A dozen mayors from several towns on the Comoran island of Anjouan protest on the streets of the capital Mutsamudu against France’s controversial operation “Wuambushu”, aimed at kicking out undocumented migrants, many of them Comorans, from the French island of Mayotte. According to Zarouki Bouchrane, the mayor of Mutsamudu, his city “cannot accommodate” all the people regularly expelled from Mayotte. The… Read More

So many migrants risking the dangerous sea crossing from Tunisia to Europe have drowned that morgues and hospitals in the key launchpad city of Sfax are full, officials said Friday. “On Tuesday, we had more than 200 bodies, well beyond the capacity of the hospital, which creates a health problem,” said Faouzi Masmoudi, justice official in the port city of… Read More

A group of environmentalists in Libya are hoping to save its remaining green spaces from logging, development, and the impacts of climate change. The “Friends of the Tree” association works to raise awareness about green areas around the capital Tripoli that are quickly disappearing because of drought, human activity, and desertification. “Man has destroyed forests” and much of the vegetation,… Read More