1. Men seized from DR Congo UN convoy

Government soldiers from the Democratic Republic of Congo have arrested at least 25 men from a UN convoy.

24/11/2008

2. Migrants shot along Israeli border

At least six African illegal migrants have been wounded, one seriously, while trying to cross from Egypt into Israel, a security official has said.

05/11/2008

3. Migrant bodies wash up in Yemen

Sixty corpses of migrants from Somalia and Ethiopia have been found on a beach in Yemen after smugglers forced many of them overboard on the weekend, an international aid agency said.

03/11/2008

4. Mauritania faces sanctions threat

The European Union (EU) has threatened to permanently suspend all non-humanitarian aid to Mauritania within one month if its military rulers fail to begin restoring constitutional rule.

21/10/2008