Nigerian government praises its citizens living in the diaspora for the money they regularly send home, which in 2018 amounted to US$25 billion. The administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, however, would like Nigerians abroad to still do more as the Secretary to the Federal Government throws new challenges at them at the National Diaspora Day in Abuja. The Secretary to …

The UN refugee agency UNHCR has called for immediate action after two boats shipwrecked Thursday off Libya and 150 migrants are feared to have drowned. Search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean must be resumed and arbitrary detention stopped, the UN says. Up to 150 Europe-bound migrants, including women and children, were missing and feared drowned on Thursday after two …

According to a report of the Italian news agency ANSA, a 20-year-old Ghanaian migrant has killed himself in a Caritas facility in Cremona. He was visiting a friend in the Italian city and was staying temporarily in the facility. The man, whose name was not revealed in the report, is believed to have suffered from psychological trauma. The director of …