President Kenyatta congratulates 136 Kenyans to be employed as seafarers

By Wambui Kihara,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday congratulated 136 Kenyans who have gained employment as seafarers on several ships owned by the Mediterranean Shipp...

Ex-hostage: Aid worker kidnappings ‘big business’ as criminals wade in

By VOA,

Kidnapping of aid workers has become "big business" as militants often work with crime networks to carry out abductions, a senior United Nations offic...

Aid workers , Kidnappings , Thomson Reuters Foundation , United Nations Commission on Refugees (UNHCR)

French charities rescue 81 more migrants off Libya

By VOA,

Two French charities pulled another 81 migrants from the waters off Libya Sunday, bringing the number of those it rescued at sea since Friday to 211. ...

libya

Swila: Egypt projects itself as gateway to Africa with a beauty to boot

By Isaac Swila,

Isaac Swila A month has elapsed since my return from duty at the 32nd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations finals held in Egypt. With enough tim...

AFCON2019 , beauty , Cairo , Egypt , Swila

150 migrants die in shipwreck off the coast of Libya

By CNN,

At least 150 people have drowned after their boat sank off the coast of Libya on Thursday, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) confirmed. Around 300 peop...

libya , Mediterranean , migrants , UNHCR

New migrants brought to Libya centre hit by deadly air strike

By Reuters,

More migrants have been moved to a detention centre in Libya capital where an air strike killed more than 50 people last week, despite a risk it could...

libya , United Nations

Airstrike on Libyan detention center kills 40

By VOA,

The United Nations envoy to Libya says the airstrikes on a detention center for migrants outside of Libya's capital that killed at least 40 people cou...

Africa Union , airstrike , libya , migrants , United Nations

Migrant rescue ship captain regrets Italian docking scare

By Reuters,

The German captain of a migrant-rescue ship who defied an Italian government ban to dock at the island port of Lampedusa expressed regret on Sunday fo...

Carola Rackete , migrants , Minister Matteo Salvini , Sea-Watch 3

Photo of drowned migrant triggers fight over Trump asylum clampdown

By Reuters,

A harrowing photo of a Salvadoran migrant and his young daughter who drowned in the Rio Grande at the U.S.-Mexico border became the focus on Wednesday...

Donald Trump , migrants , U.S.-Mexico border , United Nations

African refugees evacuated from Libya to Italy, more help needed: U.N.

By Reuters,

A total of 149 Africans in Libya were evacuated to Italy on Thursday, but more states must help people escape deteriorating conditions in Tripoli afte...

Commander Khalifa Haftar , libya , refugees , U.N

Three killed in suspected Islamic State attack on southern Libya: official

By Reuters,

Three people were killed on Thursday in a suspected hit-and-run attack by Islamic State militants on a town in southern Libya, residents and a militar...

Russia, Iran maneuver for influence in Syria

By VOA,

Once-hidden Russian-Iranian disagreements over Syria are starting to surface. Moscow and Tehran are jostling to wield the main influence over the gove...

US Names New Commander in Europe Amid NATO Tensions

By VOA,

The United States is installing new military leadership in Europe at a moment of heightened worries about Russian aggression, doubts about the future ...

Libya coast guard detains 113 migrants during lull in fighting

By Reuters,

The Libyan coast guard has stopped 113 migrants trying to reach Italy over the past two days, the United Nations said on Wednesday, as boat departures...

4 EU nations to take in 64 migrants rescued at sea

By VOA,

Malta's prime minister announced on Twitter Saturday that four European Union countries have finally come forward to take in the 64 migrants who were ...

EU

Swila Diary: How I fulfilled the fervent childhood Mediterranean dream

By Isaac Swila,

That Moroccans are poor at English is not in doubt. However, what I wasn’t aware of is how widespread this weakness is until I boarded a public bus ...

Berkane , Caf-Confederation , childhood dream , GOR MAHIA , Mediterranean Sea , Melisa Saidia , Swila diary

Swila Diary: While in Morocco, don’t fly, swim to Europe instead!

By Isaac Swila,

Isaac Swila in Berkane, Morocco On Friday, I put down the thrill and spills of my business travel to Morocco and here are more takeaways after I fina...

Berkane , Gor Mahia FC , Morocco , RS Berkane , Swila diary , swim to Europe

Italy, France spar over tackling escalating conflict in Libya

By Reuters,

France and Italy wrangled on Thursday over how best to tackle renewed conflict in Libya as a bid by eastern forces under Khalifa Haftar to seize Tripo...

Khalifa Haftar , libya , Muammar Gaddafi , Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj , United Nations

Swila: Morocco chronicles; the thrill and spills

By Isaac Swila,

Isaac Swila in Berkane, Morocco Naturally, a trip to a new foreign destination exicites us; doesn't it? Well, when the opportunity to travel to Be...

Berkane , CAF Confederation Cup , Gor Mahia FC , Morocco , Swila

Italy, France spar over escalating conflict in Libya

By VOA,

 France and Italy wrangled on Thursday over how best to tackle renewed conflict in Libya as a bid by eastern forces under Khalifa Haftar to seize Tri...

libya