Baltazar ATANGANA 
Ndengar Masbé 
Youssouf Abdoulaye Haidara Ndengar Masbé 
Ange Banouwin Dialogue Migration
Pan-African information platform on migration in sub-Saharan Africa.
“Inform, verify, humanise.”
At the crossroads of forced displacement and disability, the Sahel harbours a population that neither statistics nor migration policies can fully name. Women migrants with disabilities are rendered invisible three times over by gender, migratory status and disability alike, in a region where conflict, climate crisis and state fragility drive millions from their homes and …
The man is involved in countless endeavours. His life has never been smooth sailing. From Chad to France, via Tunisia, Senegal and Guinea-Conakry, human rights defender Makaila N’guebla has suffered a real ordeal. Hunted by the N’Djamena regime for over a decade, expelled from Tunisia and Senegal, and finally welcomed in Guinea before finding refuge …
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 …
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
From forced exile to statelessness: the never-ending struggle of Chadian activist, Makaila N’Guebla
Story of world-renowned pastry chef from Chad
Working in Benin to produce 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 definition →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 definition →Agreements between two States, which are legally binding and primarily related to inter-State cooperation in the field of labour migration.
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