6+ hour, 34+ min ago  (473+ words) The Nigerian government has received another group of 269 Nigerians evacuated from South Africa, as authorities intensify efforts to bring home citizens choosing to leave the country as South Africans stormed the country's streets in protests following the June 30 deadline for…...

7+ hour, 35+ min ago  (784+ words) In Durban, protesters dressed in traditional Zulu attire assembled in a public park carrying sticks and shields while chanting "abahambe", meaning "Let them go", under the watch of heavily deployed security personnel. Thousands of foreign nationals scrambled to leave South…...

13+ hour, 15+ min ago  (518+ words) Some lawyers have instituted a suit against Ghana before the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice, accusing the West African country of violating regional and domestic laws by accepting deportees from the United States under Washington's third-country deportation policy and facilitating…...

1+ day, 10+ min ago  (501+ words) The Nigerian government has commenced another round of evacuations for its citizens stranded in South Africa following renewed xenophobic protests and threats targeting foreign nationals in the country. The presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga disclosed the development in a statement, saying…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (817+ words) South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, has issued a stern warning to groups planning nationwide protests against undocumented immigrants, stressing that while citizens have a constitutional right to protest, no one has the authority to intimidate, attack or unlawfully target foreign…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (395+ words) The Nigerian government has announced that at least 271 Nigerian nationals in South Africa will be repatriated on Tuesday, as it continues its voluntary repatriation programme for citizens seeking to return home following the persisting wave of anti-immigration tensions and xenophobic…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (900+ words) South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has appealed for calm ahead of planned nationwide protests against 'undocumented immigration', warning that while citizens have a constitutional right to demonstrate, acts of violence, intimidation and vigilantism will not be tolerated. In a statement…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (462+ words) The Ugandan government has announced plans to evacuate hundreds of its citizens from South Africa following what it described as escalating anti-migrant violence and xenophobic protests by vigilante groups. In a statement issued on Sunday, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (401+ words) Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria Femi Falana has raised the alarm over what he described as a systematic assault on civil liberties in Nigeria, warning that citizens who exercise constitutional rights to protest are increasingly being prosecuted…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago  (520+ words) More than 700 Nigerians remain stranded in South Africa with only three days left before the June 30 deadline imposed by local anti-immigration groups." Despite President Bola Tinubu approving funds for emergency evacuation operations two weeks ago, bureaucratic bottlenecks within the administrative…...