela Del Re during a visit to the African country.

• Niger
• Nigeria

The number of migrants who had moved from one African country to another nearly doubled between 2008 and 2017 – from 13.3 million to 25.4 million people, according to a new report.

• Nigeria
• Niger
• Libya

83 migrants were saved last week in the Sahara Desert in northern Niger. The group had spent three days without food or water after their smugglers abandoned them en route to Libya.

• Turkey
• Syria
• Niger

When refugees flee, they often arrive in their host country with very little to their name. But one thing that can’t be taken away from them are their skills and traditions. That is why craft can play such an important role in providing employment, self esteem and a path to a brighter future.

• Niger
• Kenya

Many Africans desperate to improve their lives are falling into the traps of human trafficking networks. Recruitment agencies send migrant workers to Gulf countries, where most of them work under inhumane conditions. Human trafficking is a global problem that affects an estimated 40 million people. On this week's 77 Percent show, young people share some their experiences and lessons learnt.

• Niger
• Mali
• Libya

Migrants who travel through Africa in the hope of reaching Europe are often subjected to "extreme abuse", the UN Refugee Agency and the Mixed Migration Centre said in a report published on Wednesday. The report says thousands have died on land routes in Africa in the past two years.

• Niger
• Mali
• Burkina Faso

The UN migration agency is calling on the international community to provide funds for aid in Central Sahel. Over a million people have been displaced and over three million are struggling with food insecurity in the region, IOM says.