VALLETTA, Malta ? Migrants hijacked a cargo ship in Libyan waters Wednesday and forced the crew to redirect the vessel north to Europe, according to Italian and Maltese authorities. As the vessel heade...

VALLETTA, Malta ? Migrants hijacked a cargo ship in Libyan waters on Wednesday and forced the crew to reroute the vessel north to...

Some refugees and migrants say they have been left without food and water, others say they were forced to move weapons.

US reporter David Kirkpatrick held for seven hours without food or water before being sent back on a flight to London.

Over 30,000 people who were forced to flee to the town of Monguno following renewed clashes that erupted in Nigeria?s Borno state in late December are in acute need of shelter, water, s...

Two people have died due to adverse weather that has hit Tunisia in the last 24 hours, the interior ministry said, as several regions contend with snow. Efforts are underway to recover the body of a wo...

Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The rise in water level at the source of the River Niger has led to flooding of homes of local people living along the river bank in recent weeks, the government daily Le Sahel r...

Officials in South Sudan's Yei River State say thousands of people who fled their homes during fighting over the past two weeks are without food or clean water. The Relief and Rehabilitation Commission...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 132 migrants of different African nationalities were rescued on Tuesday near the Libyan coast, as the phenomenon of illegal immigration from Libyan territorial waters...

The European Union parliament has voted to adopt the EU-Moroccan fisheries deal, enabling EU fishing vessels to operate in the waters off the coast of the disputed territory of Western Sahara. The agre...