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UN: Thousands have fled Nigeria over instability this year

Development, Social

G. Bissau intercepts 168 would-be migrants over three days

Development, Social

UN says four million displaced in central Sahel

Development, Social

Guinea caps bottled water prices

Development, Labor

Barrick Mining reaches deal with Mali unions, easing strike threat

Development, Social

NGOs concerned by xenophobic rhetoric in Senegalese media, online

Development, Social

Ghana president pushes for AU debate on S. Africa anti-migrant unrest

Development, Social

Nigeria ends evacuation of nearly 1,500 citizens from South Africa

Development, Social

Liberia repatriates 17 nationals from South Africa

Development, Social

Ghana repatriates citizens displaced by Abidjan demolitions

Development, Labor

Nigerian teachers call strike over school kidnappings

Development, Social

Sierra Leone receives migrants deported from US

Development, Social

Ghana to bring home 300 after anti-illegal migrant incidents in South Africa

Development, Social

Nigeria to evacuate 130 citizens from South Africa after attacks

Development, Social

At least 130 Nigerians seek repatriation from South Africa after protests

Development, Labor

Nigeria: Seplat Energy resumes operations as PENGASSAN suspends strike

Development, Social

Nigerian pro-Iranian group protests Khamenei’s death

Development, Social

Student dies as Senegal university protests over finances escalate

Development, Labor

Nigerian court adjourns labor dispute implicating Chevron to March 2026

Development, Social

UN: Another 1,100 refugees cross into Mauritania from Mali

Development, Labor

Mass layoffs overshadow Guinea’s Simandou mega mine as production begins

Development, Social

UN: Jihadist attacks fuel record hunger in Nigeria’s volatile north

Development, Social

Protests suspend opening of Nigeria heritage museum

Development, Labor

Refinery strike ends in Nigeria

Development, Labor

Nigerian oil union launches nationwide strike after massive Dangote layoffs

Development, Labor

Nigeria’s Dangote requests end of union’s threat on refinery operations

Development, Labor

Nigerian truckers end strike at Africa’s top oil refinery

Development, Social

UNHCR warns of humanitarian emergency as Burkinabe refugees flee to Mali

Development, Labor

Niger lawyers to strike over junta’s union bashing

Development, Labor

Niger junta dissolves justice-sector unions

Development, Labor

Nigerian nurses call off strike as talks progress

Development, Labor

Nurses in Nigerian capital strike over wages

Development, Labor

Strike by nurses in Ghana disrupts medical services

Development, Labor

Ghana seeks to shield budget goal as nurses strike over wage deal

Development, Labor

Cape Verde open to regular labor immigration

Development, Labor

Nurses, teachers from Ghana to work in Jamaica under new agreement

Development, Social

Niger says to take in 4,000 migrants expelled from Algeria

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