‘They started throwing stones at my car,’ Kenyans in Johannesburg speak out

By Wangui Ngechu,

A section of Kenyans living in South Africa have expressed fear after the recent spate of xenophobic attacks on foreigners. Speaking to Citizen Dig...

south africa , xenophobic attacks

Over 40 people arrested in South Africa as xenophobic attacks, looting sprees spiral

By Wangui Ngechu,

Police in Johannesburg, South Africa have arrested at least 41 people following Monday’s unrest in what has been deemed as xenophobic attacks on for...

south africa , xenophobic attacks

Kenyans: The grass is greener elsewhere

By Waihiga Mwaura,

I recently hosted a group of 15 young people for a town-hall discussion on the State of the Nation on Citizen TV’s Daybreak show. The youth were ...

African Development Bank , unemployment

Muslims react to New Zealand mosque attacks

By VOA,

The anti-Muslim attacks on the tiny island nation of New Zealand caught the local population by surprise. “This is something that is completely o...

New Zealand

World saddened and angered by New Zealand mosque attacks

By Reuters,

Leaders around the world expressed disgust and sorrow at the killing of at least 49 people in New Zealand mosques on Friday, and some also expressed a...

Venezuela children left behind as parents flee to find work abroad

By Reuters,

Yusneiker and Anthonella have been living with their grandmother since their father left Venezuela and its collapsing economy last year for Peru, to t...

Caracas slum , President Nicolas Maduro , Venezuela

2-Year-old Yemeni boy whose mom sued US to see him has died

By Wendy Abdallah,

The 2-year-old son of a Yemeni woman who sued the Trump administration to let her into the country to be with the ailing boy has died, the Council on ...

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION , UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital

Don’t blame migrants for everything, Pope tells politicians

By Reuters,

Pope Francis on Tuesday condemned nationalist leaders who blame migrants for their countries’ problems and themselves fostered mistrust in society b...

Catholic Church’s World Day of Peace , Matteo Salvini , Pope Francis , U.S President Donald Trump

Don’t blame migrants for everything, Pope tells politicians

By Reuters,

Pope Francis on Tuesday condemned nationalist leaders who blame migrants for their countries’ problems and themselves fostered mistrust in society b...

Catholic Church , Pope Francis , U.N , U.S President Donald Trump , World Day of Peace

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

South Africans protest over illegal foreigners after xenophobic attacks

By VOA,

A new anti-foreigner political party marched in Johannesburg, demanding that non-South Africans leave the country. Also Read: 3400 illegal foreign...

south africa , xenophobia

Find out our A-Z of the 2018 World Cup

By Reuters,

A-Z review of the 2018 World Cup. A - Africa. For the first time since 1982 no African teams made it to the knockout stage. Egypt and Tunisia never...

2018 world cup , Russia 2018 , worldcup2018

Neither George Bush voted for Trump, book author tells New York Times

By Citizen Reporter,

George H.W. Bush and his son George W. Bush did not vote for fellow Republican Donald Trump last year, says the author of a new book on the 41st and 4...

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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

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...

Nigeria says South Africa deported 97 of its citizens after raids

By Reuters,

South Africa has deported 97 Nigerians for various offences following a series of raids, Nigerian officials said on Wednesday, amid heightened bilater...

Trump bars door to refugees, visitors from seven nations

By Reuters,

President Donald Trump on Friday put a four-month hold on allowing refugees into the United States and temporarily barred travelers from Syria and six...

Trump encourages rights abuse: Human Rights Watch

By Joel Muinde,

Donald Trump’s election as the US president after a campaign fomenting hatred and intolerance and the rising influence of political parties in Europ...

Human Rights Watch , Immigration , migration , rights abuse , torture

Hungary prepares for controversial Migrant vote

By VOA,

The question posed to Hungarian voters is relatively simple. Paraphrased: Should the European Union be allowed to tell them how many migrants they mus...

Disbanded FIFA racism task force achieved its goal- Samoura

By AFP,

  Nothing sinister should be read into the disbanding of the FIFA task force on racism as it had simply achieved its goals, FIFA secretary-gen...

Fatma Samoura , FIFA , football , racism