The psychosocial needs of migrants and refugees are usually overlooked as governments and NGOs focus on meeting their more obvious need for food, shelter and documentation. Read more »
Nigerians in the Diaspora have resolved to forward a petition backed by one million signatures to the Federal Government to allow citizens living abroad vote in future elections. Read more »
Officials on both sides have denied that disagreements about crises in Cote d'Ivoire and Libya, and the election of the AU Commission chair had contributed to the deportation ... Read more »
The South African government has sent a letter of apology to the Nigerian government after the "regrettable" deportation of 125 Nigerians who allegedly had irregular Yellow ... Read more »
A European court has ruled that the rights of a group of Somali and Eritrean nationals who were intercepted by Italian Customs boats and returned to Libya in 2009 were violated. Read more »
Nigeria has launched tit-for-tat expulsions of South Africans in a row over vaccination certificates. Read more »
The activities of Boko-Haram are not only destroying the economy of northern Nigeria but is also having devastating effects across the border with northern Cameroon. Read more »
The UN figures show that more than 1,500 migrants or refugees drowned or went missing last year while attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea. Read more »
For a long while, Africa's diaspora have been a trump card afro-optimists have wielded against the pessimists despairing about the future of the continent. Read more »
As the moratorium for deportation of undocumented Zimbabweans ends, there is a concern that some children will inevitably re-attempt to enter South Africa through dangerous or ... Read more »
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