Italian authorities have rejected the asylum requests of 43 asylum-seekers transferred ...

This decision was announced December 27 at Man Cathedral during a pastoral visit by Archbishop Mauricio Rueda Beltz, the apostolic nuncio to Ivory Coast. “The sede plena apostolic administrator ...

An Italian navy ship has dropped off 49 migrants in Albania after intercepting them in international waters, in the third ...

The Italian Navy patrol vessel Cassiopea, carrying 49 migrants rescued over the weekend in international waters south of ...

After two failed attempts to sent migrants and asylum seekers to camps in Albania for processing under a controversial scheme ...

The attempt at processing at special centres in Albania follows two previous failures in October and November.

An Italian navy ship has arrived in Albania with 49 migrants intercepted in international waters for processing of their ...

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Instead, the weapons now come from African countries with weak control of their own weapons stockpiles, notably the Central African Republic and Ivory Coast. Sudan has also been an important ...

Many Premier League players are set to take part in the tournament, which is being held in Ivory Coast, including Egypt's Mohamed Salah, Cameroon's Andre Onana, Ghana's Mohammed Kudus, and Senegal ...

A vessel loaded with 20,000 tons of ammonium nitrate – the same chemical that left large parts of Beirut in ruins in an explosion in 2020 – is nearing the port of Abidjan. Campaigners have ...