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The lack of access to clean water, or money to buy it, is among the major risk factors for migrants transiting through Djibouti.

New study on Ethiopian migrants to the gulf finds many unaware of dangers

Africa Ethiopia

Transhumant herder and families accounts for an estimated 20 per cent of the total population in West and Central Africa, are forced to stop their seasonal migration as a result of border closures.

Responding to the pandemic amid multi-layered crises in the Sahel: “Stop the virus, not the people”

Conflict and the COVID-19 pandemic present a significant threat to life in Libya. The health and safety of the country’s entire population are at risk.

Conflict and the COVID-19 pandemic present a significant threat to life in Libya

Last week, IOM provided food and hygiene kits to 13 stranded migrants.

IOM supports migrants stranded on Côte d’Ivoire – Ghana border; border officials trained and equipped amid COVID-19 crisis

Africa migrants

POE personnel conducting screening at Tombo Wharf, a major trade and transport hub located in Freetown.

Learning from the ebola outbreak to fight COVID-19 in IOM Sierra Leone

Africa Sierra Leone

IOM staff stand ready to supervise COVID-19 preventive measures activities at a point of control in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Mobilisation against COVID-19 draws on ebola response experience

Abdou is one of 20 returnees participating in this reintegration initiative.

Gambian returnees produce protective equipment for COVID-19 frontline border officials

Africa COVID-19

Dr. Ergogie Tesfaye, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, UN Resident Coordinator, Dr. Catherine Sozi, joined IOM Chief of Mission and Representative to AU, UNECA and IGAD, Maureen Achieng, on a visit to Addis Ababa University’s Sidist Kilo campus quara

IOM Ethiopia assists hundreds of returning migrants in COVID-19 quarantine sites

Africa COVID-19

A town crier in Baga Sola (Lake Chad) informs communities in remote areas on the COVID-19.

Town criers, troubadors raise COVID-19 awareness in rural Chad

Africa COVID-19