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Poverty and state abuse, not religion, push Africans to ...
▻http://news.trust.org/item/20170907154106-rm8s2

Poverty and state violence, not religion, are driving young Africans to join militant groups, the United Nations said on Thursday, after interviewing almost 600 recruits.

It is easiest for organisations like al-Shabaab and Boko Haram to recruit young people who are unemployed and frustrated about lack of opportunities and services in remote areas, the U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) said.

But researchers found about 70 percent of recruits said their “tipping point” was a government action, often the arrest or killing of a friend or relative by security forces.

“Contrary to popular narratives, those who join extremist groups tend to have lower levels of religious or formal education and less understanding of the meaning of religious texts,” UNDP said in a statement.

“Actually understanding one’s religion can strengthen resilience to the pull of extremism.”

Interviews with non-militant youths showed that receiving at least six years of religious schooling reduced the likelihood of joining an extremist group by a third.

The Islamist Boko Haram group, whose brutal eight-year campaign in northeast Nigeria shows no sign of ending, accounted for more than half of 33,000 deaths caused by militant attacks in Africa between 2011 and 2016, the U.N. said.

#enrôlement #pauvreté #no_futur

Nigeria : 14 personnes meurent du choléra dans le nord-est

Quatorze personnes sont décédées des suites du choléra dans le nord-est du Nigeria, la plupart des victimes se trouvant dans un camp de déplacés ayant fui les violences de Boko Haram, selon un communiqué du ministère de la Santé de l’Etat du Borno envoyé samedi à l’AFP.

▻http://www.courrierinternational.com/depeche/nigeria-14-personnes-meurent-du-cholera-dans-le-nord-est.afp.

#Nigeria #choléra #santé #déplacés_internes #camps_de_réfugiés #IDPs #réfugiés #asile #migrations

Au Tchad, les réfugiés africains rêvent de rentrer au pays plutôt que d’Europe

Dans la région du lac Tchad, dans le camp de réfugiés de Dar es Salaam, les milliers de réfugiés qui vivent dans des tentes de l’ONU ont le regard tourné sur l’autre rive, vers leur Nigeria natal, a rapporté une journaliste de l’AFP lors d’un récent reportage dans la région.

« Les gens ici ne parlent pas d’Europe, ils veulent rentrer au Nigeria », confirme Jonathan Mani, professeur des écoles dans le camp, qui a fui son pays en 2015, surpris par l’attaque meurtrière de la ville nigériane de Baga par Boko Haram.

Si les réfugiés au Tchad ne regardent pas vers l’Europe, l’immense pays de 1,3 million de km2 pourrait être traversé par des routes migratoires empruntées par des migrants en route vers la Libye.

▻http://fr.africatime.com/articles/au-tchad-les-refugies-africains-revent-de-rentrer-au-pays-plutot-que-
#Tchad #routes_migratoires #asile #migrations #réfugiés #retour_au_pays #Europe

Macron veut « identifier » les demandeurs d’asile au Tchad et au Niger
►https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/international/290817/macron-veut-identifier-les-demandeurs-d-asile-au-tchad-et-au-niger

Lors d’un mini-sommet organisé à l’Élysée lundi 28 août, Paris, Berlin, Madrid et Rome ont proposé l’envoi de « missions de protection » au Niger et au Tchad dans le but d’identifier en amont les #migrants éligibles à l’asile. Une initiative qui pose plus de questions qu’elle n’en résout.

#International #asile #réfugiés

South Africa police strangle Nigerian

The Nigerian Union in South Africa on Thursday said that another Nigerian, Mr #Uchena_Eloh, has been killed in the Western Cape Province of that country.

http://odili.net/news/source/2017/aug/17/sun/images/south-african-police.jpg

#violences_policières #police #violence #Afrique_du_sud #migrations #asile #réfugiés #racisme #xénophobie

540 Nigerians to be deported from Libya Aug. 10 – NAPTIP DG

Five hundred and forty Nigerians are set for deportation from Libya, beginning from Aug. 10, Julie Okah-Donli, Director-General, National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons(NAPTIP), has said.

Mrs. Okah-Donli disclosed this on Wednesday in Osogbo, at the inauguration of the North-West Zonal Command Office of the agency.

