African leaders must contain the trend by turning their economies aroundNo fewer than 140 African migrants were last weekend drowned off the coast of Senegal in the deadliest shipwreck recorded this year, according to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). In the old trade, African agents of European slave traders hunted men and women and forcibly sold them off to be transported across the Atlantic. While only few of these migrants eventually reach their destinations where they face disappointment and frustration, majority of them usually perish on the way. Curiously, hardly any African country has embarked on a conscious effort to address the scourge of the new migration. There is an urgent need for a sustained campaign to let our young men and women know that the grass is not necessarily greener on the other side.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 05, 2020 00:22 UTC