ECCAS member states lay out roadmap to accelerate extension of social protection to migrant workers in the region
Social protection and labour migration experts from ECCAS Member States have laid out a draft roadmap
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CategoriesNarrativesEchoes of Resilience: A Refugee’s Daily Struggle for Survival and Hope
In 2002, my world shattered into fragments amid the relentless turmoil of conflict and displacement in South Sudan. I was a mere three years old when I lost all trace of my parents. Their comforting presence vanished, leaving me adrift in a sea of uncertainty. It was then that my grandmother, a beacon of hope […]
CategoriesMigrant NewsA Cemetery at Sea: The Neglect of African Migrants in the Mediterranean
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has called on all governments and authorities along the central Mediterranean migrant route to enhance regional cooperation to ensure the safety and protection of migrants. IOM says this should be done, regardless of their status and across all stages of their journeys. This migration route is utilized by Africans […]
CategoriesNarrativesWalking in the Streets of Cape Town’s Southern suburbs: ‘You are walking in the space I could have walked.’
To write objectively about yourself is a thing you can convince only yourself, because every other time you had a wrong opinion about someone or something else, it made sense to you – it was right in your sense. And such is the dilemma of any person “out of their country” – the suspension of […]
CategoriesProgramsMigration Advocacy Fellowship Program
Theme: ‘Migration Advocacy Fellowship Program: Empowering Change Agents Across Africa.’ The Migration Advocacy Fellowship Program is a dynamic initiative designed to empower journalists, migrants, civil society organizations (CSOs), NGOs, and other development partners across Africa who are passionate about addressing migration-related issues. Through a comprehensive fellowship experience, participants will gain valuable skills, knowledge, and networks […]
CategoriesProgramsMigration Reporting Internship Program
The Migration Reporting Internship Program offers aspiring journalists and students in the humanities fields a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience, mentorship, and exposure to migration-related issues through immersive internships with Migrant Narratives Africa. By providing a supportive learning environment and meaningful engagement with migrant communities, interns will develop essential skills, deepen their understanding of […]
CategoriesProgramsTraining and Capacity Building Concept at MNA
Migrant Narratives Africa is a digital publication that uses Multimedia Journalism to tell the narratives of migrants while covering migration news altogether. Besides these noble courses, we embrace fair coverage of migration news. On this background, together with experts and development partners, we have in place programs to conduct training & capacity building sessions for […]
CategoriesMigrant NewsThe Plight of teenage Karamojong Girls, from North-Eastern Uganda to the bustling Eastleigh Business District in Nairobi, Kenya
“…In 2020, Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC) located in Mathare near Eastleigh, partnered with Counter Human Trafficking Trust-East Africa (CHTEA) to document and follow up cases of human trafficking and smuggling in Nairobi. The Eastleigh cases were among the priorities as there was an alarming increase in the frequency of this kind of cases every […]
CategoriesMigrant NewsClimate migration activists push for youth-focused strategies
Climate-induced migration, activists and stakeholders have pushed for youth-focused strategies in a bid to address the urgent challenges faced by young people amidst the climate changing patterns.
CategoriesNarrativesDRC rebels, becoming a refugee and everything in between
Becoming a refugee shattered all my aspirations. Suddenly, I was in a foreign land, far from home, where Swahili, my mother tongue, was unheard of.