Yonas is an Eritrean refugee in the UK. A year ago, he began to gather evidence to apply for family reunification for his two younger brothers, who had fled from Eritrea to Sudan. He submitted the documents to the UK government in April 2023. Then conflict broke out in Sudan, and Yonas has not heard from his brothers for over two weeks.
The government of Djibouti announced a crackdown on migrants entering the country without papers at the end of April. Djibouti is on a key migrant route for migrants coming from the Horn of Africa and the Sahel regions.
Amid the lack of official support, Sudanese are relying on the help of fellow citizens to flee. Meanwhile, a new humanitarian crisis is unfolding near Egypt. DW spoke to Sudanese refugees in neighboring countries.
When clashes broke out between the Sudanese army and a paramilitary group, Ibrahim Alhaj thought it was all going to be over in a few days. Now that the fighting has dragged on for two weeks, Ibrahim plans to leave Sudan. An estimated 20,000 Sudanese have fled the country since fighting broke out on April 15.
Between 10,000 and 20,000 people have fled the Western Darfur region, as violence rages for a sixth day. Battles between forces loyal to the army and the paramilitary group RSF are showing no signs of abating.
Intense clashes between Sudan's military and the country's main paramilitary force have left over a hundred dead, including three aid workers. Humanitarian agencies warn that the health system is on the brink of collapse, and that a displacement crisis could ensue.
The Tunisian coast guard retrieved the bodies of at least 24 migrants after their boat sank off the coast on Tuesday, officials said Thursday. The guard managed to rescue 76 of the migrants aboard the vessel.
The UN Migration Agency IOM said it is "extremely concerned" about the "increasing number of stranded migrants living in precarious conditions in Assamaka, in the northern Agadez region of Niger."
A UK judge has found three Nigerian nationals guilty of attempting to exploit a Nigerian migrant. The victim was brought to the UK in the hope of harvesting one of his kidneys, found the judge.
Thousands of migrants deported from Algeria have been abandoned in the desert of northern Niger, according to Doctors without Borders (MSF).
Tunisian President Kais Saied has ordered security forces to "halt the illegal migration of African migrants into the country." But has North Africa really become the new go-to destination for African migrants and refugees? DW looks at the facts.
On a visit to the West African country Ghana this week, two German ministers announced they would be supporting a program of employment migration from Ghana to Germany. Similar programs will be offered in several other countries on the continent.