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Ban Ki-moon attacks ‘restrictive’ EU asylum policies

New measures "constitute a legal wall to asylum just as despicable as a razor-wire fence”, says Human Rights Watch.

Hundreds drown in Libyan refugee exodus

Refugees panicked and drowned as the overloaded boat they were dumped on sank.

Europe’s far-right nationalists are closing their borders and using Covid-19 as a guise to deport and deny entry to refugees and asylum seekers.

Turkish traders profit off Syrian refugees

Transporting Syrian refugees is big business for shipwrights, shoe shops and smugglers alike in Turkey.

Fortress Europe is no match for the horrors of war

Rumours and confusion are growing as European leaders show little will to manage the thousands of desperate people fleeing bitter, deadly conflict.

Pragmatism eases pain for refugees

Change in governments’ policy sees a reduction in chaos as the flow of people to the EU continues.

Palestinian migrants in a police building in Rafah. Egyptian naval forces arrested the would-be immigrants and sent them back to Gaza

Trading in souls: Inside the world of the people smugglers

Abu Hamada, the kingpin of the Syrian smuggling network in Egypt, earns about $90 000 a week but sees nothing wrong in profiting from migrants.

The outcome of the ANC’s long-awaited KwaZulu-Natal conference was a win for the Thuma Mina crowd. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Sisi targets those on death row

Without an elected Parliament, the Egyptian president can change the law.

How Mohamed Morsi ended up on death row

Surrounded by golden mantlepieces, tasselled curtains, a coterie of suits – Morsi didn’t have the air of a man about to be ousted as president.

Desperate for a new life: Even if the EU targets people smugglers in Libya

Airstrikes ‘won’t deter migrants’

More than just military action is needed in Libya to curb desperate refugees and hungry smugglers.

A refugee crawls to sanctuary after his makeshift boat arrived at the Gran Tarajal beach in Spain’s Canary Island of Fuerteventura.

Divided Europe is all at sea over desperate migrants

The challenge is huge but there are some things that could ease the tragic situation.

Italian Coast Guards

Ending migrant rescue missions has not curbed demand, say smugglers

Smugglers responsible for putting migrants to sea in inadequate vessels say they do not force refugees to board any boat against their will.

Italian Coast Guards

Hundreds of migrants feared dead in Mediterranean shipwreck

Hundreds more people are believed to have drowned when a fishing boat smuggling migrants to Europe capsized off Libya.

A student reads from the Qur’an at a mosque in Cairo. Despite fears of a rise in atheism in the country

Mosque and state embrace in Egypt

Despite cracking down on fundamentalists, the country’s rulers base their support on Islam.

State of confusion: Is it IS, Isis, Isil, QSIS or QSIL?

Some call it Isis. Others say it’s Isil. The group itself prefers Islamic State, or IS. And in the Middle East, its critics call it Da’ash.

Brought down: The funeral in KwaNzimakwe of Wandile Mkhize. Photo: GCIS

Egypt plans Suez Canal expansion to boost economy

Eyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi has unveiled a project to add a 72km lane to allow more ships through the canal each day.

More troops, fire power for Israel

The security Cabinet has bolstered the state’s resources in order to expand its attacks on Gaza.

Journalists’ high-profile trial a sham

Al-Jazeera staffers are found guilty despite clearly flawed evidence presented by the prosecution.

Egypt: Army chief singled out for treason

Morsi accuses defence minister of betraying Egypt, saying there will be no peace until he is reinstated.

Egypt’s future looks utterly bleak

The Egyptian state seems unwilling to rein in its onslaught and the Muslim Brotherhood is unlikely to curtail its street presence.

Defeat: A man walks between lines of bodies at a makeshift morgue in Cairo. (Mahmoud Khaled/AFP)

‘Later, they set fire to the hospital’

Egypt’s military has been brutally thorough in its crackdown on the deposed president’s supporters.