She said the deportees would be brought back to Nigeria in three batches of 180 each.

The NAPTIP boss said more than 2,000 Nigerians were deported from various parts of the world from February till date, over various migration offences, including human trafficking.

Mrs. Okah-Doni disclosed that the agency had rescued and supported more than 12,000 victims of human trafficking, and also secured 325 convictions since its inception in 2003.

She decried the rising trend of deportation of Nigerians from different parts of the world, especially in Africa, and described the situation as “frightening”.

“Such massive deportations are not good for us as a people. Government at all levels must take steps to halt it by initiating measures that will reduce the vulnerability of our people to being trafficked.

“Nigeria is a source, transit and destination country. Women and young girls are recruited for sexual and labour exploitation in parts of Europe, the Middle East and even within the African continent.

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New ways of being Nigerian
▻http://africasacountry.com/2017/08/new-ways-of-being-nigerian

There is a worrisome, undue accent on ethnic and sub-ethnic affiliations deserving scrutiny in Nigeria. Until the day when an Igbo ceases to be a visitor or stranger in Lagos and the growing number of northerners in Igboland become more than outsiders, secessionist agitations and their associated conflicts will remain components of the Nigerian ensemble.…

The struggle for new modes of being Nigerian
▻http://africasacountry.com/2017/08/the-struggle-for-new-modes-of-being-nigerian

There is a worrisome, undue accent on ethnic and sub-ethnic affiliations deserving scrutiny in Nigeria. Until the day when an Igbo ceases to be a visitor or stranger in Lagos and the growing number of northerners in Igboland become more than outsiders, secessionist agitations and their associated conflicts will remain components of the Nigerian ensemble.…

How the Nigerian Left imploded
▻http://africasacountry.com/2017/08/how-the-nigerian-left-imploded

In the history of democratic transitions in Africa – whether from military, one-party, civilian or multi-party rule – Nigeria’s experience presents an interesting dimension. First, the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida handpicked the parties that would contest the first democratic elections on June 12th, 1993 after many years of dictatorship. Second, with the exception…

Sunday Read: When Dreams Die, they Do not Rot–Three men, One Dream and The Theatre
▻http://africasacountry.com/2017/07/sunday-read-when-dreams-die-they-do-not-rot

I remember the Iranian-Dutch writer, Kader Abdolah, once saying that when he first mentioned to a fellow Iranian immigrant that he wanted to be a writer in the Netherlands, his countryman told him, “Your dream is large but this country is small.” A Nigerian would have told him to “cut your coat according to your…

#CULTURE #Belgium #Cameroon #Nigeria

Biafra as memoir
▻http://africasacountry.com/2017/07/biafra-as-memoir

In 2005, a former diplomat from the Republic of Biafra named Godwin Alaoma Onyegbula reflected in his memoir on what being Nigerian meant to him: “I was born in this country, over seventy years ago, and know no other country better than I know Nigeria. I have lived through colonial Nigeria, independent Nigeria, Biafran Nigeria, and present Nigeria.” Onyegbula continued, “We think we have lived through [this], [as] one country, but experience suggests otherwise. It is becoming more difficult to find an ‘authentic’ Nigerian; that is,…

Nigerians: Gays, as long as they’re not our gays, are okay.
▻http://africasacountry.com/2017/07/nigerians-gays-as-long-as-theyre-not-our-gays-are-okay

For a week in April, Richard Quest was in Lagos, Nigeria. I have always been fascinated by him. Quest has a hoarse voice, an odd demeanor and a presentation style that isn’t a common sight on television. He draws you in, even if you are not interested in business. I have been a fan since…

#ESSAYS

Punish the smuggler or reward the smuggler? Recent refugee arrivals in Greece

Media coverage of the refugee situation in Greece focuses heavily on the Syrians and secondarily on Afghans and Iraqis. While these are indeed the three most highly represented nationalities among asylum seekers in Greece, the past six to twelve months have seen a gradual shift.

