Violence or the threat of it has forced an estimated 20,000 migrants out of their homes to places of temporary shelter in Cape Town. AllAfrica intern Faatimah Hendricks blogs on what happened when some of them were relocated to a
Of the over 50 people who have died in the current bout of ethnic cleansing in South Africa, at least 23 are Mozambican, according to Manuel Tome, head of the parliamentary group of the ruling Frelimo Party.
The honourable commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Hajiya Hadiza Kangiwa Sani has donated relief materials worth millions of naira to refugees at Madagbasi community in Kwande local government area council of Benue State.
Mozambican President Armando Guebuza stressed on Monday that the response to the anti-foreigner riots in South Africa must be one of "unity and solidarity, but never of retaliation".
Thousands of South Africans took to streets on Saturday, condemning the violent attacks on foreign nationals which broke out in Gauteng and subsequently spread to other provinces three weeks ago.
President Mwai Kibaki Saturday received a donation of Sh23.5 million for the resettlement of internally displaced persons from key players in the telecommunications industry.
THE hospitality accorded to refugees in West Nile has impressed German parliamentarians who have pledged to lobby more development assistance for the region.
A section of Sudanese refugees living in Arua District have started resisting repatriation by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, citing fragile security in South Sudan.
Stepped-up measures are crucial to ensure the sustainable return of those forced to flee their homes by post-electoral violence that swept through Kenya earlier this year, a United Nations envoy cautioned today.
In a bid to outpace the rainy season which kicks off in mid-June, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has started transferring nearly 10,000 newly-arrived refugees from the Central African Republic (CAR) to a new camp in southern
So many people have given so many reasons why xenophobia -- intense dislike for other people - in this case black Africans; is rampant in South Africa, but none truly convinces.
