White House Curbs Immigration for 6 Nations in Election-Year Push
Jan 31, 2020 Immigrants from Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Eritrea, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania face restrictions in obtaining certain visas, but not a travel ban.
Ethiopia’s Reformist PM Abiy Ahmed Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Oct 11, 2019 His sweeping reforms and embrace of a bitter rival are called an inspiration and hopeful counterpoint to strongman movements beyond Africa.
Black Lives Don’t Matter in Israel
May 3, 2018 Benjamin Netanyahu's war on African refugees is worse than imagined—as one Eritrean discovered after human traffickers kidnapped him in Tel Aviv.Israel in Deal to Resettle Africa Migrants, Then Backtracks
Apr 2, 2018 Netanyahu announces a deal with the U.N. to resettle African migrants in Western nations, then, hours later, puts the agreement on hold to discuss it with residents in areas of south Tel Aviv with large migrant populations.
What We Can Learn About Human Rights From ‘Wise Fools’
Mar 12, 2018 To celebrate World Storytelling Day this year, Storytellers for Peace created a video with 10 artists from five continents.Thousands of African Migrants Protest Israel Deportations
Feb 7, 2018 “We are not criminals. We are refugees,” the asylum seekers outside the Rwandan Embassy in Israel chanted, calling on Rwanda not to cooperate with Israel's plan to deport them to that country.Israelis Protest Pending Deportation of African Migrants
Jan 30, 2018 Pilots, doctors, writers, former ambassadors and Holocaust survivors are appealing to Prime Minister Netanyahu to halt a plan to deport tens of thousands of African migrants, saying it is unethical.
Refugees Storm Tel Aviv, Demand Fair Treatment
Dec 23, 2013 Thousands of asylum seekers from Eritrea, North Sudan and elsewhere in Africa marched through the streets of Tel Aviv on Saturday to demand asylum from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and resist their placement in camps in the Negev Desert.
Climate Change Adds to East Africa’s Food Plight
Dec 20, 2013 Climate change poses a serious threat to farming in East Africa, a region that depends on agriculture and whose population is growing very fast.
Ethiopian Strongman Zenawi Dies
Aug 21, 2012 Meles Zenawi, iron-fisted prime minister of Ethiopia for 21 years and a key ally in the U.S. war on terror, died Monday of an undisclosed illness. He was 57.
