More than 3,500 Ghanaians who left the country in search of greener pastures have been assisted to voluntarily return home since 2017; data from the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Ghana has shown. Of the figure, over 3,200 are males with the rest comprising; women and children, while the majority of the adults fall between […]
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Opposition MPs Ordered to Apologise for Disrupting Parliament Julius Malema and five other Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) MPs have been ordered to apologise to Parliament, the President, and the people of South Africa for their conduct during this year’s State of the Nation Address.Parliament’s Powers and Privileges Committee suspended the MPs without pay for a month […]
A new treaty on migration between the United Kingdom and Rwanda will respond to concerns raised by the UK Supreme Court, according to the government of Rwanda. Speaking to British television Sky News after the November 15 UK Supreme Court ruling that challenged a migration deal signed in April 2022, government spokesperson Yolande Makolo said […]
The Consul-General of Nigeria in New York, Amb. Lot Egopija, says the Federal Government is working to boost passport application processing system in the U.S. and other Nigerian missions abroad. Egopija gave the assurance at a hybrid town hall meeting with the Nigerian community in New York and areas under New York Jurisdiction. The meeting […]
Harare — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledged to present emergency legislation verifying Rwanda’s status as a secure nation. This comes shortly after the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom declared that the government’s scheme to transfer Rwandan asylum seekers back to their country of origin, was illegal. Human rights organisations welcomed the Supreme Court’s […]
The United Kingdom’s Supreme Court decision on the Rwanda-UK Migration and Economic Development Partnership “is ultimately a decision for the UK’s judicial system,” the Spokesperson of the government of Rwanda, Yolande Makolo, said on Wednesday, November 15. But she refuted claims that Rwanda is not a safe third country for asylum seekers and refugees, in […]
Harare — The UK Supreme Court has declared the UK government’s policy of sending certain asylum seekers to Rwanda illegal, BBC reports. The Court ruled that there was a chance that any asylum applicant brought there would be sent back home, in violation of both UK and international human rights legislation. It also mentioned Rwanda’s history […]
As it is for the big Ugandan diaspora communities in the USA, UK, Netherlands, and United Arab Emirates (UAE) where annual conventions have been the trademark, the South African Ugandan Diaspora community is set to hold their first-ever convention. The convention has been announced by the Uganda High Commission in Pretoria is for November 18 […]
The United Kingdom’s Supreme Court will, on Wednesday, November 15, deliver its ruling on whether the country can go ahead with its plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. Inked in 2022, the agreement concerns all the migrants and asylum seekers who arrived in the UK illegally from January 1, 2022, aiming at relocating them […]
Permit holders protected until at least June 2024 An urgent application brought by the Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) to protect the rights of Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders was dismissed by the Pretoria High Court. The court said the application was not needed and confirmed the validity of the ZEPs and protections afforded to permit […]
Senegal is reeling after the death of Pape Ibrahim Gueye, better known as Papito Kara on social networks. Known for his humorous press reviews, Papito Kara died aboard an illegal canoe bound for the Spanish Canary Islands as the country experiences a massive departure of migrants this year. Frozen to death on the road to […]
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has introduced visa-free travel for all Africans, making Rwanda the fourth African country to do so. “Let there be no mistake about it. Any African can get on a plane to Rwanda whenever they wish and will not pay a thing to enter our country,” President Kagame said on Thursday. He […]
President of Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Cyril Usifoh, says the 7,000 pharmacists left Nigeria in search of better practice environment abroad. More than 7,000 pharmacists emigrated from Nigeria in the last two years, President of Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Cyril Usifoh, a professor, said on Tuesday in Gombe, the Gmobe State capital. Mr […]
Brazzaville — Kenyan President William Ruto said on Saturday that Kenya will lift visa requirements for all Africans by the end of 2023 with the aim of boosting trade with African countries. “By the end of this year, no African will need a visa to enter Kenya. The time has come to understand the importance […]
The NIS boss expressed concerns about alleged acts of misconduct of some officials over non-compliance with ministerial directives on the timeline of passport administration. Caroline Adepoju, Acting Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), has directed an investigation into some complaints of alleged misconduct against officers of the service in some passport offices across the country. […]
In its latest report, Human Rights Watch (HRW) seeks to undermine the UK government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. HRW’s latest report has been described as yet ‘another deceitful’ attempt to distort the country’s image. By accusing Rwanda of human rights violations and violence, the organisation, whose reports over the last decades have […]
Nairobi — The Directorate of Criminal Investigation’s Transnational Organized Crime unit is holding fifteen suspects in connection with corruption allegations at the Immigration Department in Nyayo House, Nairobi. The arrests announced Friday, came weeks after the Cabinet Secretary for Interior Kithure Kindiki ordered a probe following public outcry over officials demanding bribes to process passport […]
Leadership of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) disclosed that 112,351 out of the 204,332 cleared passport backlog across the country were yet to be collected . The acting comptroller-general of the service, Mrs. Caroline Adepoju Wura-Ola, who made the disclosure while briefing newsmen yesterday in Abuja, appealed to applicants, who had applied in any of […]