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Sadc ignores Mozambique civil unrest
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) held an extraordinary summit in Harare yesterday, where regional leaders largely overlooked the ongoing civil unrest in Mozambique, which has erupted ...Published: 11 hrs ago | 452 | by Staff reporter
Malawi rolls out dual citizenship to Malawians living in Zimbabwe
For 59-year-old Ms. Rita Kasichi, a Zimbabwean of Malawian descent, the dream of visiting her extended family in Malawi is finally within reach after being unable to acquire a passport for decades. Bo...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 08:46hrs | 17976 | by Staff reporter
IOM Council chair visits Zimbabwe and South Africa
The Chair of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Council and Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Katharina Stasch, has visited Zimbabwe and...Published: 08 Oct 2024 at 09:42hrs | 956 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe govt dismisses 'statelessness' report
The Zimbabwean government has strongly criticized an Amnesty International report that highlights the marginalization of migrant workers and their families due to the country's discriminatory and arbi...Published: 18 Jun 2024 at 06:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Record-breaking global migration - Unprecedented displacement spurs demand for people-focused solutions
On 14 June, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) issued his flagship annual report, Global Trends: Forced Displacement 2022. It states that by the end of 2022, the number of people displaced ...Published: 16 Nov 2023 at 13:14hrs | 14 | by Lansana Gberie
US Afghanistan spies enter Zimbabwe to fight for asylum in South Africa
THE group of 22 Afghan nationals, who worked closely with United States military and security agencies after the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attack on Americ...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 09:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Kenya's Shona community votes for the first time in 50 years
They stood out as they queued to vote in various polling stations in Kinoo ward, Kikuyu constituency, in Kiambu County.Shona community women clad in white dresses, white headgear, and children...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is home to over 22 000 refugees
ZIMBABWE is now home to about 22 568 asylum seekers escaping conflicts in countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Burundi, Rwanda and Mozambique.Figures released by the Unite...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt sued for detaining minors
CIVIC groups have taken government to court for detaining minors in the same prison cells as their convicted parents.The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum and the Justice for Children (JCT) yest...Published: 11 May 2022 at 09:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe deports DRC refugees who allegedly looted food at refugee camp
The Zimbabwean government deported about 70 refugees back to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in violation of international humanitarian law, the United States Embassy in Harare said....Published: 19 Apr 2022 at 10:19hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Black students in Ukraine subjected to racism
I was awakened by a loud sound. I looked out through the window from my 18th floor room and saw thick black smoke coming up I could not see where was it coming from. I then heard people screaming and ...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 08:12hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe shelters 20 000 refugees, asylum seekers
ZIMBABWE is home to over 20 000 refugees and asylum seekers, mostly from sub-Saharan Africa, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) revealed yesterday.In a statement, UNHCR ...Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 05:43hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Botswana court shuts out Zimbabwean refugees
A COURT in Botswana has turned down an application by Zimbabwean refugees seeking to avoid deportation after the neighbouring country cancelled their refugee status.Media reports from that cou...Published: 16 Dec 2021 at 23:27hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa has let me down'
THE estranged wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, Marry Mubaiwa says her battles with her husband were no longer a private and family issue but for Zimbabwean women to also intervene and assi...Published: 16 Nov 2021 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
ILO, SAMM condusts virtual media training for SADC journalists
The International Labour Organization (ILO) with the support of the Southern Africa Migration Management Project (SAMM) has organised the virtual media training programme for the journalists in Southe...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 09:54hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe: A farmer harvests success in refugee camp
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - When Jean Damacene arrived at the Tongogara Refugee Camp in Zimbabwe, he was 38 years old and hoping to return to his country Rwanda soon. Eighteen years later, the maize farmer...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 14:14hrs | 1 | by APO
Children of illegal migrants face statelessness
THERE is a growing population of stateless children born to illegal Zimbabwean immigrants in foreign countries, new study reveals.The study, titled Cursed with Statelessness: Consequences of D...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 07:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
5 Zimbabweans resist deportation from Botswana