Fast forward to 2017, taking the period from 10 May to 27 June 2017, a total of 982 asylum seekers reached the island of Lesvos. The top nationalities were: DRC (202), Syria (160), Iraq (116), Afghanistan (61). The rest were from Iran, Kuwait (Bidoon), Palestine, Guinea, Eritrea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Morocco, Yemen, Togo, Gambia, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Sri Lanka, Dominican Republic, Ghana, Sudan and Nigeria. One person each came from Bolivia, Cuba, South Africa, Haiti and Uganda. Similar trends are noted on the other islands which act as the entry point to Greece.

Those of us acquainted with Moria reception and identification centre in Lesvos have noticed the nationality change among the new arrivals over the last two years: many more Africans and less Arabs. Groups of Syrians, Iraqis and Afghans are still coming grouped together, while Africans from different nationalities arrive in different groups with other nationalities. The smuggling fees vary according to nationality.

One may wonder why people from Africa, whether northern or sub-Sahara, take the route to Europe through Greece, rather than the intuitively more direct route to Italy or Spain. A look at flight routes and visa regimes provides the answer. One may reach the Greek islands from as far away as central Africa, using Turkish Airlines, a Turkish visa and a smuggler picked at Istanbul airport or the Aegean coast, for less than 1,500 dollars total.

Turkish Airlines has 200 destinations worldwide and at reasonable prices. For example, one way flight from Kinshasa to Istanbul costs 833 dollars, Abidjan to Istanbul, 709 dollars and Casablanca to Istanbul 458 dollars.

Secondly, visas for Turkey are generally easily obtained. From the nationalities arriving in Lesvos in June, all except Cubans and Palestinians, depending on where they were registered, are exempt from any visa requirement or need only an electronic visa, easily obtained online for the cost of 20 dollars.

Eritreans are often rejected asylum seekers from Israel, deported to Rwanda with cash, which they use to escape again through the Aegean route. Women from the Dominican Republic are usually trafficked to Turkey and once they manage to escape to Greece, seek assistance to return to their country. Citizens of sub-Saharan Africa come from a number of conflicts in the region, both internal and cross-border, including purges in the DRC and the Boko Haram. North Africans face chronic instability in their countries.

▻https://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/fotini-rantsiou/punish-smuggler-or-reward-smuggler-recent-refugee-arrivals-in-greece

#Grèce #mer_Egée #asile #migrations #réfugiés #parcours_migratoires #Turquie #routes_migratoires #Afrique #réfugiés_syriens #Turkish_airlines #visas #réfugiés_érythtréens

Quest is out in Nigeria, but it’s business as usual for local LGBTQ
▻http://africasacountry.com/2017/07/quest-is-out-in-nigeria-but-its-business-as-usual-for-local-lgbtq

For a week in April, Richard Quest was in Lagos, Nigeria. I have always been fascinated by him. Quest has a hoarse voice, an odd demeanor and a presentation style that isn’t a common sight on television. He draws you in, even if you are not interested in business. I have been a fan since…

#ESSAYS

Nigeria : #contraception de #guerre pour les victimes de Boko Haram - Magazine GoodPlanet Info
▻https://www.goodplanet.info/actualite/2017/07/10/nigeria-contraception-de-guerre-victimes-de-boko-haram

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A 20 ans, Fanne Mohammed n’avait « jamais entendu parler » de contraception avant d’arriver à Bakassi. Déjà mère de deux enfants, elle raconte « le stress d’avoir des enfants encore et encore ».

« Au village, certaines femmes donnent naissance tous les ans. Mais dans la situation actuelle, si j’ai plus d’enfants qu’est-ce que je vais leur donner à manger ? », s’interroge la jeune femme.

Talatu Buba, passée par cing grossesses, se dit soulagée depuis qu’elle prend la pilule. « Maintenant, j’ai du temps pour moi », revendique cette trentenaire, alors que son mari lui avait interdit d’aller au planning familial.

Number of Nigerian Refugees Spiral as Herdsmen Disputes Surge

Long-standing tensions between herdsmen and farmers have flared up again.

At least 6,000 people and 2,000 cattle fleeing conflict in Nigeria’s #Taraba state have been trapped under difficult humanitarian conditions in Cameroonian border villages. Dozens of the refugees are reported to have died and Cameroon medical staff are calling for assistance to care for the survivors.

