CategoriesProgramsRefugees in Nairobi gathered at the August 7th Memorial Park for a one‑day training on digital security and data privacy, organized by Migrant Narratives Africa in partnership with the European Union through DW Akademie under the TrustLab Kenya Project. The session came at a time of heightened immigration tensions in Kenya with many migrants ensuring […]
CategoriesMigrant NewsMany asylum seekers from Burundi and other countries who had turned to small businesses after USAID pulled out of Kenya last year now find themselves stranded, following President William Ruto’s recent declaration that foreigners should not run petty trade or hawking ventures — a directive that has forced some to abandon their livelihoods and even […]
CategoriesMigrant NewsIn a dramatic turn highlighting the complexities of U.S. deportation policy, five migrants who were slated for removal to Liberia this week refused to disembark from a government-chartered plane, forcing officials to reroute them to Equatorial Guinea instead. Five migrants who refused to leave a US deportation aircraft in Liberia were reportedly flown to Equatorial […]
CategoriesMigrant News“The warning signs are impossible to ignore. Across Sudan, families are fleeing violence, losing access to water, electricity, and healthcare, and now facing an added burden of destructive floods. Without urgent action to protect civilians and restore essential services, the suffering will deepen,” – IOM Director General, Amy Pope. Sudan’s humanitarian crisis is entering a […]
CategoriesNarrativesBorn into hardship and raised in the shadow of displacement, Kayemba Latifuh — known by his stage name Fyntain — carries the story of a generation of young migrants who refuse to let circumstance silence their dreams. From Kiryandongo District, where he grew up under the care of his South Sudanese refugee uncle, to the […]
CategoriesMigrant NewsMore than 60,000 migrants from Morocco crossed through the border into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta in one of the largest irregular migration movements reported in recent years. While global attention focused on the unprecedented border crossing, humanitarians’ agencies and Spanish authorities are now looking at a different challenge -caring for thousands of vulnerable […]
CategoriesAfricaSouth Africa’s June 30 anti‑immigration protests, staged under a self‑declared deadline for undocumented foreigners to leave, escalated tensions across major cities and spilled over onto documented migrants, who found themselves evicted, harassed, and targeted simply for being foreign. While organizers insisted their campaign was aimed at “illegal immigrants,” the marches blurred distinctions between lawful residents […]
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 […]
