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latest news & developmentsIo Capitano is a cinematic journey of hope and heroism
The brilliant Io Capitano, which opens the 11th European Film Festival, puts a human face on migration issues
Human rights report details onslaught on Rwandan dissidents
It says the international community has failed to recognise and stem the persecution of Rwandan refugees and critics of the Kagame regime
Families trucked off to prison in Malawi crackdown on expatriates
Refugees ‘hounded like dogs’ by the police and army despite protests by the United Nations Refugee Agency and civil society
Congolese refugees living in South Africa voluntarily repatriated
Although some refugees choose to leave, others refuse to leave if not on their own conditions
Refugees: The fallout of all wars
In World War I, millions of people fled Germany and millions fled when Germany occupied their countries; in Ukraine, it’s estimated four million will flee; and around the world…
Born in but stateless in South Africa
Many young people in Mpumalanga – most of them descendants of Mozambicans who fled the civil war – are in limbo because they don’t have identity documents and birth certificates
UN denies Sudan refugee camps used as bolthole for Tigray rebels
Last month Sudan recalled its ambassador to Ethiopia, saying Addis Ababa had spurned its efforts to broker a ceasefire in the Tigray conflict.
World Refugee Day: A call for inclusion as 82-million people are displaced
More than 11-million people were forced to flee their countries in 2020
The SADC will regret its approach to Mozambique’s insurgence
The SADC has been lackadaisical in its response to the insurgency in Mozambique and in so doing, is putting several other southern African countries at risk
‘In Kenya, you cannot go anywhere without an ID. I don’t have one’
Double-registration has effectively rendered stateless tens of thousands of Kenyan citizens who are ethnically Somali
Rich nations ‘not helping’ refugees
Conflict in Ethiopia has displaced masses of people, but relief efforts are under-funded
Widespread torture and rape documented in Libya’s refugee camps
An increasing number of refugees are being tortured and raped in Libya, a new study has found.
Kenya plans to close world’s biggest refugee camp Dadaab
Kenya has announced that it plans to close Dadaab, the world’s largest refugee camp, by the end of August
Africa’s forgotten stateless population
Africa has one of the largest stateless populations in the world, however governments have only recently started to recognise it as a serious problem
South Cameroon a ‘big ghost town’
Tens of thousands of English-speaking Cameroonians have fled the country ahead of the presidential vote