One radio presenter is using the airwaves to bring vital facts about the virus to Dadaab’s 217 000 residents
Burundi’s president was a cruel and tyrannical leader under whom no one was safe, not even schoolchildren
Despite being protected in South Africa by law, these groups have been swept aside when it comes to relief packages
The multifaceted and complex issues facing the continent can only be tackled effectively together
The City of Cape Town has said in a statement that it is working around the clock to keep vulnerable people safe
Double-registration has effectively rendered stateless tens of thousands of Kenyan citizens who are ethnically Somali
Thandika Mkandawire, who died in Stockholm, Sweden, on March 27 after a battle with cancer, was a renowned development economist, an institution builder and a pan-Africanist
Some refugee reception offices in South Africa have stopped accepting new asylum applications as the government enforces stricter measures to deal with the Covid-19 crisis
It is the year of the Tokyo Olympics, and the International Olympic Committee was quickly out of the blocks with new guidelines regarding athlete protests. The IOC is worried the biggest stories of the Games will be political gestures rather than sport performances, and so have introduced specific guidelines to prevent “any political messaging, including […]
Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi has defended the new amendments to the Refugees Act that came into effect at the beginning of the year, saying they serve to tie up loose ends and fill gaps that led to regulation abuse. But they have been met with an avalanche of criticism citing human rights. The […]
Growth has slowed, which will increase poverty and fuel further social unrest, which in turn will push leaders to the political centre
Asylum seekers will leave the Cape Town church, but most do not have documents, a situation they blame on the home affairs department
A report on displaced people criticises governments that fail to ensure children get a good education — but recognises progress in some countries
Migrant leader accused of military-style
tactics to influence people and push authorities for a chance to leave South Africa
Religious leaders are helping to mediate an impasse between asylum seekers, the United Nations, and Home Affairs
South Africans are not scared to tell us that even the president doesn’t want us here; that we should go back to where we belong.
On Wednesday, police approached the Waldorf Arcade building to evict hundreds of refugees, but the manner in which they did is now being questioned
The migrants are calling on the United Nations to help them be repatriated to other countries, including Canada and Australia
A new government is getting ‘tough’ on immigration – but local organisations provide crucial support
A staff shortage means asylum seekers are unable to make appointments to apply for refugee status
Since 2010, the tribunal has handled outstanding and ongoing cases from the former International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Conflict in Ethiopia has displaced masses of people, but relief efforts are under-funded
At the end of 2017, by comparison, 68.5 million people were counted as being forcibly displaced by violence or persecution
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An unexpected victory by Scott Morrison’s centre-right coalition has dashed hopes and set off a wave of self-harm including several hospitalisations
An increasing number of refugees are being tortured and raped in Libya, a new study has found.
Statelessness is an affront to human rights and a breach of international law, and countries must be forced to put an end to it
Unsafe in Somalia and unwanted in Kenya, refugees increasingly risk abduction in search of a better life.
Desperate to reach Europe, migrants from Africa are travelling to Egypt to sell body parts to pay for their passage.
Migrants and refugees also face gross discrimination from the communities they settle in
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Africa has one of the largest stateless populations in the world, however governments have only recently started to recognise it as a serious problem
Lawyers for Human Rights is litigating on behalf of eight Somalis whose appeal was turned down in what it calls a ruling that does not reflect facts
The 2019 African Union theme is driven by the need for greater commitment to address the plight of its citizens in forced migration situations