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141. Are election observer reports worth the paper they’re written on?

Election observers from the East African Community and elsewhere in the world are already trooping into Kampala. President Yoweri Museveni will be seeking a further five-year term in the coming…

142. Migrants and the ‘business’ of the boat journey from Libya to Europe

In migrants’ daily life in Libya, they were often exposed to various forms of violence by different actors – militias, security forces, criminal gangs – and to arbitrary arrest and detention, often…

143. Burundi: what can actually be done?

The violence in Burundi is evolving and getting worse. Challenges to President Pierre Nkurunziza’s rule are becoming professionalised, as demonstrated by the attacks on two military camps in…

144. Burundi rebels say trained by Rwandan military - U.N. experts

A confidential report to the United Nations Security Council accuses Rwanda of recruiting and training Burundian refugees with the goal of ousting Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza.

145. Philanthropists shouldn’t shape our national agenda

Mr William Henry Gates III (better known as Bill Gates), the American tycoon, has struck again. On January 22, he informed the Wall Street Journal that Kenya had legalised the cultivation of…

146. Tough rules to limit envoys’ movements

Foreign missions and international organisations will now have to seek government clearance for all their planned activities, including who and when they meet leaders of various political parties.

147. MIGRO ERGO SUM – I Migrate, Therefore I Am – Social Pressure as a Driver of Economic Migration from West Africa

Migration is a business which represents millions of dollars in revenue circulating in the informal economies of countries along select routes. Migrants claim that in order to cross the Agadez region…

148. What incentives does Niger have for cracking down on migrant smuggling? Not many

Agadez, a small city deep in Niger’s northern desert, has become the hub for trans-Saharan migration. A reported 3,000 people a week, from all over West Africa and the Horn, have been congregating…

149. Ugandan ‘Housemaids’ Flown Home after Being ‘Trafficked’ in Saudi Arabia

A group of Ugandan women were flown out of Saudi Arabia this week by their government and returned home, after being victims of human trafficking, reports the BBC.

150. Deadly Journeys and Disappointing Arrivals: the Role of Africa in Europe’s Migration “Crisis”

The media focus on the dramatic journeys of Syrians to Europe neglects another set of journeys that are at least as dramatic and actually much more deadly. Thousands of people are also coming from…