Youssouf Abdoulaye Haidara 
Ndengar Masbé 
Ange Banouwin Ndengar Masbé 
Baltazar ATANGANA “While some are hesitant because they feel less capable, others are busy making mistakes and seeking to become more capable.”
One morning in March 2017, after the Fajr prayer, Baba Alpha’s life was turned upside down. The committed journalist was not the only one taken away; the man himself was stripped of his identity and sense of belonging to the land he had always served. His brutal odyssey of forced exile, imposed silence and struggle …
Through his pastries, he shares his personal journey and that of his nation, forging connections between cultures. Born in Faya-Largeau in northern Chad, at the edge of the Sahara desert, Hissein Mahamoud Barkai is an international renowned pastry chef. Having grown up in Chad, Libya and Algeria, he now lives in France, where he has …
The seasonal mobility of certain communities in the West African subregion is dynamic. This reality benefits both countries of origin and host countries, despite existing fears and apprehensions. For the past few weeks, customers of this maquis bar on the outskirts of Cotonou have not seen the ‘tchatchanga’ vendor, who sells a speciality of grilled …
According to several civil society organisations, Mauritania has recently carried out the expulsion of foreign nationals present on its territory. As a transit country for migrants travelling to North Africa and Europe, Mauritania is facing increasing criticism regarding its approach to migration management. According to the Central African news website CNC, it is believed that …
Climate change and forced displacement are converging to create a silent but profound crisis for women and girls in the Sahel. Drawing on Plan International’s A Gathering Storm study, Juli-Collette NSAH and Awa Faly BA examine how environmental shocks and insecurity are deepening menstrual precarity among adolescent girls and young women. With insights from Baltazar …
In mid-December, the Projet de Coopération Régionale en Matière de Politiques Migratoires – CRPM (Regional Cooperation Project on Migration Policies) launched its second phase, to strengthen national capacities in Cameroon, Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Madagascar and Senegal. A regional study highlights the crucial challenges surrounding the reintegration of returning migrants. On the eve of Senegal’s …
In mid-December, the Projet de Coopération Régionale en Matière de Politiques Migratoires – CRPM (Regional Cooperation Project on Migration Policies) launched its second phase, to strengthen national capacities in Cameroon, Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Madagascar and Senegal. A regional study highlights the crucial challenges surrounding the reintegration of returning migrants. On the eve of Senegal’s …
Interception of a migrant canoe off the coast of Sangomar
Seven suspects arrested for migrant smuggling off the coast of Sangomar
Regional workshop on Legal and Administrative Assistance for Returning Migrants, in Tambacounda
Senegalese navy rescues 133 distressed migrants off the coast of Dakar
[Press review] Between rescues, tragedies, tougher migration policies in Africa and Europe
Overfishing fuels irregular migration in Senegal
Story of world-renowned pastry chef from Chad
Working in Benin to produce in the Sahel
Climate Change and Displacement: A Silent Challenge for Women’s and Girls’ Menstrual Hygiene in the Sahel
Niger between survival transfers and stalled investment
The many hands behind Benin’s insfrastructural transformation
Festival of Africans in Niger celebrates ancestral heritage,breaking down of barriers
Did Senegal introduce new measures affecting Mauritanian citizens?
✗ False 
Did the number of Senegalese people granted residence permits in Europe actually double between 2008 and 2023?
✓ True 
Using UNHCR name to scam internet users
? Pending
Five tips for dealing with information
? Pending Chadian activist deplores Mauritania’s contradicting commitments to protecting refugees and migrants’ rights
Cultural sovereignty, a fresh outlook on African mobility
Chadian youth redefine educational migration
Away from home, torn between training and other opportunities
Understand the terms
Clear definitions to better understand migration issues
Administrative, logistical and financial support, including reintegration, for migrants who are unable or unwilling to stay in the host or transit country and who decide to return to their country of…
Read more →A person seeking international protection. In countries with individualized review procedures, an asylum seeker is a person whose claim for asylum has not yet been finally decided by the potential hos…
Read more →Agreements between two States, which are legally binding and primarily related to inter-State cooperation in the field of labour migration.
Read more →A set of computer techniques for identifying a person based on physical or behavioural characteristics (fingerprints, face, iris, retina or ears). Today, the term is also used as a synonym for “…
Read more →Also known as deportation or expulsion, an act following a decision by which a State orders the return of a non-national to his or her country of origin or to a third country after a refusal of admiss…
Read more →From the point of view of the country of origin, the action of leaving your country or official residence to settle in another country, so that the country of destination effectively becomes the new c…
Read more →Movement of people who have been forced or compelled to flee or leave their homes or places of normal residence, in particular as a result of or in order to avoid the effects of armed conflict, widesp…
Read more →An accelerated procedure for the admission into a country, on a temporary or permanent basis, of persons or groups of persons in need of protection, including but not limited to refugees, persons in s…
Read more →From the point of view of the country of arrival, a person who moves to a country other than that of his/her nationality or usual residence, so that the country of destination effectively becomes his/…
Read more →From the point of view of the country of arrival, it is the act of travelling to a country other than the country of nationality or habitual residence, so that the country of destination effectively b…
Read more →The international legal framework governing migration, consisting of the norms and principles of international law that apply to the movement of persons within or between countries and regulate the ju…
Read more →Stages of the migration process including departure, sometimes transit through a State’s territory, immigration to the destination country and return.
Read more →No terms found.
