By News24, Malawi has come under fire from human rights activists for locking up 119 Ethiopian illegal migrants in its prisons. Human rights activists faulted the southern African nation for its policy of jailing immigrants who were arrested over illegal entry and travelling without documents. A local non-government organisation, Centre for Human Rights Education, Advice […]
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By Arthur Chatora | for AFP, The dreams of hundreds of Ethiopian migrants headed for South Africa are defeated in Malawi as they remain detained in overcrowded prisons waiting for repatriation for immigration offences. South Africa remains the overwhelming migrant choice for many Africans but the journey to what many believe is the land of […]
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By Chancy Namadzunda, THE Dowa First Grade Magistrate has found 71 Ethiopian nationals guilty of illegal entry and have been sentenced to pay a fine of k5,000.00 each and three months in jail with hard labour. The illegal lags were answering the offence of entering the country illegal in which they all admitted the charge.
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By Nysa Times, MALAWI Police last week swooped 100 Ethiopian illegal migrants in Karonga near the border with Tanzania who entered the country without authorised documents. Karonga police spokesperson Enock Livason said the Ethiopian migrants were arrested together with five Malawians who had facilitated their illegal entry.
Continue ReadingBy Sophia Tesfamariam, Professor Ali A. Mazrui, Director of the Institute of Global Cultural Studies and Albert Schweitzer Professor in the Humanities State University of New York, in his 2003 article “Between Pax Americana and Pax Africana“, wrote about the effects of the September 11 attacks on Africa and US policy in Africa . Professor […]
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