KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye vowed Wednesday to crack down on human trafficking after a weekend boat tragedy killed dozens of people. At least 40 bodies have been recovered so far after a boat carrying migrants capsized off Senegal’s coast on Sunday, authorities said, as the search continues. “After the unbea...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Unknown assailants killed Abdel-Rahman Milad, also known as “Al-Bidja,” who commanded a coast guard unit in the western town of Zawiya, opening fire on his vehicle in the Janzour suburb of the Libyan capital Tripoli. A security source who requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the case said that M...
Tripoli, Libya – – AFP Libyan authorities began sending more than 320 irregular migrants to their home country Nigeria, an immigration official reported to the media. War-torn Libya has become as a key departure point on North Africa’s Mediterranean coast for migrants, mainly from other parts of Africa, risking dangerous sea ...
ANKARA (AA) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo has said that the growing number of Rohingya Muslim refugees arriving in his country is probably due to human trafficking. “More and more Rohingya refugees from Myanmar are entering Indonesia, especially through the coast of Aceh Province,” he said in a video statement, posted on X. “The gov...
ANKARA (AA) – India’s counter-terrorism law enforcement agency has arrested 44 people in raids across the country under an operation that it said was “aimed at dismantling illegal human trafficking support networks,” including in Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir. A spokesman for the National Investigation Agency said synchronized ...
