Twenty land borders have reopened after a month’s closure prompted by congestions that raised concerns about the spread of the virus.
Malawi’s new president was furious after Shepherd Bushiri’s dramatic disappearance from South Africa
Home affairs minister admits South Africa has weak borders, and that the Bushiris had 10 passports between them
A frontier dispute between the two Asian giants turned deadly for the first time in 45 years. Observers argue the skirmish was exacerbated by Delhi’s annexation of Kashmir and Ladakh
In East Africa, truck drivers are being attacked, robbed and used as diplomatic footballs
Many African governments have paid little more than lip service to their citizens stranded all over the world
Move draws condemnation from both the president’s rival Democrats and fellow Republicans, who warned it was an abuse of presidential powers
Co-operation with regulatory authorities in neighbouring countries is essential
The continent needs a humane migration policy in a world that is anti-migrant and anti-black.
The continent was a place where people could always move freely, and this is what we must strive for, writes Achille Mbembe.
There’s something special about your favourite book shop. The smell of all those crisp pages, the comfy armchairs, those beautiful new covers.
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/ 11 November 2009
The changing course of a river marking the natural border between Uganda and the DRC has caused boundary confusion in an oil rich area.
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/ 29 December 2008
The mountainous region in north-eastern Ethiopia was ravaged by the border conflict that left about 80 000 dead between 1998 and 2000.
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/ 27 December 2008
Thembelihle Tshabalala goes to Musina and listens to Zimbabwean refugees suffering as they wait for asylum.
The UN Security Council considered on Monday a plan to disband its peacekeeping mission to the volatile border between Eritrea and Ethiopia.