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Cultures, territories and migration journeys across the African continent.

Migration in Africa in 2026, navigating crises, challenges and reform
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Migration in Africa in 2026, navigating crises, challenges and reform

By 2026, migration had become a central issue in Africa and around the world. Its realities remain deeply worrying: deportations from Western countries, the outsourcing of migration controls, work restrictions in some African countries, displacement driven by insecurity and climate change, and trafficking, torture and shipwrecks. In response, experts and stakeholders are calling for a …

2 Sept 2026 Ange Banouwin Ange Banouwin
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A feminine odyssey of sacrifice, reshaping the Saharan tragedy
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A feminine odyssey of sacrifice, reshaping the Saharan tragedy

For decades, the migrants crossing the Sahara were assumed to be young men travelling alone. But the data from 2025 lays that myth to rest. The IOM has recorded a 32% rise in the number of women and children on these routes. The shift signals a change in how Sahelian households try to survive, but …

2 Sept 2026 Youssouf Abdoulaye Haidara Youssouf Abdoulaye Haidara
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Niger at the heart of the Sahelian paradox, a constrained transit corridor
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Niger at the heart of the Sahelian paradox, a constrained transit corridor

By 2025, Niger had become a barometer for the whole region’s tensions and hopes; it was no longer just a transit zone. The latest data compiled by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the alerts from Alarm Phone Sahara paint an ever-widening human landscape. With more than 4.3 million movements recorded over the year, …

2 Sept 2026 Youssouf Abdoulaye Haidara Youssouf Abdoulaye Haidara
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Migration in Africa, the domino effect of interlocking crises
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Migration in Africa, the domino effect of interlocking crises

Researchers, international institutions and policymakers increasingly describe contemporary migration in Africa as the product of “interlocking crises”. The term captures a simple fact: human displacement rarely stems from a single cause, but from the interaction of several crises at once, tied to climate, security, the economy and society. “Interlocking crises” recognises that today’s flows result …

2 Sept 2026 Koffi Dzakpata Koffi Dzakpata
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Restricted mobility, marginalised youth: a social time bomb in the making?
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Restricted mobility, marginalised youth: a social time bomb in the making?

In many African countries, young people are both a major demographic opportunity and a structural challenge. Behind that dynamic, though, lies a troubling reality: barriers to young people’s social, economic and geographic mobility are feeding a growing, and largely invisible, frustration. Which raises the central question: are we watching a social time bomb take shape? …

2 Sept 2026 Koffi Dzakpata Koffi Dzakpata
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Migrant children, keeping them safe beyond borders
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Migrant children, keeping them safe beyond borders

The migration of minors, whether accompanied or not, poses a serious challenge to African states and international organisations alike. Balancing protection, security and public responsibility is a delicate task. To shed light on it, we spoke to El Hadj Baba Wangara, a police superintendent working on child protection. How does children’s rights law address migration? …

2 Sept 2026 Koffi Dzakpata Koffi Dzakpata
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Migration and hope, when exile becomes a major source of financial support
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Migration and hope, when exile becomes a major source of financial support

They left home to build a future. Every year, thousands of young Africans cross the desert to attempt the perilous Mediterranean crossing, often risking their lives, in the hope of a better life. Many never make it, and die in the desert while chasing the dream of a more stable future. Some of these …

2 Sept 2026 Ndengar Masbé Ndengar Masbé
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One identity, two countries: Ibrahima’s life journey
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One identity, two countries: Ibrahima’s life journey

After leaving Senegal as a teenager, Ibrahima Ndour built a life in Bamako, complete with a family and an identity that spans two cultures. His path from tailor’s apprentice to master craftsman speaks to successful integration and to the idea of a borderless Africa, where the heart matters as much as origin in defining who …

2 Sept 2026 Ndiémé Faye Ndiémé Faye
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Migration and AI: Towards a Silent Revolution in the Management of Human Mobility
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Migration and AI: Towards a Silent Revolution in the Management of Human Mobility

At the opening of the 7th Harmattan Forum organised by the Clinique d’Expertise Juridique et Sociale (CEJUS) – the Legal and Social Expertise Clinic on 18 February 2026 in Lomé, Professor Dosseh-Anyron, a faculty member in the Law Department and President of the Scientific Council of the International School of Technology and Business (ISTB), painted …

7 Jul 2026 Ndengar Masbé Ndengar Masbé
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Benin navigates contrasting views on emigration, immigration
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Benin navigates contrasting views on emigration, immigration

People in Benin are torn between wanting to leave their country and being reluctant to host foreign migrants. Nevertheless, they largely support regional free movement and openness to trade. This is according to the latest Afrobarometer survey, published in August 2025. The study shows that 40% of Beninese people have considered emigrating to another country. …

22 Jun 2026 Ange Banouwin Ange Banouwin
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Over 34,000 shattered destinies in 2025 at Assamaka dessert terminal
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Over 34,000 shattered destinies in 2025 at Assamaka dessert terminal

The village of Assamaka, a border post situated in the vast expanse of the Nigerien Sahara, has evolved from a mere transit point. In 2025, it became the epicentre of an unprecedented migration crisis. Statistics documented by the organisation Alarme Phone Sahara (APS) reveal a stark reality: 34,236 people were pushed back from Algeria to …

20 Jun 2026 Youssouf Abdoulaye Haidara Youssouf Abdoulaye Haidara
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Understanding the rules governing human mobility under int’l migration law
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Understanding the rules governing human mobility under int’l migration law

Migration, immigration, emigration and migrants. These terms are now central to public and media debate. However, the international migration law that governs these widely discussed human realities remains largely unknown to the general public. This fact sheet sheds light on this essential concept, its foundations and principles, and the people it affects. According to the …

20 Jun 2026 Ndengar Masbé Ndengar Masbé
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