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Tuesday, 27 February 2024
The tragic story of Blessing. A feminicide act happened in Agadez
On 27 February 2024, Blessing, a 28-year-old woman of Nigerian origin, was murdered in Agadez by men who brutally raped and maltreated her. Alarme Phone Sahara is sharing the story to denounce this act of feminicide and the violent structures behind it:
Friday, 22 December 2023
Alarme Phone Sahara mission to Assamaka, December 2023 - Impressions from the Niger-Algeria border

From 15 to 22 December 2023, an Alarme Phone Sahara (APS) mission was held in Assamaka, the village on the Niger-Algeria border where most of the transit traffic between Algeria and Niger takes place, but where the deportation convoys with thousands of people deported from Algeria to Niger also arrive. In 2023, at least 2,631 people were deported from Algeria to Niger via Assamaka - the highest figure in recent years.

Monday, 11 December 2023
Repeal of the "anti-migration" law 2015-036 in Niger!

On 25 November 2023, General Abdourahamane Tiani, the President of the "Conseil National pour la Sauvegarde de la Patrie (CNSP)", the body that has been running the government in Niger since the coup d'état on 26 July 2023, signed an order repealing the law 2015-036 on the "smuggling of migrants". All judgements handed down since the implementation of this law have been annulled with retroactive effect and all persons imprisoned based on this law have been released due to local sources from Niger. Alarme Phone Sahara (APS) and other civil society organisations from Niger welcome the abolition of this law criminalising migration.

Monday, 30 October 2023
30 October 2023: Message from the Malian migrants who left Arlit on foot to return to Mali

Stranded in Niger, with no evacuation flights and no hope of help from the IOM or other institutions, Malian migrants left Arlit in northern Niger on foot on 30 October 2023.

Tuesday, 17 October 2023
The fire of hope in the desert as an alert signal to save lives

17.10.2023: 20 migrants in distress rescued in northern Niger on the road between Dirkou and the Libyan border.

Wednesday, 18 October 2023
Assamaka, September and October 2023: Frequent mass deportations from Algeria to Niger continue. Deportees trapped in miserable conditions.

At least 5,012 people deported from Algeria to Niger from 26 July till 18 October 2023.

Monday, 09 October 2023
Urgent appeal from migrants blocked at the border between Tunisia and Algeria

Urgent appeal from migrants who have been blocked at the border between Tunisia and Algeria in the Tebessa area since 05 October 2023. Tunisian forces had deported them to the border zone:

Wednesday, 04 October 2023
Thousands of migrants at risk - video by Channel 4 news

A video report about the precarious situation of migrants and refugees in Agadez, Niger, after July 26th military coup and atrocities many of them had to face when they were in Algeria. Published by Channel 4 News:

Wednesday, 04 October 2023
🔴Distress call from a Cameroonian migrant in Libya🔴

Alarme Phone Sahara was contacted by a Cameroonian migrant who has been trying for 6 years to cross the #Mediterranean to get to #Europe.

Monday, 18 September 2023
Joint statement - Arrivals in Lampedusa: Solidarity and resistance in the face of Europe's reception crisis.

Following the arrival of a record number of people on the move in Lampedusa, civil society expresses its deep concern at the security response of European states, the crisis of reception, and reaffirms its solidarity with people on the move arriving in Europe.