The migrants were among 49 people who were transferred to Albania on an Italian naval ship Tuesday under a five-year agreement with Albania to process asylum cases outside EU borders in centers built and operated by Italy. Italian media reported they were from Bangladesh, Egypt, Ivory Coast and Gambia.

A crash involving a freight truck and a passenger bus in Ivory Coast on Tuesday killed at least 15 people and injured 23 more, authorities said

Ivory Coast expects to record one of the worst mid-crop cocoa harvests of the last 15 years this season with production seen no higher than 300,000 metri

Program representatives conducted a Country Assessment with the Bangladesh Department of Shipping from 20-23 January, aiming to strengthen port security measures. Recognizing the maritime transportation system as a crucial pillar of global trade and economic stability,

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military juntas. Negotiations failed to change their minds.

An Italian navy ship arrived Tuesday in Albania with 49 migrants intercepted in international waters for processing of their asylum applications at special Albanian centers, in the third such attempt following hurdles earlier raised by Italian courts.

On Tuesday, teachers from the Ebtedayee madrasas organised a demonstration in front of the Fine Arts building at the University of Dhaka, demanding the nationalisation of their jobs in all registered institutions.

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The attempt at processing at special centres in Albania follows two previous failures in October and November.

The draw for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations is made in Morocco where defending champions Ivory Coast will be in the same group as Cameroon

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This decision was announced December 27 at Man Cathedral during a pastoral visit by Archbishop Mauricio Rueda Beltz, the apostolic nuncio to Ivory Coast. “The sede plena apostolic administrator ...