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The Touareg Amazigh people of the Sahara/Sahel.
Who are they?
#Amazigh #Touareg #Algeria #Libya #Tunisia #Mali #Niger #Azawad #Agadez
Who are they?
#Amazigh #Touareg #Algeria #Libya #Tunisia #Mali #Niger #Azawad #Agadez
They are an Amazigh (berber) people who live mostly an nomadic live in the Sahara/Sahel in different countries but in the same region. [it still North Africa and not sub Sahara Africa!]
For years are the Touareg people in North Mali/North Niger fighting for independence.
The Azawad(North Mali) is a big succes. The noble men liberated and control mostly everything above the Niger River. The independent movement is called #MNLA with leader Bilal Ag Acherif
The Azawad(North Mali) is a big succes. The noble men liberated and control mostly everything above the Niger River. The independent movement is called #MNLA with leader Bilal Ag Acherif
We have been in contact with refugees in the #Agadez refugee camp for a few weeks. They tell us about torture, violence and sabotage by the authorities. Today a governor came into the camp and gave an intimidating speech. Army and police vehicles are now surrounding the camp.
In the past the authorities have proven to ignore human rights taking advantage of their power given to them in the abscence of international media coverage and human rights watch.
In addition to police violence, they are in constant fear of natural disasters and lack safe accommodation.
#Niger photos d’un drone armé US tombé « samedi à 50km au nord de #Timia à 250km d’#Agadez, récupéré après des heures de recherches par les Américains » selon @oAlkabouss // photos Hamadede al-Housseini
PT Communiqué de l’#AFRICOM https://t.co/vKBj0S680W
#Niger à nouveau un drone US s’écrase à 35km d’#Agadez le jeudi 23 avril matin m.facebook.com/10000242697510…
[Thread #migration #Niger]
Two years ago, UNHCR established for the 1st time an Emergency Evacuation Transit Mechanism (ETM) for the evacuation of #refugees from detention in #Libya to #Niger.
The full agreement between UNHCR & Niger is available here: asgi.it/wp-content/upl…
Two years ago, UNHCR established for the 1st time an Emergency Evacuation Transit Mechanism (ETM) for the evacuation of #refugees from detention in #Libya to #Niger.
The full agreement between UNHCR & Niger is available here: asgi.it/wp-content/upl…
Since 2017, more than 2,900 refugees and asylum-seekers have been evacuated to #Niger, but while EU has promised to provide safe pathways & EU countries have agreed to host them, the resettlement promises are not respected.
By August, only 59 %, (1,723 people) have been resettled, but what will happen to those that do not meet resettlement requirements remains unclear.
Without access to resettlement these people are left in a limbo rather than with a sustainable solution.
Without access to resettlement these people are left in a limbo rather than with a sustainable solution.
@diegorottman El nene es un vecinito que vive en un asentamiento de desplazados aquí en Niamey. Como él y su familia mucha gente de las regiones que escapa de la violencia de Boko Haram.
@diegorottman Si me permitís, @diegorottman quisiera compartir un poco de lo que está ocurriendo aquí en #Niger (no confundir con Nigeria, que es OTRO país y que es como confundir Argentina con Brasil)
[Thread] In #Agadez, Niger - the de facto southern border of #Europe - government authorities working to stop #migration on the EU’s behalf are at odds with the thousands who were forced to stop transporting migrants in exchange for promised #EU support that hasn’t arrived.
In the middle are #migrants, whose risk of dying in the desert has increased with implementation of anti-migration legislation in the #Sahel. Their deaths are the consequences of ‘at all costs’ anti-migration measures by the EU.
To date, no one knows how many die in the desert.
To date, no one knows how many die in the desert.
Together with @sahelien_com and @CGCTunis, we are talking with everyone involved in migration here - from middlemen and drivers to international orgs and govt - to better understand and measure the death toll of migrants in the deserts of the #Sahel.
@GlobalCenters @Columbia
@GlobalCenters @Columbia
