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 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 […]
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 […]
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 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 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 […]
CategoriesInvestigationsDespite East Africa’s pledge of free movement under the EAC, or the talks of the African Continental Free Trade Area, small scale traders — many of them women — face daily harassment, arbitrary fees, and systemic corruption at border points. Their testimonies reveal how bribes and bureaucratic delays inflate costs, erode livelihoods, and undermine regional […]
CategoriesNarrativesIn Nairobi’s Jamuhuri Estate, Eritrean and Ethiopian residents face a mix of tragedy, depression, and subtle discrimination that underscores the precariousness of migrant life in urban Kenya. Recent incidents — including the suicide of a young Eritrean man and reports of intimidation by local boda-boda riders — reveal the vulnerability of these communities and the […]
