JOE MWIHIA, JOSPHAT KASIRE and BEN CURTIS / The Associated PressFeb 2, 2020
The voracious insects have swept in from Somalia and Ethiopia to threaten other East African nations — and they're breeding fast. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
COLLEEN LONG and NOMAAN MERCHANT / The Associated PressJan 31, 2020
Immigrants from Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Eritrea, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania face restrictions in obtaining certain visas, but not a travel ban. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
ELIAS MESERET and CARA ANNA / The Associated PressOct 11, 2019
His sweeping reforms and embrace of a bitter rival are called an inspiration and hopeful counterpoint to strongman movements beyond Africa. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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David Sheen / TruthdigMay 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. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
JOSEF FEDERMAN / The Associated PressApr 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. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Eric Ortiz / TruthdigMar 12, 2018
To celebrate World Storytelling Day this year, Storytellers for Peace created a video with 10 artists from five continents. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
ARON HELLER / The Associated PressFeb 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. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
ARON HELLER / The Associated PressJan 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. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigDec 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. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
By Kieran Cooke, Climate News NetworkDec 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. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigAug 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. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 18, 2009
You know things are bad when your national soccer team flees the country. That's what happened to Eritrea, whose national team absconded while in Kenya for a regional soccer tournament. The athletes later reappeared in the capital city of Nairobi, seeking asylum. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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