▻https://www.voanews.com/a/number-of-nigerian-refugees-spiral-as-farmer-cattle-rancher-disputes-surge/3934591.html
#conflits #Nigeria #réfugiés #asile #migrations #frontières #Cameroun #agriculteurs #bergers #agriculture #pastoralisme #élevage #Fulani

Nationhood and the struggle for Biafra
▻http://africasacountry.com/2017/07/nationhood-and-the-struggle-for-biafra

Since the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), by the operatives of the Nigerian Department of State Security (DSS) in October 2015, public protests have intensified, both in Nigeria and its diaspora, calling for the independence of Biafra. The demands include an appeal to the Nigerian government to conduct a referendum on independence. Kanu has since been released from prison (in April this year), but the…

Nationhood not forgotten in struggle for Biafra
▻http://africasacountry.com/2017/07/nationhood-not-forgotten-in-struggle-for-biafra

Since the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), by the operatives of the Nigerian Department of State Security (DSS) in October 2015, public protests have intensified, both in Nigeria and its diaspora, calling for the independence of Biafra. The demands include an appeal to the Nigerian government to conduct a referendum on independence. Kanu has since been released from prison (in April this year), but the…

Hausse atypique des prix des #denrées_alimentaires pendant cette période de soudure

Key Messages

La campagne agricole d’hivernage a démarré dans la majeure partie de la zone agricole et agropastorale du pays avec des activités agricoles dominées par les semis qui couvrent plus de 78 pour cent des villages agricoles. Comme d’habitude, c’est une saison d’opportunités d’activités de moyens d’existence pour les ménages pauvres qui gagnent des revenus moyens leur permettant de maintenir des conditions de sécurité alimentaire favorables et de rester en l’insécurité alimentaire aiguë Minimale (Phase 1 de l’IPC) jusqu’au moins janvier 2018 dans les zones agricoles.

La saison est toutefois caractérisée par une installation très timide des pluies en zones pastorales affectées, du coup, par une période soudure plus longue. Cette situation occasionne des dépenses financières additionnelles pour l’entretien des animaux dont l’embonpoint et les prix ne favorisent pas l’accès alimentaire des ménages pauvres. A la faveur d’une installation définitive des pluies en fin juillet, l’insécurité alimentaire actuelle en Stress (Phase 2 de l’IPC) pourrait s’améliorer et évoluer en insécurité alimentaire Minimale (Phase 1 de l’IPC) à partir d’aout pour la plupart des ménages dans la zone pastorale.

L’offre de céréales sur la plupart des marchés est faible en juin à cause de la faiblesse des flux du Nigeria consécutive à la poursuite des mesures restrictives et la hausse des prix sur les marchés sources du Nigéria. La demande est la tendance saisonnière normale d’augmentation occasionnée par les besoins en semences pour les cultures pluviales, les besoins liés au Jeun du Ramadan et ceux liés à la reconstitution des stocks par les éleveurs de retour de la transhumance. Cela s’est traduit par des hausses de prix significatives de plus de 25 pourcent par rapport à la moyenne quinquennale sur certains marchés comme ceux de Maradi, Zinder et Agadez.

Suite à la persistance de la crise sécuritaire qui perturbe le fonctionnement normal des marchés et les principaux moyens de subsistance tels que la pêche et la vente de poivron et de bétail, l’insécurité alimentaire aiguë de Crise (Phase 3 de l’IPC) va être observée dans la région de Diffa jusqu’au moins janvier 2018. L’assistance humanitaire doit se poursuivre pour éviter davantage de déficits de consommation alimentaires chez les ménages pauvres particulièrement dans les zones inaccessibles à l’aide humanitaire.

