December 06, 2018
Malawi: 25 Years On, Malawi and Zambia Still Struggling With Borders
Since 2004, when the AU Commission directed all countries with outstanding border disputes to clearly mark their boundaries by the end of 2010, Zambia and Malawi have been working… Read more »
November 16, 2018
South Africa: Relief As Govt Okays 180,000 Permits For Zimbabweans
The adjudication and printing of 178,172 applications for the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) spokesman Thabo Makgola is reported as saying, urging 1,932 applicants who had… Read more »
October 17, 2018
Africa: Africa Needs to Invest Much More in Its People
Progress in the fight against extreme poverty in Africa has been way too slow. Although the poverty rate has declined from 54 percent in 1990 to 41 percent in 2015, a rapid… Read more »
June 10, 2018
Africa: Migration Can Benefit Africa, Says New UN Body's Report
In an age of emerging populism in both the global north and south, migration often gets a bad rap. Read more »
April 24, 2018
Africa: African Migrants to the U.S. Are the Cream of the Crop
The growing number African immigrants who settle in the United States are more highly educated than those who go to Europe, according to a new survey by a major American research… Read more »
April 13, 2018
Africa: What's With Building All These High Walls?
When the Berlin wall finally came down in 1992, we thought: This was it, no more walls! Well, we might have celebrated too soon because in 1994 Israel constructed its own wall to… Read more »
February 20, 2018
Southern Africa: Rethinking Belonging Could Foster a More Humane Understanding of Migration
World Social Justice Day is this year marked by the theme: “Workers on the move: the quest for social justice”. Read more »
January 14, 2018
South Africa: Pretoria to Deliver Démarche Over Trump Vulgarity
The South African government will on Monday register one of the highest forms of diplomatic protest with the United States over President Donald Trump's reported vulgarity in… Read more »
July 13, 2017
Burundi: Teenagers Go 'Missing' After U.S. Competition
Six Burundi teenagers who travelled to Washington, DC in the United States to take part in a robotics competition were reported as having gone missing after the competition was… Read more »
July 09, 2017
Africa: What the G20 Said on Africa
Excerpts most directly applicable to Africa drawn from the declaration of leaders of the G20 nations, issued after the leaders' summit in Hamburg on July 7 and 8: Read more »
June 01, 2015
Africa: Why Are African Leaders Silent On Mediterranean Migrant Disasters?
The recent drownings of African migrants in the Mediterranean Sea, just south of Sicily, have caught global attention and stirred an uproar. Read more »
April 14, 2015
South Africa: Security Ministries Promise Crackdown On Violence, Foreign Criminals
Attacks on foreign nationals in South Africa were a symptom of "Afrophobia" in South Africa, the police minister, Nathi Nhleko, told a parliamentary briefing on Tuesday. Read more »
South Africa: Xenophobic Attacks Spread to Durban City Centre
The violence against foreign migrants living in South Africa spread to the centre of a major South African city on Tuesday as crowds reportedly numbering thousands gathered on the… Read more »
March 24, 2015
South Africa: Zulu King's Comments On Foreigners Causes Alarm
Comments by the Zulu king that foreigners should go back to their home countries because they are changing the nature of South African society with their amanikiniki or goods and… Read more »
April 16, 2014
South Africa: Press Leaders Struggled to Get Visas for Congress
The text of a resolution of the General Assembly of the International Press Institute expressing deep concern that South African diplomatic missions were obstructive in responding… Read more »
May 23, 2012
Nigeria: Call for Review of South Africa-Nigeria Visa Regime
What does it symbolise that American and British visitors to South Africa do not need a visa, but Nigerians and many other Africans do? Read more »
April 15, 2011
Africa: Human Speech Originated in the Continent - Study
Human speech originated in central and southern Africa, according to new research on languages. It is then said to have spread around the globe alongside migrating human… Read more »
July 15, 2010
South Africa: Zuma Warns Against Xenophobic Attacks
President Jacob Zuma has entered the debate on the threat of xenophobic attacks on migrants from other African states by calling on South Africans to "isolate and report to the… Read more »
December 16, 2009
South Africa: Zuma Outraged at Xenophobic Attacks
President Jacob Zuma has used South Africa's Day of Reconciliation to denounce attacks on migrants from elsewhere in Africa who are living in the country. Read more »
June 04, 2008
South Africa: Ugly Politics Aggravate Xenophobia
The attacks on migrants from elsewhere in Africa in South Africa recently are not simply a result of xenophobia. They are a product of ugly, debased politics in which mainstream… Read more »
May 27, 2008
South Africa: The Mathematics of Migration
Unreliable and inflated statistics on the number of foreign nationals in South Africa have contributed to the growth of the xenophobia which has triggered violence against them,… Read more »
May 26, 2008
South Africa: A Cape Town Suburb Copes With Refugees
Violence or the threat of it has forced an estimated 20,000 migrants out of their homes to places of temporary shelter in Cape Town. AllAfrica intern Faatimah Hendricks blogs on… Read more »
May 21, 2008
South Africa: Army to Combat Attacks on Migrants
South African troops will move into flashpoints in the country's economic heartland to help police end attacks on migrants from other parts of Africa. Read more »
May 20, 2008
South Africa: Mbeki Condemns 'Shameful' Attacks
South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki has condemned as "shameful and criminal" the recent attacks on foreign nationals living in the country. Read more »
May 19, 2008
South Africa: Legislators Condemn Attacks on Foreigners
South African legislators from across the political spectrum have unanimously condemned attacks on foreign nationals which are sweeping parts of the country. Read more »