Mexican officials find 51 migrants in truck using giant X-ray scanner

By VOA,

Mexican officials using a large X-ray scanner at a checkpoint in the central state of Zacatecas found 51 Central American migrants in hidden compartme...

immigrants , Mexico , National Migration Institute

Central American migrants plead to seek asylum in U.S., not Mexico

By Reuters,

Several Central American migrants seeking asylum in the United States were allowed to return there on Thursday after being forced to wait in one of Me...

asylum , Mexico , Pilgrims , South American migrants , U.S

6yr old dies after crossing US-Mexico border, more Indians making that journey

By CNN,

On the day she died, the little girl was thousands of miles away from the country where she was born. US Border Patrol agents found her remains thi...

6-year-old from India died , after crossing the US-Mexico border

Cuban migrants escape detention in Mexico

By VOA,

At least 1,300 mainly Cuban migrants fled on foot from an immigration detention center on Mexico’s southern border Thursday in the largest mass esca...

Cuban migrants , Mexico

Mexico sends home more migrants as Trump ramps up pressure

By Reuters,

Mexico has returned 15,000 migrants in the past 30 days, a senior government official said on Tuesday, pointing to an uptick in deportations in the fa...

State of the Nation Address: President Uhuru Kenyatta’s full speech

By Benjamin Muriuki,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thurday said the State of the Nation is "strong, vibrant and beaming with promise." Here is his full speech during this...

State of the nation address

Why ISIS is easier for big tech to fight than white supremacy

By CNN,

Social media networks are facing a reckoning for their role in spreading far-right terrorist propaganda, after a deadly attack on a New Zealand mosqu...

ISIS , social media , white supremacy

Kenyans fault Huduma Namba plan over Mastercard links

By Allan Irungu,

A section of Kenyan lawyers are questioning the Government's motive behind the newly launched Huduma Namba exercise. According to them, data on Ken...

Huduma Namba , National Integrated Identity Management System , NIIMS

U.S. sends first families to Mexico to await asylum, rights groups sue

By Reuters,

The United States began sending Central American families seeking asylum back to Mexico this week, a Mexican immigration source said on Thursday, whil...

asylum , Mexico , U.S

Mexico won’t accept minors awaiting U.S asylum claims

By VOA,

The head of Mexico's immigration agency said Monday that his country won't accept migrants younger than 18 while they await the resolution of their U....

Mexico , migrants , United States , US Asylums

Nearly 1,000 Central American migrants in new caravans enter Mexico

By Reuters,

Almost 1,000 Central American migrants entered southern Mexico on Thursday in a test of the new government’s pledge to manage an ongoing exodus fuel...

Central American migrants , Mexico

Inside the Japan town that pays cash for kids

By CNN,

When Katsunori and Kaori Osaka had their first child, they were living in a cramped apartment in Nagoya, a city of more than 2 million people in centr...

UN reaches ‘remarkable’ but vague ‘milestone’ in anti-slavery fight

By VOA,

Anti-slavery activists on Tuesday hailed a United Nations global pact on migrants as a potential milestone in the fight against human trafficking but ...

anti-slavery activists , United Nations

The UK government says its Brexit deal will hurt the economy

By CNN,

It's official: The British government's plan for leaving the European Union will be bad for the economy. The government published a report Wednesda...

Crime menaces migrants on Mexico border as Tijuana declares crisis

By Reuters,

Unaccompanied minors and other vulnerable migrants risk falling victim to crime in the Mexican border city of Tijuana, where thousands of Central Amer...

LGBT children , Mexican border , Tijuana , U.S. Customs and Border Protection

U.S. judge questions Trump administration on asylum policy

By Reuters,

A U.S. judge closely questioned the government on Monday as he weighed whether to temporarily halt an order from President Donald Trump that bars asyl...

Donald Trump , Judge Jon Tigar , San Francisco federal court

Fertility rates cut in half since 1950-but the population is still growing

By CNN,

The world's total fertility rates has been cut in half since 1950, but the population is still rising, according to a study published Thursday in The ...

author Dr.Christopher Murray , Dr.James Kiarie , Fertility rate

Fertility rates cut in half since 1950 — but the population is still growing

By CNN,

The world's total fertility rate has been cut in half since 1950, but the population is still rising, according to a study published Thursday in The L...

Military takes to streets in Zimbabwe but denies coup

By AFP,

Military vehicles took to the streets of the Zimbabwean capital and prolonged gunfire was heard near the presidential residence early Wednesday as que...

heavy gunfire near mugabe's private residence , Military takes to streets in Zimbabwe but denies coup , military tanks in zimbabwe streets , Robert Mugabe , Zimbabwe

US immigration restrictions may slow medical research

By Reuters,

Recently proposed changes to U.S. immigration policy may slow the progress of medical research, some doctors argue. Nationwide, roughly 18 percent ...