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One-month-old Amadou was born at the newly refurbished health centre in Arlit. Photo: IOM/Monica Chi

As COVID-19 Spreads, IOM Strengthens and Equips Health Centres in Northern Niger

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Humanitarian Needs Grow as Burkina Faso Faces Unprecedented Level of Internal Displacement

Africa Humanitarian Emergencies

Due to the border closures across West Africa, at least 30,000 migrants are stranded at borders.

United Nations in West and Central Africa concerned over increased vulnerabilities of migrants

IOM launched this week the nation-wide online campaign “Fake News Project”.

IOM Niger goes digital to empower communities to deter fake news

It is the word “Yakaar” (hope in Wolof) that is boldly scrawled in capitals Dakar.

Ten Senegalese Artists Paint the World of Tomorrow on the Walls of Dakar

Populations in remote areas are heavily affected by the decrease in remittances sent by Chadian Diaspora.

Understanding remittances behaviour in Chad amid COVID-19: IOM launches first study on remittances

Meles Alem, Ethiopian Ambassador to Kenya handing over food donation to one of the beneficiaries.

Hundreds of Ethiopian COVID-19 impacted migrant families receive food and assistance in Kenya

Africa COVID-19

Every year, thousands of seasonal workers from West and Central Africa travel to gold mining areas in Burkina Faso, Senegal or Mali.

Migration flows across West and Central Africa nearly halved by COVID-19; mobile populations economically impacted

IOM medical staff training personnel at the Quarantine Centre in Addis Ababa.

IOM Ethiopia assists hundreds of returning COVID-19 affected migrants