CategoriesProgramsA new report, Weaponised Identity and Digital Polarisation in Kenya (Code for Africa, DW Akademie, Siasa Place, May 2026), reveals how social media platforms have amplified xenophobic and exclusionary narratives targeting migrants, refugees, and foreign nationals. From Somalis portrayed as fraudsters to South Sudanese framed as economic freeloaders, the report documents millions of hostile engagements […]
CategoriesMigrant NewsEast Africa’s private sector is warning that the Ebola outbreak must not be allowed to paralyze trade. The East African Business Council (EABC) has urged governments to coordinate health measures across borders, while health ministers and international agencies stress that reactive closures could worsen risks by driving movement underground. The East African Business Council (EABC) […]
CategoriesInvestigationsAn investigation by Africa Uncensored has revealed that hundreds of Kenyans and Ugandans have been trafficked into forced labour in Southeast Asia, particularly Myanmar and Cambodia, where they are trapped in cyber‑scam compounds. Victims were promised legitimate jobs, only to have their passports confiscated and be subjected to violence, debt bondage, and isolation. Governments in […]
CategoriesMigrant NewsGovernments in Uganda, Kenya, and across the region are calling for tighter migration controls to contain the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola spreading from eastern DRC. President Museveni has urged vigilance and calm while warning against unnecessary travel, Kenya’s Health CS Aden Duale has announced intensified border screening, and international bodies like WHO and Africa CDC […]
CategoriesAfricaFrench President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Nairobi and talks with President William Ruto come just before the opening of a two‑day Africa Forward Summit, the first ever held in an English‑speaking African country. The forum will bring together African leaders and business executives to discuss economic development and cross‑border investment, as France seeks to reset […]
CategoriesMigrant NewsFresh violence targeting foreign nationals has broken out in South Africa, with migrants from Nigeria, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and other African countries reporting assaults and harassment in Johannesburg, Cape Town and KwaZulu-Natal. Over the past two weeks, videos have circulated online showing groups confronting migrants, demanding they leave the country, and in some cases attacking […]
CategoriesMigrant NewsA family in Malava, Busia County, is mourning the death of their son, Edwin Njuguna Ngugi, a truck driver who was killed in Bunia, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Edwin had been driving a truck from Mombasa to Bunia, a journey of more than 1,600 kilometres, when his vehicle broke down in a volatile […]
CategoriesMigrant NewsA Zimbabwean travel blogger and his wife were denied entry into Kenya at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for lacking an Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA), spending 32 hours stranded before returning to Tanzania. The incident has raised questions about consistency and fairness in Kenya’s immigration procedures. A Zimbabwean travel blogger, Tachie, has spoken out after he […]
CategoriesMigrant NewsA CNN investigation has revealed how African men, lured by promises of jobs, high salaries, and citizenship, were coerced into joining Russia’s war in Ukraine. The exposé has triggered outrage across Africa and internationally, with governments, civil society, and global organizations scrambling to respond to what is increasingly seen as a dangerous new form of […]
CategoriesMigrant NewsA Nairobi court has ordered the deportation of Congolese French teacher Ndjoli Louison Mvemba, who has lived in Kenya since 2017, married a Kenyan woman, and fathered a child. The ruling, delivered at the Milimani Law Courts, has sparked widespread debate on immigration enforcement, fairness, and the rights of migrants who have built families and […]