FIVE Zimbabwean nationals based in Botswana are resisting deportation citing fear of political persecution, NewsDay reported.The five Zimbabwean nationals, led by Terrence Charuma, are challen...Published: 23 Jun 2021 at 08:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
We are like 'stray animals'
According to the United nations High commissioner for refugees (UNHCR), the exact number of stateless people globally is not known.However, the Un refugee Agency estimates that there are many ...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:17hrs | | by Amnesty International
Zimbabwean refugees return from Botswana
FORTY-EIGHT Zimbabweans who were refugees in Botswana returned home yesterday following a joint initiative by Government, Botswana as well as the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR). Most of...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army deserters fight deportation from Botswana
AT LEAST 300 Zimbabwean political refugees, some of them army deserters, are fighting imminent deportation from Botswana.They fled to Botswana in 2008 during a violent election season that for...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 16:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt should stop abductions, torture or face music, says ex-UN boss
FORMER United Nations Human Rights Commissioner (UNHRC) on Wednesday said the Zimbabwe government should stop abductions and torture of activists or face international isolation.The former UNH...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-minister petitions UN agency over Gukurahundi genocide
THE United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) must step in to stop a culture of State-sponsored human rights violations as the "price of silence is huge", former National Healing minister Moses Mzil...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
4,000 shonas to get Kenyan IDs
The dream of recognition for at least 4 000 members of the Zimbabwean community living in Kenya came closer to reality at last as the government began issuing them with birth certificates.For ...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
UAE to maintain support for African refugees
The United Arab Emirates has vowed to continue with their assistance for refugees scattered right across the African continent.Addressing the opening ceremony of the 2nd ordinary session of th...Published: 11 May 2019 at 20:04hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Gukurahundi victims snub repatriation offer
THE Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army Veterans Association on Sunday held a meeting to lobby government to facilitate the return of their exiled colleagues who fled the country in the 1980s at the ...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 08:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
4000 Shonas seek citizenship in Kenya
At least 4000 people of Shona origin living in Kenya have launched a bid to attain citizenship after their families have been residing in Kenya for close to 60 years and yet they have remained undocum...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 20:53hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa 'deeply saddened' by the sudden death of Kofi Annan
Zimbabwean opposition leader Nelson Chamisa says he is "deeply saddened" by the sudden death of "the iconic Kofi Annan" whom he met "a few days go" just before the Zimbabwe elections.The focus...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 14:12hrs | | by AP
Biti's deportation from Zambia was illegal
THE United Nations (UN) and European Union (EU) have raised the red flag over the alleged illegal deportation, arrest and persecution of opposition MDC Alliance co-principal Tendai Biti and called on ...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Moza to discuss refugees repatriation
THE United Nations High Commission on Refugee (UNHCR) in conjunction with Zimbabwean and Mozambican Governments have set in motion plans to begin repatriation of Mozambican refugees to their native co...Published: 06 May 2018 at 09:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
How SA Home Affairs has been putting asylum seekers at risk
In July 2012 the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) closed its Refugee Reception Office (RRO) in Cape Town. Despite two court orders to do so and devastating consequences for asylum seekers, it has fail...Published: 04 Apr 2018 at 22:09hrs | | by Leigh Hamilton
Zimbabwean family leaves Bangkok after living at airport for 3 months
A Zimbabwean family, who had been living at Bangkoko's Suvarnabhumi airport for the past three months, has finally left Thailand, reports said on Tuesday.The family of ...Published: 23 Jan 2018 at 12:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean family still stranded at Bangkok airport
A Zimbabwean family of eight is still stranded at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport, three months after they were denied boarding flights to Spain because they had overstayed their Thai tourist vis...Published: 17 Jan 2018 at 11:12hrs | 3 | by Coconuts
UN to assist Zimbabwean family stranded for months at airport in Bangkok
BANGKOK - The United Nations said it is working to assist a Zimbabwean family of eight who have been living in a Bangkok airport for months because they fear persecution in their home country....Published: 29 Dec 2017 at 21:44hrs | 1 | by UPI
Mnangagwa urges Rwanda refugees to return home
Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday urged Rwandan refugees to return home to vote in presidential elections this week.Mnangagwa re-affirmed the United Nations' call to repatriate Rwand...Published: 03 Aug 2017 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Children to pay the price for Trump's 'Muslim ban'?
