Borders
latest news & developmentsFive-year ban for fake Covid certificates as SA borders reopen
Twenty land borders have reopened after a month’s closure prompted by congestions that raised concerns about the spread of the virus.
The president, the preacher and the great escape
Malawi’s new president was furious after Shepherd Bushiri’s dramatic disappearance from South Africa
Motsoaledi blames ‘porous’ and ‘rotten’ borders for Bushiris’ escape
Home affairs minister admits South Africa has weak borders, and that the Bushiris had 10 passports between them
India and China border conflict intensifies
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…
On the road with East African truck drivers
In East Africa, truck drivers are being attacked, robbed and used as diplomatic footballs
SOS: Covid-19 leaves stranded Africans distressed and abandoned
Many African governments have paid little more than lip service to their citizens stranded all over the world
Pentagon authorizes $1 billion for Trump’s border wall
Move draws condemnation from both the president’s rival Democrats and fellow Republicans, who warned it was an abuse of presidential powers
Icasa’s quality of service and cross-border divisions: ensuring quality access
Co-operation with regulatory authorities in neighbouring countries is essential
Africa needs free movement
The continent needs a humane migration policy in a world that is anti-migrant and anti-black.
Scrap the borders that divide Africans
The continent was a place where people could always move freely, and this is what we must strive for, writes Achille Mbembe.
Creative destruction
There’s something special about your favourite book shop. The smell of all those crisp pages, the comfy armchairs, those beautiful new covers.
River’s change of course alters Uganda-DRC border
The changing course of a river marking the natural border between Uganda and the DRC has caused boundary confusion in an oil rich area.
‘We want to remain Ethiopian’
The mountainous region in north-eastern Ethiopia was ravaged by the border conflict that left about 80 000 dead between 1998 and 2000.
The long wait for help
Thembelihle Tshabalala goes to Musina and listens to Zimbabwean refugees suffering as they wait for asylum.
UN mulls disbanding Eritrea/Ethiopia force
The UN Security Council considered on Monday a plan to disband its peacekeeping mission to the volatile border between Eritrea and Ethiopia.