S Africa sends home 2,745 foreigners in a week
South Africa has repatriated 2,745 foreigners in the week after president Cyril Ramaphosa vowed tougher action against illegal immigration, the country’s home affairs minister said on Sunday...
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One shot as Kenyan protests at US Ebola centre turn violent
At least one person was shot as Kenyan police fought violent running battles with protesters Tuesday over an Ebola quarantine centre being built for US citizens in a tourist town...
1,000 migrants rescued off Mauritania in 10 days
More than 1,000 migrants have been rescued off the coast of Mauritania over 10 days, its coastguard said Tuesday, signalling a resurgence in migration along the perilous Atlantic route...
Anti-migrant protesters rally despite Ramaphosa warning
Hundreds of anti-migrant protesters marched through a township outside Johannesburg on Monday, a day after South African president Cyril Ramaphosa pledged action against groups accused of fuelling xenophobic violence...
Ethiopia rebel group blamed for deadly poll attacks
An insurgent group in Ethiopia’s most populous province carried out a string of attacks around last week’s election that killed multiple people, witnesses told AFP on Saturday...
Nearly 1.5m displaced in Haiti: UN
Some 1.47 million people are displaced in gang-ravaged Haiti, the United Nations’ migration agency said Friday, warning that its ability to help could dry up within months.
Nigeria repatriating over 1,000 nationals from S Africa
Nigeria is planning to repatriate more than 1,000 of its nationals from South Africa as anti-immigrant tensions rise in the country, long a destination for documented and undocumented African workers.
Mobs force migrants to flee South Africa
Hundreds of foreigners fearing for their lives have taken shelter in community halls on South Africa’s south coast, saying mobs of locals were going door-to-door telling them to leave the country...
Gunmen kill 37 in 2 attacks on Nigerian village
Criminal gangs have killed at least 37 people in two days of attacks on a rural community in northwest Nigeria’s Sokoto state, a security report and residents said...
Kenya protests over US Ebola centre turn deadly
Protests over a fiercely contested Ebola quarantine centre for US nationals in Kenya have killed one man, a rights group said Tuesday, as president William Ruto defended the planned centre...
Kenyans protest against femicide scourge
Hundreds of protesters marched through Kenya’s capital on Monday against the high number of killings of women and children...