LISTEN: Nigerian Radio Drama Tells True Life Stories of Irregular Migration
Returnee migrants are telling their personal stories on radio as part of the IOM's Migrants as Messengers campaign against irregular migration. Courtesy: Sam Olukoya
LISTEN: Using Football to Educate Nigerians About the Dangers of Irregular...
Hundreds of desperate young Nigerians die yearly in the Sahara Desert or at sea while making irregular journeys to Europe. The desperation to reach...
From Irregular Migrant to Graduate Lawyer: One Woman’s Journey to Success
Masters of Laws student Khoudia Ndiaye will graduate from Senegal’s University Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD) next year. The 24-year-old, who specialised in notarial law...
A Migrant Turned Saviour of Others
Seven years ago, when Cameroon began experiencing inter-regional conflict, Armand Loughy, a 55-year old Cameroonian psychiatrist, strapped her youngest child on her back and...
Why South African Community’s Win Against Mining Company Matters
Sonwabile Mnwana, University of Fort HareA South African High Court has passed an important judgment putting a stop to the pervasive practice by companies...
Gender Inequality is Stunting Economic Progress
‘Do not let us off the hook; keep our feet to the fire’. These were the words of the UN Secretary General Mr. Antonio Guterres when...
Promoting Gender Equality On Front Lines
The UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) assignment of £50m ($64.3m) to help end female genital mutilation (FGM) is great news. The biggest ever...
Empowering Women in Post-Conflict Africa
While its conflict ended in 2007, Northern Uganda struggles with its legacy as one of the most aid-dependent regions in the world.Linda Cole, founder...
Is the United Nations in Kenya Fit For Purpose?
The United Nations globally is witnessing some of the most ambitious reforms led by the UN Secretary General Mr. Antonio Guterres. Most relevant to...
Children Living in Central African Republic’s Displacement Camps Find a Pathway...
From the Ashes of War and Violence Springs Hope
Jospin is a 13-year-old boy living in the Kaga Bandoro Internal Displacement Camp in the Central...
Sudan’s Journalists Face Continued Extortion and Censorship by National Security Agency
The day before Amnesty International released a statement calling on the government of Sudan to end harassment, intimidation and censorship of journalists following the...
African Union Makes Moves to Neutralise Africa’s Main Human Rights Body
For many African activists based on the continent, getting to a major human rights summit just underway in The Gambia is likely to have...
