It is the word “Yakaar” (hope in Wolof) that is boldly scrawled in capitals on a concrete wall in the heart of Dakar.
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Due to the border closures decreed by governments to prevent the spread of COVID-19 across West Africa, at least 30,000 migrants are stranded at borders.
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IOM launched this week the nation-wide online campaign “Fake News Project”.
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Every year, thousands of seasonal workers from West and Central Africa travel to gold mining areas in Burkina Faso, Senegal or Mali.
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Meles Alem, Ethiopian Ambassador to Kenya handing over food donation to one of the beneficiaries.
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IOM facilitated the voluntary return of 179 Malian migrants stranded in Niger.
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IOM medical staff training personnel at the Quarantine Centre in Addis Ababa.
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Ibrahima Sow, a Senegalese returnee, dressed up to show his work as a market gardener.
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Final stages of the solar power plant installation at the Humanitarian Hub in Malakal, South Sudan
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Staff from the Bosasso MRC in Puntland on an outreach in the informal settlement frequented by Ethiopian migrants
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In IOM teams in Mandruzi resettlement site, in Sofala Province, Mozambique, train site leadership committee on COVID-19 prevention to pass on messages to site residents.
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Children sit idly with their father, observing the destruction of their community’s homes in Bujumbura Rural Province, Burundi.
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Wunthou border in Renk, South Sudan
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IOM and returnees demonstrate hygiene measures
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The lack of access to clean water, or money to buy it, is among the major risk factors for migrants transiting through Djibouti.
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Conflict and the COVID-19 pandemic present a significant threat to life in Libya. The health and safety of the country’s entire population are at risk.
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Last week, IOM provided food and hygiene kits to 13 stranded migrants.
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IOM staff stand ready to supervise COVID-19 preventive measures activities at a point of control in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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POE personnel conducting screening at Tombo Wharf, a major trade and transport hub located in Freetown.
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Abdou is one of 20 returnees participating in this reintegration initiative.
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Dr. Ergogie Tesfaye, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, UN Resident Coordinator, Dr. Catherine Sozi, joined IOM Chief of Mission and Representative to AU, UNECA and IGAD, Maureen Achieng, on a visit to Addis Ababa University’s Sidist Kilo campus quara
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Social mobilisation team broadcasting messages from a van and giving out materials on COVID-19 prevention in Hararghe Ethiopia.
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COVID-19 awareness raising campaign in Ombeda locality, Omdurman-Khartoum State targeting homeless people in the community.
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La traite des personnes: un fléau qui fait des centaines de milliers de victims
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Des initiatives sud-africaines contre la violence sexuelle et les inégalités entre les sexes
Par Stephanie Urdang
Les émigrants qui quittent leur pays pour chercher du travail ne sont actuellement pas suffisamment protégés par le droit international
Par Gumisai Mutume