Migrants crossing the Sahara desert into Libya ride on the back of a pickup truck outside Agadez, Niger. (Reuters / Joe Penney) The bus station at Agadez was sleepy; the hot season was coming, and by ...

No fewer than 497 stranded Nigerian migrants repatriated from Agadez in Niger Republic arrived in Kano on Friday under the ...

Migrant smuggling and trafficking has flourished through Libya since its 2011 conflict. This article explains how this happened and why European policies aimed at addressing the issue are inadequate.

Arms and ammunition seizures by security forces in Niger’s Agadez and Tahoua regions between January 2021 and February 2022 helped dismantle trafficking networks in the country. This is positive, but ...