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Agadez: Exiles Delivered to Themselves After the Cessation of UNHCR Food Aid

Immigration · Agadez

Agadez: Exiles Delivered to Themselves After the Cessation of UNHCR Food Aid

In the face of a decline in international funding, the UN High Commission for Refugees suspended its food aid to a majority of migrants present in Agadez. A decision that revived anxiety in the ranks of the exiles, already precarised by an endless wait. At the UNHCR humanitarian centre in Agadez, northern Niger, time seems to be suspended for exiles. At the beginning of June, the last distribution of food vouchers worth 22,000 CFA francs (approx…Read Article

NEMA Welcomes 147 Stranded Nigerians Repatriated from Niger with IOM Support - TV360 Nigeria

Immigration · Agadez

NEMA Welcomes 147 Stranded Nigerians Repatriated from Niger with IOM Support - TV360 Nigeria

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed the safe return of 147 Nigerian migrants who voluntarily repatriated from Agadez, Niger Republic, a notorious migration hub in the Sahel region, with the assistance of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). In a statement released on Wednesday, NEMA said the returnees arrived at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport at 12:48 p.m. on Monday, June 16. The operation, p…Read Article

Filmkritik Zu "On the Border": Between Beauty and Plastic Waste

Agadez · Agadez

Filmkritik Zu "On the Border": Between Beauty and Plastic Waste

A depressingly beautiful journey to Agadez, the gateway to the Sahara by Gerald Igor Hauzenberger and Gabriela Schild.Read Article

Voices and Moods: Desert and EU

A film about Europe, shot in Agadez. The Sahara city in Niger was until 2024 a junction of the outer south border of the...Read the complete article on FALTER.atEuropean Union · Agadez Read Article

Thousands of migrants stranded in Niger’s desert - CAJ News Africa

from AHMED ZAYED in Tripoli, LibyaLibya BureauTRIPOLI, (CAJ News) – ALGERIA’S expulsion of more than 7 000 people portrays growing hostility by the North African country against immigrants. Algeria has expelled them to the Assamaka desert in Niger in April and May this year. “This is an unprecedented wave of refoulement,” said Dr Toupou Lancinet, general coordinator of Doctors of the World in Niger. Lancinet said while these expulsions are frequ…Immigration · Agadez Read Article

Niger – MEAL Manager At COOPI – International Cooperation

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COOPI is looking for a MEAL Manager in NIGER COOPI has been present in Niger since 2012 with a coordination office in Niamey, and field bases in Diffa, Agadez, Tahoua, Maradi and Tillabéry . Currently, COOPI works in the Diffa region in the sectors of protection, mental health, and education in emergency situations, in Niamey and Agadez in mixed migration with the management of transit huts and psychosocial support for refugees and migrants, in …Agadez · Agadez Read Article

Agadez, the Center of Shame: the Desperate Appeal of the Forgotten Refugees

Eugenio Cardi In the “humanitarian” center of Agadez, thousands of Sudanese refugees have been living in inhumane conditions for years. They report abandonment, abuse and lack of care. “Our present is ugly and our future is unknown.” The protests continue, as does the silence of the institutions. Urgent appeal from refugees hosted in the Humanitarian Center of Agadez, Niger.Refugees · Agadez Read Article

The Reversal of Niger's Action on Migrants

On 26 May 2015, Niger adopted the law 2015-36 criminalizing African migration on the Agadez road. A kind of security approach initiated with the help of the European Union in order to curb irregular migration to Europe. What the military junta that since 2023 runs the country ended From 2016 to 25 November 2023, Niger reportedly blocked some 95,200 migrants, especially in Assamaka, a small desert town, in the Agadez region, near the Algerian bor…Agadez · Agadez Read Article

Journalists arrested in Niger: "We must stop always choosing the way of repression"

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In Niger, three journalists of the Sahara FM radio of Agadez are still detained at the Agadez gendarmerie, for the second time in a few days... After being arrested for the first time on Thursday 8 May, a judge ordered their release on Friday. A few hours later, around 1am, on the night of Friday to Saturday, they were again arrested and placed in custody, on instructions from Niamey, according to the management of Sahara FM.Agadez · Agadez Read Article

Rhiannon Giddens and Etran De L’Aïr: City Lights for May 9–11

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Friday: Etran De L’Aïr @ Pearl Street Warehouse Etran De L’Aïr are a guitar-led band from Agadez, Niger, the same city that acclaimed guitarist Mdou Moctar calls home. But where Moctar melds homegrown guitar stylings with American rock influences, Etran De L’Aïr stick to African inspirations such as Northern Malian blues, Congolese soukous, and Hausa bar band stylings from Agadez. Current bandleader Moussa “Abindi” Ibra was just 9 when the grou…Agadez · Agadez Read Article

Niger – Program Coordinator At COOPI – International Cooperation

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COOPI is looking for a Program Coordinator in Niger COOPI has been present in Niger since 2012 with a coordination office in Niamey, and field bases in Diffa, Agadez, Tahoua, Maradi and Tillabéry . Currently, COOPI works in the Diffa region in the sectors of protection, mental health, and education in emergency situations, in Niamey and Agadez in mixed migration with the management of transit huts and psychosocial support for refugees and migran…Agadez · Agadez Read Article

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