▻http://www.fews.net/west-africa/niger/food-security-outlook/june-2017?platform=hootsuite

#prix #alimentation #Niger #sécurité_alimentaire

La #France accusée d’avoir réarmé les génocidaires rwandais, par Sabine Cessou (Les blogs du Diplo, 30 juin 2017)
►https://blog.mondediplo.net/2017-06-30-La-France-accusee-d-avoir-rearme-les-genocidaires #st

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C’est une bombe qu’a lancée le dernier numéro de la revue XXI, paru le 28 juin, avec son enquête sur les crimes commis par la France en Afrique. Au sommaire, la revue revient sur trois exemples. Tout d’abord, le massacre commis au camp de Thiaroye au Sénégal en 1944 à l’encontre de « tirailleurs », et qui a fait l’objet en 1988 d’un film du réalisateur sénégalais Ousmane Sembène, interdit en France pendant dix ans. Ensuite, l’agenda caché de la France, qui a poussé en vain à une sécession d’une partie du Nigeria, sous couvert de mission humanitaire au Biafra. Et puis son rôle en 1994 au #Rwanda, qu’on savait déjà plus que problématique, mais qui s’avère carrément scandaleux et criminel.

▻http://zinc.mondediplo.net/messages/72915 via Le Monde diplomatique

Freemuse at Roskilde Festival: Let Women Sing

▻http://mailchi.mp/freemuse/n84pcycngf-1723277?e=d07c55508d

Freemuse will focus on the very violent and direct restrictions women musicians face in countries such as Iran, Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan, as well as the censorship female musicians are affected by in countries such as Egypt, Tunisia, Nigeria, Somalia and Tanzania – especially when it comes to requirements of attire and body movements when they perform and record music videos.

#musique #censure

Biafra as the focal point for fresh perspectives of Nigeria
▻http://africasacountry.com/2017/06/biafra-as-the-focal-point-for-fresh-perspectives-of-nigeria

In the past few months, there has a resurgence of Biafra in Nigeria by a group known as Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), led by Nnamdi Kanu. Interestingly, the new agitation began in the diaspora, in the United Kingdom where Kanu is a citizen, through Radio Biafra. Using easily accessible social media platforms and broadcast…

The legacy of Biafra and the idea of being Nigerian
▻http://africasacountry.com/2017/06/the-legacy-of-biafra-and-the-idea-of-being-nigerian

I’ve spent most of my life in #Nigeria, but lately I’ve been wondering if holding a Nigerian passport and living a substantial number of years in a country are sufficient to stake a claim over it. I’ve also wondered what it means to be Nigerian. I grew up in the Rivers State capital of Port…

#ESSAYS #Biagra

Quelques #chiffres pour comprendre comment les routes migratoires se déplacent...
Voici les chiffres 2015-2017 de l’OIM concernant les arrivées via la #mer_Méditerranée :

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Or, au même temps, les arrivées en Italie augmentent drastiquement, 36’884 de janvier à avril 2017, ils n’étaient « que » 27’295 pour la même période, mais en 2016. Augmentation de 35% donc :

Migranti : 36.884 sbarcati nel 2017

ROMA, 30 APR - Sono 36.884 i migranti sbarcati in Italia dal primo gennaio 2017 ad oggi secondo gli ultimi rilevamenti del ministero dell’Interno. I dati, confrontanti con quelli relativi al 2016, dimostrano un aumento degli arrivi via mare del 35,13%. Lo scorso anno, infatti, nei primi 4 mesi gli sbarchi furono 27.295. Tra i porti maggiormente interessati dagli sbarchi resta al primo posto quello di Augusta con 9.294 arrivi, seguito da Catania 5.518 e Pozzallo 3.512. Tra le nazionalità dichiarate al momento dello sbarco resta al primo posto quella nigeriana. Il numero dei minori non accompagnati giunti in Italia è di 5.551 persone.

▻http://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/topnews/2017/04/30/migranti-36.884-sbarcati-nel-2017_f0b77d7a-e10f-4490-8a08-daadd2f00821.html

#statistiques #Méditerranée #Italie #asile #migrations #Italie #réfugiés

J’imagine que ces chiffres montrent :
1. Beaucoup de migrants quittent la Libye (pour les raisons qu’on sait)
2. Report des départs de la Grèce sur l’Italie, comme conséquence des accords UE-Turquie ?

cc @reka

DTM Round XVI Report – May 2017

The escalation of #Boko_Haram violence in 2014 resulted in mass displacement in northeastern Nigeria. To better understand the scope of displacement and assess the needs of elected populations in Northeastern Nigeria, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) implemented its Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) program in September 2014 in collaboration with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the State Emergency Management Agencies (SEMAs). IOM’s DTM is used in countries around the world to track displacement caused by natural disasters and conflict.

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