Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib become first Muslim women elected to U.S. Congress

By Reuters,

Voters in Minnesota and Michigan on Tuesday elected the first two Muslim women to serve in the U.S. Congress, a former refugee who fled Somalia’s ci...

Ilhan Omar , muslim , Rashida Tlaib

Trump Vows Crackdown on Asylum-Seekers ‘Sometime Next Week’

By VOA,

U.S. President Donald Trump again stoked fears Thursday about undocumented immigrants and promised an executive order “sometime next week” that wo...

immigrants , Trump

Somali-American Ilhan Omar set to be first Muslim woman in Congress

By Linda Ngari,

Ilhan Omar landed in the US as a refugee at 12-years-old, fleeing the war in her home country Somalia. 24 years later, Omar stands to make history ...

Ilhan Omar , Minnesota , President Donald Trump , U.S Congressional House of Representatives

Africa’s trafficking gangs flourish as nations fail to work together

By Reuters,

Trafficking gangs are flourishing across Africa through the exploitation of hundreds of thousands of migrants, yet nations are failing to dismantle ne...

african migrants , anti-human trafficking , crime , domestic servitude , forced labour , Mediterranean , Sexual slavery , Trafficking gangs , U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Nairobi on high alert as new polio virus is discovered in Eastleigh

By Mercy Kandie,

Nairobi has been put on high alert following the discovery of a new strain of polio. The Ministry of Health now says it is putting all its resource...

Eastleigh , ministry of health , Nairobi , Polio , Polio outbreak , vaccination

Somali migrants speak of horror and abuse in Libya

By VOA,

It was an emotional moment for the nearly dozen Somali migrants who were repatriated to Mogadishu from Libya on Saturday. Some fell to their knees,...

African Union Commissions , Ahmed Abdikarim Nur , Bani Walid , International Organization for Migration (IOM) , Kufra detention center , libya , Mahdi Mohamed Guled , Moussa Faki Mahamat , somali migrants , Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo , Somalia's Deputy Prime Minister , United Nations Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) , VOA's Somali service

Supreme Court allows Trump travel ban to take effect pending appeal

By AFP,

The US Supreme Court said Monday that the government could fully enforce a revised ban on travelers from six mainly Muslim countries pending appeal, b...

Chad Travel ban , Donald Trump , High Court and Supreme Court , Iran , somalia , Syria , US Travel ban , Yemen

BWIRE: Refugees in East Africa urgently need government support and protection

By Victor Bwire,

There is an urgent need from Governments in the East Africa region and international players to establish protection and support mechanisms that will ...

Government of Ethiopia , human rights of refugees and migrants , Migrants moving across Weighing the Risks , political situation in South Sudan , United National High Commission for Refugees (UNCHR)

New travel ban include North Korea, Venezuela

By Reuters,

President Donald Trump on Sunday slapped new travel restrictions on citizens from North Korea, Venezuela and Chad, expanding to eight the list of coun...

Anti-Trump forces Look for breakthrough in Wisconsin , NORTH KOREA TRAVEL BAN , UN SANCTIONS ON NORTH KOREA , US SANCTIONS ON NORTH KOREA

Foreigners in S. Africa: Xenophobic Attacks a Daily Danger

By VOA,

South Africa grabbed international attention earlier this year with images of angry demonstrators attacking foreign residents and their businesses. Th...

Ali Kiba attacked in South Africa , Protests turn violent in South Africa's North West province , South africa xenophobic attacks , xenophobic attacks

Trump deports five Kenyans over immigration issues

By Citizen Reporter,

Five Kenyans and 67 Somalia nationals have been deported from the U.S. over immigration issues. Police and immigration officials said a private pla...

US Expected to Return 4,000 Somali Migrants to Their Homeland

By Reuters,

Somalia's U.S. ambassador says his embassy has learned that U.S. immigration agents are planning to deport about 4,000 Somali nationals now living in ...

america , Donald Trump , Somalia immigrants

Somalis fleeing Yemen war caught in nighttime sea attack

By Reuters,

Three rockets that fell in the darkness nearby were the first sign of trouble for 150 Somali migrants packed into a boat off Yemen's coast earlier thi...

Al Shabaab , pirates , somalia , Yemen

Somaliland drought “a nightmare” and a security threat- Minister

By Reuters,

Prolonged drought in Somaliland has killed between 65 and 80 percent of the semi-autonomous region's livestock, creating conditions that are "the wors...

In South Africa, immigration feeds corrupt officials and race hate

By Reuters,

In 2010 police in Johannesburg shot Justin Ejimkonye, a Nigerian migrant, in the leg. The reason why is unclear: It took the police 18 months to charg...

MWANGI: Why xenophobia and integration are strange bedfellows

By Isaac Mwangi,

Yet again, South Africa is back in the news regarding ongoing threats against black African immigrants. Deadly xenophobic attacks have taken place sev...

South African police break up anti-immigrant protests

By Reuters,

South African police fired tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets to disperse rival marches by hundreds of protesters in Pretoria on Friday, after ...

anti-immigrants protests , south africa , South africa xenophobic attacks

Speaker Muturi defends Kenya in refugees row

By Robin Njogu,

National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi on Monday urged the international community to address the issue of refugee crisis in Africa, especially in Ke...

Dadaab , Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery , National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi , refugees , somalia

Some airlines board barred passengers after blow to Trump travel ban

By Reuters,

Citizens of seven mainly Muslim countries banned from the United States by President Donald Trump can resume boarding U.S.-bound flights, several majo...

Refugees Face Uncertain Future in Indonesia after Trump Suspends Resettlement

By VOA,

U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to block entry to the U.S. for citizens of seven Muslim majority nations has sparked a huge popular backlash, b...