A collision between a Tunisian boat and a Cypriot container ship that sent hundreds of tonnes of fuel spilling into the Mediterranean in October was due to an extraordinary series of human errors, investigators said Monday. The watch officer on board the Tunisian vessel Ulysse was chatting on his phone, while his counterpart on the Cypriot conta ...

Mozambique said Monday it was working with US and South African authorities after its former finance minister was arrested in Johannesburg over $2 billion in alleged secret loans to Mozambican state companies. Manuel Chang, 63, was arrested on December 29 and will appear in a Johannesburg court on Tuesday for an extradition hearing after US auth ...

Pope Francis on Sunday urged EU leaders to show concrete solidarity with 49 migrants stranded on NGO ships off the coast of Malta who have been refused permission to land. But both Italy and Malta, who have refused port access to the rescue vessels, on Sunday reiterated their positions. Forty-nine migrants rescued in the Mediterranean by t ...

A UN report has warned that vast areas of impunity remain globally for people traffickers, with victims subjected to crimes ranging from sexual exploitation to organ removal. Despite a recent trend towards more people trafficking convictions in many African and Middle Eastern countries, the report from the UN Office and Drugs and Crime (UNODC) ...