Month: April 2022

Nairobi – Ministers from 11 countries in East Africa and the Horn of Africa signed two agreements last week, pledging to work together more closely to harness the benefits of migration for the benefit of the sustainable development and economic growth,…

Authorities in Cameroon say anglophone separatists have joined forces with Nigerian militants to shut down nearly all trade across the two countries’ border. Cameroon depends on Nigeria for 70% of basic commodities and most of them are transported acro…

En el marco de la emergencia por la COVID-19, desde el 19 de marzo del 2020, el Gobierno de Costa Rica mantiene cerrada su frontera terrestre con Panamá para la Operación Binacional Flujo Controlado, la cual procuraba una migración ordenada y segura de…

NAIROBI, The number of children facing severe drought conditions across the Horn of Africa has increased by more than 40 per cent in the space of two months, warns UNICEF. Between February and April, the number of children facing the impact of drought …

Egypt released more than three dozen prisoners on Sunday, a week before the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which is typically a time of amnesty, a political party and state-run media said.Political activists and family members confirmed sever…

Since floods killed 440 people and left many thousands more homeless last week in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), South Africa, UNAIDS has been working with communities, civil society and government leaders to respond.Together with the UN system in South Africa, …

It was a special occasion when about 300 invitees turned up for iftar at the Migration Response Centre (MRC) managed by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Obock, Djibouti.They included representatives from the local authority, women…