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January 16, 2018
Liberia: High Level Panel On Migration to Meet in Monrovia
Members of the High Level Panel on Migration (HLPM), which was launched on 6 June 2017, will be meeting in Monrovia, Liberia, on 15 January for their first working session under… Read more »
October 31, 2017
Africa: Global Compact Consultative Meeting Agrees Africa Needs to Drive and Own Migration Narrative
The African Regional Consultative Meeting on the Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration ended in Addis Ababa Friday evening with participants drawing some… Read more »
October 26, 2017
Africa: Migration Can Contribute Immensely Towards Africa's Economic Growth, Says Hamdok
Migration has the potential of bringing significant contribution to economic growth and human development in Africa, says Mr. Abdalla Hamdok, Deputy Executive Secretary and Chief… Read more »
October 25, 2017
Africa: African Regional Consultative Meeting On the Global Compact On Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration Set for Addis
The African Regional Consultative Meeting on the Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration opens in Addis Ababa Thursday. The meeting, which will be hosted by the… Read more »
September 22, 2017
Africa: Experts Discuss Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration in Southern Africa
A two-day consultative process on global compact for the safe, orderly and regular migration in southern Africa ended on 22nd September in Lusaka, Zambia. Five meetings on the… Read more »
June 06, 2017
Africa: High Level Panel On Migration Launched With Liberia's Sirleaf As Chair
"Just last week, some forty young men and women died of thirst in the Sahara Desert, while trying to reach Europe. More than a thousand have perished in the Mediterranean Sea since… Read more »
May 09, 2017
Africa: President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to Launch High Level Panel On Migration
On the margins of the forthcoming ECOWAS Heads of States Summit, a High-level Panel on International Migration in Africa will be launched on 6 June 2017 in Monrovia, Liberia, with… Read more »
September 10, 2016
Africa: 10th African Development Forum to Go Beyond Sensational Debate on Migration – says ECA's Hamdok
Africa's foremost thinkers on migration will convene in Addis Ababa for the Tenth African Development Forum (ADF) in Addis Ababa Ethiopia from 15-17 November on the theme,… Read more »
July 17, 2016
Africa: Migration Debates are Becoming Illogical*
So far this year, the Italian coast guard has rescued more than 30,000 people from the Mediterranean Sea, acting with courage, compassion and efficiency. They deserve recognition… Read more »
July 13, 2016
Africa: Africans Not in the Majority of Migrants Trying to Reach Europe Says ECA Executive Secretary
Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Mr. Carlos Lopes, on Tuesday sought to dispel the common misconception that most migrants trying to reach Europe after… Read more »
April 01, 2016
Africa: All Migration Trends Are Not Troublesome
With the current polemical debate and concerns around migration policies globally, when do the migrants become valuable assets? This was the question at the heart of the experts'… Read more »
April 04, 2016
Africa: Experts to Engage Ministers On Development Agendas, Statistics and Migration
The Expert's segment of the Conference of Ministers concluded late Sunday with a range of recommendations around priority issues to be tabled on Monday and Tuesday at a Ministerial… Read more »
April 02, 2016
Africa: Migration is an Opportunity for Africa, If Managed Properly
Africans are among the most mobile people on earth. 31 million people from the continent have migrated to various parts of the world, including many African countries. Some people… Read more »
Africa: Migration in Africa - Issues, Challenges and Opportunities
On the sidelines of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, the Economic Commission for Africa organized on 2 April 2016, a side event… Read more »
March 05, 2016
Africa: Renowned Panelists to Review the Wins and Complexities of Migration in Africa
It has been described as having a triple-win scenario for Africa: wins for young migrants, wins for their countries of origin and wins for their countries of destination. Read more »
January 09, 2016
Africa: Lopes Urges Africa to Address Migration At AU Summit
Giving a historical background of human migration trends, Mr. Carlos Lopes, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, in his remarks to the 34th Session of the… Read more »
December 21, 2015
Africa: Idep Celebrates Human Rights Day By Organizing a Round Table On Migration
The African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP) joined the International Organization for Migrations (IOM) to organize a series of three round table discussions… Read more »
August 31, 2015
Africa: African Migrants: Payback Time?
Since the beginning of this year a relentless flow of images from the Italian island of Lampedusa, the city of Calais where the Eurotunnel starts, Bodrum in Turkey, the eastern… Read more »
May 15, 2015
Morocco: Expatriates a Catalyst for Economic Development
In partnership with the Ministry in Charge of Moroccans Living Abroad and Migration Affairs as well as the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA), the… Read more »
April 20, 2015
Tunisia: Tunisia - Migrants Can Help Finance Development in Their Home Countries
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) office for North Africa will organize, in partnership with the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)… Read more »
July 08, 2013
Africa: Diaspora and Private Sector Major Contributors to African Industrialization
A lively discussion took place in London on the 1st of July after the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) launched the 2013 Economic Report on Africa (ERA). Read more »
July 01, 2013
Africa: Experts to Hold Meeting On International Migration and Development in Africa
In partnership with the International Organization for Migration and the African Union Commission, the Economic Commission for Africa will hold a regional experts meeting on… Read more »
June 14, 2013
West Africa: IDEP's Monthly Development Seminar Addresses Migration and Development in West Africa
The 3rd IDEP's Monthly Development Seminar for 2013 held on 6th June at IDEP Headquarters focused on the sensitive issue of migration within West Africa and its impact on the… Read more »
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