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

MUNYAGA: Media needs partnership to change Africa

By Mboneko Munyaga,

Outgoing African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson, Ms Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has challenged present day African journalists to popularise Agenda 206...

Will Brexit Cost Breakup of Britain?

By VOA,

Scotland’s government has demanded a second referendum on independence following Britain’s vote last month to leave the European Union. Recent ...

Austrian Parliament Approves Tough Asylum Laws

By VOA,

The Austrian parliament approved Europe's strictest asylum laws Thursday in response to the migrant crisis in the continent. The bill, which passed...

KARANJA: American dog whistle political chickens coming home to roost

By Citizen Reporter,

By Karanja Gaçuça, US Last Saturday, Donald Trump campaign rallies descended into total chaos with one rally in the very ethnically mixed second ...

Obama, Pope top Kenya’s Google search this year

By Wangui Ngechu,

A report revealing this year’s top searches on Google has now been released. The search report offers a snapshot of the issues that concerned Ken...

beatification , Eurobond , Fidel Odinga , Gloria Muliro , Google , obama , xenophobia

American Muslims fear a new wave of Islamophobia

By Agencies,

Muslim Americans responded with a mix of frustration, exasperation and anger to what many see as a growing wave of Islamophobia fueled by two of the R...

bigotry , islam , islamophobia , religon

‘Dump Trump’ protests in Washington D.C.

By Koome Kimonye,

Dozens of protesters gathered outside of Donald Trump's planned luxury hotel at the Old Post Office Building in Washington, D.C. on Thursday to urge v...

KIRUKU: Xenophobia Not Unique to South Africa

By Citizen,

The outbreak of xenophobia that erupted in the country’s eastern port city of Durban has in its wake left five people dead and another 5,000 for...

South Africa Celebrates Freedom Day Despite Xenophobia Unrests

By Citizen,

The day is widely seen as marking the start of a free South Africa after the fall of apartheid, a system of racial segregation implemented by the whit...