Tens of thousands of Africans – men, women and children fleeing their homeland – attempt to make the perilous trip from their home countries to Europe every year, seeking refuge, asylum and economic opportunity. Some travel thousands of miles overland, being handed from smuggler to smuggler, ending up at one of many ports in northern […]
Read MoreThe seventh African Green Revolution Forum, taking place in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, from September 4-8, 2017, will focus on “Accelerating Africa’s Path to Prosperity: Growing Economies and Jobs through Agriculture”. Agriculture is booming in Africa and holds the greatest opportunity to boost African economies, build rural economies, lift millions out of poverty, and create jobs – […]
Read MoreGENEVA — An airlift is under way to repatriate some 15,000 African migrants, who are being held in abusive detention conditions in Libya. The International Organization for Migration says it expects to complete the operation before the end of the year. The repatriation operation was triggered by recent reports of rampant migrant abuse in Libya, […]
Read MoreIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on January 3, 2018 (AFP Photo/Tsafrir ABAYOV) Jerusalem (AFP) – Israel on Wednesday began implementing a plan to force tens of thousands of African migrants out of the country by April, threatening to arrest those who stay. “This plan will get under way today,” Prime Minister […]
Read MoreJosefa Sacko, KAMPALA. — Experts meeting in Uganda have urged African leaders to honour their pledges of investing 10 percent of their national budgets in agriculture if they are to pull millions of their citizens out of poverty.A new report issued by Oxfam, an international charity organization, on Thursday showed that although many countries pledged to increase […]
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