Due to the border closures across West Africa, at least 30,000 migrants are stranded at borders.
coronavirus

United Nations in West and Central Africa concerned over increased vulnerabilities of migrants

By IOM
IOM launched this week the nation-wide online campaign “Fake News Project”.
coronavirus

IOM Niger goes digital to empower communities to deter fake news

By IOM
It is the word “Yakaar” (hope in Wolof) that is boldly scrawled in capitals Dakar.
Culture and Education

Ten Senegalese Artists Paint the World of Tomorrow on the Walls of Dakar

By IOM
Every year, thousands of seasonal workers from West and Central Africa travel to gold mining areas in Burkina Faso, Senegal or Mali.
coronavirus

Migration flows across West and Central Africa nearly halved by COVID-19; mobile populations economically impacted

By IOM
Meles Alem, Ethiopian Ambassador to Kenya handing over food donation to one of the beneficiaries.
coronavirus

Hundreds of Ethiopian COVID-19 impacted migrant families receive food and assistance in Kenya

By IOM
IOM medical staff training personnel at the Quarantine Centre in Addis Ababa.
coronavirus

IOM Ethiopia assists hundreds of returning COVID-19 affected migrants

By IOM
IOM facilitated the voluntary return of 179 Malian migrants stranded in Niger.
coronavirus

IOM Niger: assisted voluntary return for stranded Malians; Over 1,400 remain in transit centers

By IOM
Ibrahima Sow, a Senegalese returnee, dressed up to show his work as a market gardener.
coronavirus

Climate Change and COVID-19 Impact Agriculture and Youth Mobility Across West and Central Africa

By IOM
Final stages of the solar power plant installation at the Humanitarian Hub in Malakal, South Sudan
coronavirus

The humanitarian hub in Malakal, South Sudan goes green

By IOM
Staff from the Bosasso MRC in Puntland on an outreach in the informal settlement frequented by Ethiopian migrants
coronavirus

In Horn of Africa migrant support centres join fight against Covid-19

By IOM
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.
coronavirus

Resettlement sites in need of further preparedness as COVID-19 cases increase in Mozambique

By IOM
Children sit idly with their father, observing the destruction of their community’s homes in Bujumbura Rural Province, Burundi.
coronavirus

Flood victims in Burundi receive assistance from IOM amid COVID-19 pandemic

By IOM
Wunthou border in Renk, South Sudan
coronavirus

IOM, government of South Sudan to establish a point of entry in rank

By IOM
IOM and returnees demonstrate hygiene measures and handwashing to migrants in transit and displaced persons in Niger.
coronavirus

IOM steps up risk communication and community engagement in response to COVID-19 in West and Central Africa

By IOM
The lack of access to clean water, or money to buy it, is among the major risk factors for migrants transiting through Djibouti.
coronavirus

New study on Ethiopian migrants to the gulf finds many unaware of dangers

By IOM
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.
coronavirus

Conflict and the COVID-19 pandemic present a significant threat to life in Libya

By IOM
Last week, IOM provided food and hygiene kits to 13 stranded migrants.
coronavirus

IOM supports migrants stranded on Côte d’Ivoire – Ghana border; border officials trained and equipped amid COVID-19 crisis

By IOM
IOM staff stand ready to supervise COVID-19 preventive measures activities at a point of control in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
coronavirus

Mobilisation against COVID-19 draws on ebola response experience

By IOM
POE personnel conducting screening at Tombo Wharf, a major trade and transport hub located in Freetown.
coronavirus

Learning from the ebola outbreak to fight COVID-19 in IOM Sierra Leone

By IOM
Abdou is one of 20 returnees participating in this reintegration initiative.
coronavirus

Gambian returnees produce protective equipment for COVID-19 frontline border officials

By IOM
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
coronavirus

IOM Ethiopia assists hundreds of returning migrants in COVID-19 quarantine sites

By IOM
A town crier in Baga Sola (Lake Chad) informs communities in remote areas on the COVID-19.
coronavirus

Town criers, troubadors raise COVID-19 awareness in rural Chad

By IOM
Shelter workers have begun the construction of a quarantine facility in Pulka where 56,014 IDPs live in camps and host communities.
coronavirus

Nigeria: IOM builds quarantine shelters as conflict-affected Borno State records first COVID-19 cases

By IOM
Shelter distribution for displaced families in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique incorporates social distancing, hand washing and other COVID-19 precautions.
coronavirus

One year after Cyclone Kenneth, Northern Mozambique faces challenges Including COVID-19

By IOM
Social mobilisation team broadcasting messages from a van and giving out materials on COVID-19 prevention in Hararghe Ethiopia.
coronavirus

Local leaders mobilised to fight against COVID-19 in Ethiopia

By IOM
COVID-19 awareness raising campaign in Ombeda locality, Omdurman-Khartoum State targeting homeless people in the community.
coronavirus

Hand-washing more accessible to COVID-19 vulnerable homeless in Khartoum

By IOM
UN Central Emergency Response Fund and IOM Support Victims of Floods & Mudslides in Eastern UgandaUN Central Emergency Response Fund and IOM Support Victims of Floods & Mudslides in Eastern Uganda
Humanitarian Aid

UN Central Emergency Response Fund and IOM Support Victims of Floods & Mudslides in Eastern Uganda

By IOM
Boyi, 26, stares off into the distance over the 30 hectares of land that he now shares with other 29 community members. Photo: IOM/Monica Chiriac
Economic empowerment

Nigerien Youth Trained in Market Gardening

By IOM
'Temple run' is the term used in Sierra Leone to describe irregular migration.
Migration

IOM hails historic first human trafficking convictions in Sierra Leone

By IOM
Ethiopian migrants from Tanzania receive onward transportation allowance at IOM’s Transit Centre.
Migration

First Group of Over 1,400 Stranded Ethiopian Migrants Arrive from Tanzania

By IOM
Seni is a migrant from Burkina Faso waiting for IOM’s assistance to return home from Chad
Conflict Resolution

As boom turns to bust, community stabilization in Chad helps both host communities and migrants

By IOM
IOM helped Mohammad Ahmad to set up a shop in OMduram market, near Khartoum, Sudan.
Refugees & Migrants

How mobile money is rebuilding lives in Sudan

UN News
By UN News
Cover Story

Africa fights the ‘people trade’

Scourge of human trafficking ensnares hundreds of thousand
By Michael Fleshman
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By Stephanie Urdang
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African migration: from tensions to solutions

Migrants who leave their countries in search of work are currently not adequately protected by international law
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