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The events that defined migration in 2025
Throughout 2025, InfoMigrants followed the political developments across Europe as well as in transi...
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Inside South Africa's battle against illegal migration
During the 2024/25 festive season, border guards screened millions of travellers and intercepted tho...
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Top 10 African Countries with the Most Open Visa Policies in 2025
Table of Contents10. Sierra Leone9. Burundi8. Mauritius7. Mozambique6. Cabo Verde5. Ghana4. Benin3....
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Africa’s Invisible Walls: The Hidden Barriers to Continental Integration
By Ziad HamouiWhen a Nigerian general recently floated the idea of fencing the country’s borders to...
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Africa’s single market will fail without a supranational court
Picture this: over a century ago, in the stately halls of Berlin, seven European powers, Britain, Fr...
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Afar tribe seeks Israeli support amid Iranian expansion and Eritrean repression
The name of the Sunni Afar tribe, spread across the Horn of Africa—in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti...
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Reimagining African Borders as Bridges, Not Barriers
By Wafula OkumuThe 1.9-kilometre Senegambia bridge has significantly improved cross-border relations...
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How to turn Nigeria into true federation
August 18, 2021 By Jerome-Mario Utomi THERE are many reasons Nigeria must take the present call for...
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Need to uphold principle of intangibility of borders inherited at independence
20 August 2021 Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad, Ramtane Lamamra,...
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Would redrawing of regional borders make Uganda happy?
24 August 2021 By Joachim Buwembo We Ugandans love history.This love for things past almost led us t...
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Dividends of Peaceful Borders (Africa Focus)
Project Overview: This project will produce a comprehensive, multi-audience research and advocacy pa...
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Beyond Borders—Advancing Regional Integration in Africa
Project Overview:Borders in Africa symbolise a rich tapestry of history, culture, and economics. Whi...
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