BY ABDIYARE SALAD East Africa today hosts one of the largest refugee populations in the world. From the sprawling settlement of Bidi Bidi in Uganda to Kenya’s Kakuma and Dadaab camps, millions displaced by war, persecution, and hunger are struggling to rebuild their lives. Conflict in Sudan, South Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo…
By ABDIYARE SALAD In Kampala, immigration enforcement has intensified in recent months, targeting undocumented foreigners in urban neighborhoods. While officials describe these operations as necessary for law and order, many of those affected are refugees and asylum seekers—individuals who fled violence and persecution, only to find themselves trapped in limbo by Uganda’s suspension of refugee…
By Abdiyare Salad Ali | Kampala, Uganda In the sweltering heat of Jilib, a farming town in southern Somalia, 34-year-old Asha Ali sits outside her thatched hut, cradling her malnourished son. “I walked for two days to reach a clinic,” she says, her voice weary. “But they told me there were no medicines. Here, we…
BY ABDIYARE SALAD East Africa today hosts one of the largest refugee populations in the world. From the sprawling settlement of Bidi Bidi in Uganda to Kenya’s Kakuma and Dadaab camps, millions displaced by war, persecution, and hunger are struggling to rebuild their lives. Conflict in Sudan, South Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo…
By ABDIYARE SALAD In Kampala, immigration enforcement has intensified in recent months, targeting undocumented foreigners in urban neighborhoods. While officials describe these operations as necessary for law and order, many of those affected are refugees and asylum seekers—individuals who fled violence and persecution, only to find themselves trapped in limbo by Uganda’s suspension of refugee…
By Abdiyare Salad Ali | Kampala, Uganda In the sweltering heat of Jilib, a farming town in southern Somalia, 34-year-old…
BY ABDIYARE SALAD East Africa today hosts one of the largest refugee populations in the world. From the sprawling settlement…
By ABDIYARE SALAD In Kampala, immigration enforcement has intensified in recent months, targeting undocumented foreigners in urban neighborhoods. While officials…
By TESFA-ALEM TEKLE Ayssaita, Afar Region, Ethiopia – In a powerful display of unity and resolve, thousands of Red Sea…
By EFREM TESFAGABR In a notable diplomatic development, U.S. President Donald J. Trump has sent a personal letter to Eritrean…
By TESFA-ALEM TEKLE A senior Ethiopian official has rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s claims that the United States has financed…
By TESFA-ALEM TEKLE The Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization (RSADO), an Eritrean political and armed opposition group representing the Afar…
By EFREM TESFAGABR The Eritrean Red Sea Afar People’s General Conference, a landmark gathering organized by the Red Sea Afar…
By TESFA-ALEM TEKLE The United States has announced a major change to its visa policy for Ethiopian nationals, reducing the…
By TESFA-ALEM TEKLE A new report released Monday by Amnesty International has raised international alarm over the rising number of…
