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From Barbershops to Boda-Bodas: How East Africa’s Migrants Are Shaping Kenyan Cities

In 2025, Kenya hosts over 824,000 refugees and asylum seekers, according to UNHRC Organization, a growing number of whom are from Burundi and Rwanda. Most don’t arrive on front-page headlines. They walk. They ride. They blend. The East African Community’s free movement protocols were supposed to smooth cross-border movement—but for many, especially the undocumented, the […]

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From Classrooms to Guard Posts: Sudanese Workers in Bahrain Struggle Under Gulf’s Harsh Realities

In Bahrain, a group of Sudanese men—once teachers, athletes, and professionals—now work long hours as low-paid security guards. They fled a brutal war for safety, but found themselves trapped in the Gulf’s exploitative labour system. Manama, Bahrain They came from Sudan’s cities—Dongola, Omdurman, Khartoum—bringing with them degrees, teaching experience, and dreams of better lives. Back […]

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El-Fasher’s Migrant Community, Civillians at the verge of starvation as US Warns of Imminent Fall

Civilians who sought refuge in El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, 195 kilometers northeast of Nyala, Sudan, are enduring severe suffering characterized by extreme starvation, due to the ongoing conflict. These starving individuals recount harrowing tales of hardship as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led by the battle-hardened General Muhammed Hamdan Dagalo, pursue another […]

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Starvation Threatens Millions in South Sudan Amid Conflict- CARE

Conflict in neighboring Sudan has displaced over 692,000 people into South Sudan, hyperinflation is crippling the economy, and climate change is wreaking havoc- CARE. A storm of humanitarian crises is pushing South Sudan to the brink of starvation, with millions of lives and livelihoods at immediate risk, according to Care, a humanitarian aid organization. Conflict […]

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800,000 Civilians in El-Fasher, Sudan on the Verge of Disaster as RSF, SAF Trade Fire

According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), since May 20, at least 1,250 people (250 households) have been displaced from the Gashlack police station, Al-Gadi, and Azama neighborhoods. Emboldened by external support, allegedly from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and inspired by their military prowess, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) captured Wadi Madani city […]