MARIA CAMILA DIAZ ESGUERRA

IOM calls for solidarity as Honduras faces massive migrant influx

(FILE) Photo dated October 25, 2021 shows Haitian migrants waiting for intercity transportation in the city of Tegucigalpa, Honduras.EFE/ Gustavo Amador

Tegucigalpa, Sept 21 (EFE).- The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has stepped up humanitarian response in Honduras and on Thursday called for solidarity due to the increase in migrant flows passing through the Central American country. Nearly 300,000 people have entered Honduran territory irregularly this year. “We are currently witnessing an unprecedented transit through Honduras, … Read more

French ambassador in Niger is being held hostage by coup plotters

(FILE) Sylvain Itté when he was ambassador of France in Uruguay on May 14, 2015, at the diplomatic headquarters, in Montevideo (Uruguay). EFE/Hugo Ortuño

Paris, Sep 15 (EFE) .- French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday denounced that Sylvain Itté, his country’s ambassador in Niger, had been taken hostage by coup plotters. “As we speak, we have an ambassador and diplomatic staff who are literally being held hostage in the French embassy,” Macron told reporters in a conversation during a … Read more