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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

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

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

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

IOM Ethiopia assists hundreds of returning COVID-19 affected migrants

IOM facilitated the voluntary return of 179 Malian migrants stranded in Niger.

IOM Niger: assisted voluntary return for stranded Malians; Over 1,400 remain in transit centers

Africa COVID-19

Ibrahima Sow, a Senegalese returnee, dressed up to show his work as a market gardener.

Climate Change and COVID-19 Impact Agriculture and Youth Mobility Across West and Central Africa

Final stages of the solar power plant installation at the Humanitarian Hub in Malakal, South Sudan

The humanitarian hub in Malakal, South Sudan goes green

Africa South Sudan

Staff from the Bosasso MRC in Puntland on an outreach in the informal settlement frequented by Ethiopian migrants

In Horn of Africa migrant support centres join fight against Covid-19

Africa COVID-19

Wunthou border in Renk, South Sudan

IOM, government of South Sudan to establish a point of entry in rank

Children sit idly with their father, observing the destruction of their community’s homes in Bujumbura Rural Province, Burundi.

Flood victims in Burundi receive assistance from IOM amid COVID-19 pandemic

Africa COVID-19