According to Niamey-based NGO Alarme Phone Sahara, Algeria has turned back nearly 20,000 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa to neighboring Niger since January, in often
"brutal conditions", as reported by AFP on Monday.
Irregular migrants, including women and children, have since 2014 frequently been pushed back by Algeria, a key transit point for those attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe.
Trade between Morocco and the European Union soared to a record-breaking $65 billion in 2024, according to an announcement from
Alarme Phone Sahara (APS), a humanitarian organization that operates a hotline for migrants in distress, reports that Algeria expelled 1,
Mahmoud Hassanein, a human rights lawyer and activist, has filed a lawsuit demanding that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi hold
China and Egypt began their first large-scale joint military exercise, "Eagles of Civilization 2025," near Israel’s border
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