Africa: A Refugee Crisis Plays Out as Horror in This Harrowing Film

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Cameroon: Outrage at New Boko Haram Attack, Children Among Victims

Boko Haram is wreaking havoc in Cameroon as well as Nigeria and other countries in the Sahel region and its attacks are going mostly unnoticed by a world focused on the novel… Read more »

South Africa: Refugees' Protest Outside UNCHR Offices in Cape Town Turns Violent

Refugees who staged a three-week-long sit-in outside the UN High Commission for Refugees' (UNHCR) offices in Cape Town over fears of xenophobia have been forcefully removed by… Read more »

Africa: South Africa's Future Is In Africa, With Africa - Ramaphosa Says After Buhari Visit

South Africa and Nigeria, Africa's two economic powerhouses, saw President Cyril Ramaphosa and President Muhammadu Buhari meet during a state visit on October 3. Read more »

Libya: Scores Feared Drowned in 'Worst Mediterranean Tragedy of the Year'

More than 100 migrants and refugees are feared drowned after the boats they were travelling in capsized off Libya's coast in the Mediterranean Sea, Al Jazeera reports. Read more »

Libya: Plea to Save Lives of Migrants and Refugees in Tripoli

Countries such as Britain, the United States, Canada, France, Germany and Norway should offer emergency sanctuary to refugees and migrants whose lives are threatened by fighting in… Read more »

Libya: Refugees in Detention Centres Need to Be Evacuated Urgently - MSF

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) believes that the deadly attack on the Tajoura detention centre "could easily have been avoided". Read more »

Libya: Scores Killed, Dozens Wounded in Attack on Migrant Detention Centre

An air attack hit a detention centre for mainly African migrants in the Tajoura suburb of the Libya's capital Tripoli late on Tuesday, Al Jazeera reports. Read more »

Uganda: Refugee for Two Decades Recruits Child Soldiers to Build Peace

The Founder and Executive Director for African Youth Initiative Network, Victor Ochen, was born in northern Uganda, and spent 21 years as a refugee. He transformed his experiences… Read more »

Africa: Who Will Be Held Responsible for Xenophobia in South Africa?

Human Rights Watch and the African Diaspora Forum have called for the urgent investigation and prosecution of those responsible for a spate of attacks against migrants, most of… Read more »

Kenya: TEDx Goes to Kakuma Refugee Camp to Tell of Resilience, Contribution and Creativity

On June 9, Kakuma Refugee Camp will host the first-ever TEDx event at a refugee camp. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: U.S. Keeping a Close Eye on Kabila and Election Plans

The U.S. says it welcomes plans by the Democratic Republic of Congo to set up a special fund to manage all aid donations, said Elizabeth Jaffee, Senior DRC Desk Officer… Read more »

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 »

Africa: Turkey's President Erdogan on Africa - allAfrica's Exclusive Interview

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, speaking in an interview with AllAfrica ahead of a visit to three Muslim-majority African nations, has spoken out strongly against the… Read more »

Nigeria: More U.S. Backing 'Forthcoming' for Buhari's Drives Against Corruption & Boko Haram – New Ambassador

The Nigerian embassy in Washington, DC - arguably one of the country's key diplomatic outposts - has an ambassador at the helm for the first time since Professor Adebowale Adefuye… Read more »

Africa: Immigration Bill Targets Africans Who Benefit United States

African immigrants to the United States account for less than five percent of the total, but they are better educated than most and their earnings are among the highest. African… Read more »

Africa: Obama to Meet Buhari, Address U.S.-Africa Business Forum in New York

President Obama will meet Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday following the U.S. leader's last address to the United Nations General Assembly as president. Read more »

Nigeria: Bomb Blast Hits Camp for Nigerians Displaced by Boko Haram

A bomb was exploded at a camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) near Yola in the northeastern Nigerian state of Adamawa. The Friday morning blast is reportedly the first… Read more »

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 »

Nigeria: Thousands Face Eviction in Lagos - NGOs

Tens of thousands of people living in the Badia East area of Lagos face forced eviction from their homes by the Lagos State government, and possible destitution as a result, warn… Read more »

Africa: Kenyan Doctor Receives Peace Corps Association's Highest Honor

Dr. Mohamud Sheikh Nurein Said is the 2013 Harris Wofford Global Citizen Award winner. The award is the National Peace Corps Association's highest honor, given to Said in… Read more »

Somalia: Entrepreneurship as a Tool for Peace

Somalia's reputation as a failed state often overshadows the country's potential, but Aspen Institute 2013 New Voices Fellow Mohamed Ali, a former Somali refugee, represents a new… Read more »

South Sudan: Nets for Relief as Refugees Flee

Against the backdrop of renewed hostilities between South Sudan and its northern neighbour, a fresh initiative aims to provide some relief from an ever-present threat that is… Read more »

Somalia: Let Somalis Manage Aid for Development, Doctor Says

Dr. Hawa Abdi is a woman of many firsts, including being Somalia's first female gynecologist and establishing one of the country's first NGOs. Along with her daughters, Deqa and… Read more »