As U.S. President Donald Trump's revised travel ban takes effect, an upcoming Fault Lines documentary on Al Jazeera highlights the consequences of a blanket policy that closes America's doors to those...Published: 14 Mar 2017 at 10:46hrs | | by Kevin Kriedemann & Joy Sapieka
Africa most affected by refugee crisis - Ethiopia and Uganda praised for open-door policy
As Germany, France and other European countries contend with an unprecedented influx of refugees from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere, shocking tales of women and children drowning in the Medit...Published: 17 Dec 2016 at 06:55hrs | | by Sulaiman Momodu
UDF Zimbabwe diaspora outreach policy
Background Ten to fifteen years ago it would have been inconceivable to start a Zimbabwean political party in the Diaspora. This was due to the little or no impact that it could have had on th...Published: 06 Sep 2016 at 19:58hrs | | by Roberta Senzelumusa Moyo
South Africa 'secretly deporting Zimbabweans'
Asylum seekers The Citizen spoke to said 'it seems to be up to your luck if you get asked to go to the "deportation room"'.According to two Malawian brothers who have been living in South ...Published: 22 Jun 2016 at 07:24hrs | | by The Citizen
Kenyan plan to close world's largest refugee camp
Last night on The Stream on Al Jazeera, author Ben Rawlence:• Dismissed the terrorism threat posed by Dadaab• Claimed "Refugees are being used as a bargaining chip here"• Claimed Ken...Published: 26 May 2016 at 15:48hrs | | by Al Jazeera
Xenophobia attacks erupts in Zambia
Foreign nationals, among them Zimbabweans, were forced to seek refuge at police stations in parts of the Zambian capital Lusaka following what was seen as an outbreak of afrophobic attacks on foreigne...Published: 20 Apr 2016 at 06:41hrs | | by Walter Nyamukondiwa
General Procedure: Application for Asylum and Refugee Status in South Africa
An Asylum Seeker He is a person who has fled his or her country of origin and is seeking recognition and protection as a refugee in the Republic of Sout...Published: 01 Apr 2016 at 13:39hrs | | by Velempini Ndlovu
Zimbabwe raps Clinton, UN agencies
GOVERNMENT is disturbed that some United Nations agencies have turned themselves into lobby groups who think they have the locus standi to snipe at a sitting Head of State and Government like Presiden...Published: 06 Oct 2015 at 06:19hrs | | by Takunda Maodza
SA to deport over 2000 refugees
About 2000 Angolan refugees - many of whom have been living in South Africa for as long as 18 years - face deportation following the withdrawal of their refugee status...Published: 06 Sep 2015 at 08:30hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Could a UN Transitional Authority rescue Zimbabwe from a failed state?
Inspired by Ndamu Sandu's "Giants feel the heat as economy tumbles," The Zimbabwe Standard, 19 July 2015, the author argues that a UN Transitional Authority could rescue Zimbabwe from a failed state....Published: 20 Jul 2015 at 10:04hrs | | by Clifford Chitupa Mashiri, 19 July 2015.
Refuges plead for sources of livelihood in camps
About 2 600 refugees at Dukwi Refugee Camp in Botswana have expressed their desire to earn a living through work instead of being reduced to mere charity cases.Speaking at the World Refuge...Published: 28 Jun 2015 at 11:24hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
14 Zimbabweans holed up in SA xenophobia camp
FOURTEEN Zimbabweans who were displaced during the recent spate of xenophobic attacks in South Africa are still living at Chatsworth Camp in Durban in KwaZulu-Natal.The group is part of those ...Published: 28 May 2015 at 06:58hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Xenophobic attacks and mass deportations in SA are different sides of the same coin
Whilst the world is still shocked and overwhelmed by the heartless, barbaric and inhuman violence meted on foreign nationals in South Africa, the well calculated second segment of the deplorable plan ...Published: 13 May 2015 at 11:21hrs | | by Wangu - Mine
Refugees turn to Ethiopia for safety and asylum
Country now hosts the largest number of refugees in AfricaAs a 17-year-old boy, James Gaw Tot fled war in South Sudan to the safety of Ethiopia. Little...Published: 07 May 2015 at 06:46hrs | | by Sulaiman Momodu
Refugees turn to Ethiopia for safety and asylum, Country now hosts the largest number of refugees in Africa
As a 17-year-old boy, James Gaw Tot fled war in South Sudan to the safety of Ethiopia. Little did he know he would call this country his home for the next 23 years. Today, still a refugee...Published: 06 May 2015 at 09:10hrs | | by Sulaiman Momodu
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