West African slavery lives on, 400 years after transatlantic trade began

By Reuters,

Blessing was only six years old when her mother arranged for her to become an unpaid housemaid for a family in the Nigerian city of Abuja, on the prom...

slavery , west africa , Women Trafficking and Child Labour Eradication Foundation

Trump tells black lawmaker to clean up ‘disgusting, rat and rodent infested’ district

By Reuters,

President Donald Trump hit out at a prominent African-American critic on Saturday, calling him a “brutal bully” who should concentrate on cleaning...

Elijah Cummings , Immigration , President Donald Trump

More than 80 migrants feared drowned off Tunisia coast

By Reuters,

Dozens of African migrants are feared to have drowned after their boat capsized off the coast of Tunisia after setting off for Europe from Libya, a go...

african migrants , drowned , tunisia , UNHCR

Guatemala rounds up dozens of immigrants to send back to their home countries

By CNN,

Guatemala authorities rounded up 96 people as part of an operation to identify unqualified migrants trying to go to the United States and return them ...

Guatemala , migrants , President Donald Trump

Airstrike on Libyan detention center kills 40

By VOA,

The United Nations envoy to Libya says the airstrikes on a detention center for migrants outside of Libya's capital that killed at least 40 people cou...

Africa Union , airstrike , libya , migrants , United Nations

Migrant rescue ship captain regrets Italian docking scare

By Reuters,

The German captain of a migrant-rescue ship who defied an Italian government ban to dock at the island port of Lampedusa expressed regret on Sunday fo...

Carola Rackete , migrants , Minister Matteo Salvini , Sea-Watch 3

UN rescuing thousands of migrants from death in the Sahara

By VOA,

The International Organization for Migration reports it has succeeded in rescuing nearly 20,000 migrants from near death in the Sahara Desert over the...

International Organization for Migration , Migrants crisis , Sahara Desert , The United Nations (UN)

Kenyan immigrant spends a decade fighting deportation

By VOA,

Sylvester Owino is a small business owner in San Diego, California. His family owns Rafikiz Foodz — an authentic African food vendor offering "Kenya...

asylum , Immigrant , kenya , United States

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

African migrant apprehensions spike at Southern US border

By VOA,

The number of African migrants apprehended by U.S. border officials has spiked, from a total of less than a hundred in years past to more than 600 in ...

U.N. refugee agency , US immigration policy

US border patrol arrests 153 Africans at Texas border

By Victor Bwire,

U.S. Border Patrol agents have apprehended more than 150 African immigrants attempting unauthorized crossings into Texas at the U.S. southern border w...

African migrant , Democratic Republic of the Congo(DRC) , US migration ban

149 African migrants evacuated from Libya to Italy

By VOA,

The U.N. refugee agency says it has evacuated 149 refugees and asylum-seekers from the strife-torn Libyan capital of Tripoli and brought them to safet...

italy , libya , refugees , UNHCR

African man found hiding behind car glove box in bid to enter Europe

By CNN,

An African man was found crammed behind the glove box of a car in a bid to get to Europe. He was one of four people spotted in vehicles on the same...

African man , migrants

African refugees evacuated from Libya to Italy, more help needed: U.N.

By Reuters,

A total of 149 Africans in Libya were evacuated to Italy on Thursday, but more states must help people escape deteriorating conditions in Tripoli afte...

Commander Khalifa Haftar , libya , refugees , U.N

Legacy of lunacy haunts old Kenya railway. Will China’s Ksh.364B line be different?

By CNN,

In 1903, British colonial administrator Sir Charles Norton Edgecumbe Eliot made a bold statement: "It is not uncommon for a country to create a rai...

SGR

Three killed in suspected Islamic State attack on southern Libya: official

By Reuters,

Three people were killed on Thursday in a suspected hit-and-run attack by Islamic State militants on a town in southern Libya, residents and a militar...

Libya coast guard detains 113 migrants during lull in fighting

By Reuters,

The Libyan coast guard has stopped 113 migrants trying to reach Italy over the past two days, the United Nations said on Wednesday, as boat departures...

Harry and Meghan, Africa doesn’t want you

By CNN,

Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, may be considering a move to Africa sometime after the birth of their child. Just as with thei...

Meghan Markle. , Prince Harry , queen elizabeth ii , royal family , south africa

Ivanka Trump carries mission of female empowerment to Ivory Coast

By VOA,

U.S. President Donald Trump's daughter and White House advisor, Ivanka, is heading to the Ivory Coast to continue her four-day trip aimed at increasin...

Ivanka Trump

East Libyan warplanes hit Tripoli government positions

By Reuters,

Eastern Libyan forces bogged down in street battles in a push to seize the capital Tripoli deployed warplanes on Friday to hit two government position...

Eastern Libyan forces , Khalifa Haftar