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Refugee experts and activists have called for the government to speedily implement a promised special dispensation for Zimbabwean nationals.
ZIMBABWE's factories may be shuttered and its farmland fallow, but research is a rare growth industry -- although much of it appears in SA.
Bare feet, patched clothing and clean shaven hair is the picture she paints when she describes her days in primary school.
The Gambia was recently showcased as a model in refugee and migrant integration at a high profile international conference in Cyprus, at an academic presentation by one Seyaka Sohna, a renowned Gambian academic who specialises in refugee, migration and humanitarian issues and is based in the United Kingdom.
The wildebeest migration season is here once again, and the number of visitors is set to increase as the spectacle unfolds.
National anthems are meant to inspire the nationals of every country; it is therefore not surprising to see some people becoming emotional and shedding tears of joy when their national anthems are sung. Nigeria's present national anthem was adopted in October 1978 when the then military government decided that the anthem adopted when we attained independence in 1960 had become inappropriate. No ...
RELAX, THIS IS NOT an Off-the -wall tribute or a thriller. I have no interest in rubbernecking or trivializing Michael Jackson's death---people make mistakes.
Ninety-six Nigerians deported from various parts of Europe, yesterday, arrived the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos.
Hundreds of Kenyans living in the semi-autonomous Southern Sudanese region could be forced to return home following the latest crackdown on immigrants.
Directorate of disease prevention and control (DPC) in the ministry of health and sanitation has concluded a one-day sensitization workshop on the Influenza A (H1N1) pandemic, targeting airport and immigration officers and ports health staff.
As part of programme to celebrate the 10 anniversary of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), the organisation has launched what it called "the Biafran International Passport".
The quest for a new constitution has begun in Zimbabwe and many exiles are demanding that they be allowed to make a contribution to the formulation of the constitution. It is understood that the Diaspora population is around four million - a figure that now exceeds the population of some of the provinces in Zimbabwe. It is because of this that groups like the Zimbabwe Exiles Forum (ZEF) has ...
Government has urged South Africans to tolerate the situation of Zimbabwean refugees until such time the economic situation improves in that country.
Hundreds of herders in North Eastern province are crossing the Somali border in search of water and pasture for their livestock, even as the security situation in the war-torn country worsens.
Two weeks ago, Tanzania's former Minister for Home Affairs, Capt. John Chiligati, now Minister for Lands and Urban Development, said in an interview with the Voice of America that the government had reached an advanced stage in considering adoption of a dual citizenship policy.
A woman of vim and vigour, Ms Temitope Ajayi, has a lot going for her. After several years of her sojourn in the United States leading thousands of Nigerians in the Diaspora, she cleverly chose to return with a wonderful initiative. Her passion, even while in US, was what she calls caring for the young-adult. It was not a surprise when she decided to introduce an agricultural empowerment programme ...
A study on why nurses migrate has revealed that the intent to find greener pastures abroad among nurses in Botswana is still rife.
Botswana, like other developing countries has in recent times experienced a serious 'brain drain' in the nursing cadre, worsening the ever-increasing challenges in health care such as HIV/AIDS, TB and other illnesses that require a dedicated nursing work force.
The noose is tightening on millions of illegal immigrants in the US, including thousands of Kenyans.
The Department of Home Affairs is considering setting up a structured approach to effectively manage migration across the country's 72 ports of entry.
POOR supervision and the acute brain drain have delayed the completion of major government projects by the more than 14 years, a new audit report released by the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (OCAG) has revealed.
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has appealed to Zimbabweans in the Diaspora to return and help rebuild the country, ahead of his meeting with UK Premier Gordon Brown tomorrow.
THE Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in SA (Cormsa) has questioned the government's commitment to prosecute those responsible for the xenophobic violence in May last year.
"AS a matter of policy, the professional training of the nurse is incomplete without a one-year mandatory practical orientation of the newly-qualified trainees," Dr. J. Koku Awoonor-Williams, Upper East Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has said.
The head of staff of the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA), General Francisco Pereira Furtado, has called on attention for the consequences of illegal immigration phenomena provokes for the country's economy and national defence, Angop has learnt.
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