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Kenyan nutritionist and social entrepreneur Wawira Njiru has been named the 2026 recipient of the German Africa Prize for turning school feeding into a model for food security, job creation and local economic development. Kenyan social innovator and nutritionist Wawira Njiru has been named the recipient of the 2026 German Africa Prize, one of Germany’s most prominent awards recognising outstanding …

Ghana says at least 62 of its citizens have been killed and 15 others remain missing after travelling to Russia and becoming involved in the war against Ukraine, prompting Accra to seek Moscow’s help in stopping what it calls the illegal recruitment of Ghanaian nationals. Ghana says 62 of its citizens have now been killed and 15 more remain missing …

Since 7 August, a temporary 25-metre open-air pool, the ‘Volksbad’, has stood outside Berlin’s Volksbühne theatre as part of an art installation by artistic director Matthias Lilienthal. Entry is free, but as at many public pools, the basin is reserved for particular groups on certain days. Each One Teach One (EOTO), a Berlin organisation supporting people of African descent, had …

Many Nigerians living abroad know the frustration of trying to build or buy a home back in Nigeria through family members, friends or intermediaries — sometimes with disappointing and costly results. A newly launched diaspora mortgage scheme by the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) aims to offer a safer, more transparent and institutional route to home ownership for Nigerians …

Nigeria has deployed a special Passport Intervention Team (PIT) to the United Kingdom to help clear a backlog of passport applications and make it easier for Nigerians in one of the country’s largest diaspora communities to get pending, new and renewed passports. The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) announced the deployment in a statement issued on Sunday, 9 August 2026. The …

The 2026 World Cup will be remembered as the tournament in which a small island nation of fewer than 600,000 inhabitants compelled the world to reconsider some of its assumptions. It reminded us that, in the community of nations, greatness is determined neither by the size of a territory nor by the number of its inhabitants. Dr Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana, a …

Berlin has become the last of Germany’s 16 federal states to introduce the Bezahlkarte (payment card) for asylum-seekers, ending a long-running delay and bringing the state in line with the rest of the country. From now on, newly arriving asylum-seekers in Berlin will receive their benefits on a card rather than as cash — a change that will directly affect …

Nigeria’s 2026 National Diaspora Day ended with a push to turn the expertise of Nigerian doctors and other health professionals abroad into a more permanent part of the country’s healthcare system. The two-day event, held on 24 and 25 July at the Presidential Villa in Abuja and attended virtually by Nigerians around the world, followed the government’s pre-event call for …

Germany is moving towards a wider use of artificial intelligence in asylum, visa and residence procedures, with the federal government arguing that the technology could make migration administration faster and more consistent. But the proposed rules are already raising concerns about privacy, discrimination and the risk of allowing algorithms to influence decisions about people’s lives. The federal cabinet approved a …

Migrants are becoming ever more central to Germany’s workforce, but many are still working well below their qualifications, and women in particular continue to struggle to find jobs. That’s the picture painted by a new Focus Paper from the Bertelsmann Stiftung, which takes a close look at how migrants are faring on the German labour market. The numbers underline just …

What does Cape Verde’s remarkable World Cup journey mean to its global diaspora? In this deeply personal reflection, renowned academic, former MEP and respected voice in the African diaspora in Europe, Dr Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana, explores how the Blue Sharks’ success became a powerful celebration of identity, belonging and pride for Cape Verdeans — and Africans everywhere. The extraordinary journey of …

A summer visit home to Nigeria became much more than a family reunion for Belgium-based writer Collins Nweke* and his wife, Tonia. It turned into a deeply moving journey of gratitude, memory and rediscovery — one that reminds all of us, especially those living in the diaspora, of the people whose quiet influence shaped our lives. This heartfelt essay will …

As Nigeria continues to grapple with the migration of doctors and nurses, this year’s National Diaspora Day will focus on how medical professionals abroad can help strengthen the country’s healthcare system. Nigerians around the world are invited to participate online in the two-day event. _____________ The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has invited Nigerians living around the world to participate …

For international travellers, a passport is more than an identity document—it is a key that determines how freely its holder can move around the world. The latest Henley Passport Index 2026, regarded as one of the most authoritative measures of global travel freedom, ranks passports according to the number of destinations their holders can enter without obtaining a visa in …

Forty-six human rights and humanitarian organisations say three years of EU-Tunisia migration cooperation has fuelled violence, torture and desert expulsions — and are demanding Brussels cut off support to Tunisian security forces. Forty-six human rights and humanitarian organisations, including Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and SOS Humanity, have called on the European Union to publicly condemn human rights violations in …

The European Union has tightened its short-stay visa policy for Guinean nationals, accusing the West African country of failing to cooperate in taking back citizens who are staying irregularly in EU member states. The move marks the first time Guinea has been subjected to such measures under the EU’s visa leverage mechanism and signals Brussels’ growing willingness to use visa …

Europe has reached a demographic turning point. According to the European Commission’s latest Demography Report 2026, the continent’s population has reached its peak and will begin to decline in the coming decades. The report concludes that without immigration, the European Union’s population would shrink by around 130 million people by 2100, highlighting the crucial role migration plays in sustaining Europe’s …

Nigeria has finally resolved a technical fault that caused some of its electronic passports to fail verification at foreign border checkpoints The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has announced that all of the country’s digital certificates used to verify the authenticity of e-passports have been successfully uploaded to the International Civil Aviation Organization’s Public Key Directory (ICAO PKD). The process was …

Why the attacks on Kylian Mbappé reveal the persistence of colonial stereotypes in international football, writes Dr Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana* in this opinion piece Every FIFA World Cup reminds us that football has the power to unite people across continents, cultures and languages. Yet the 2026 tournament has also revealed something far less inspiring: the persistence of colonial stereotypes in the …

The Interview That Became a Debate By Collins Nweke When I accepted an invitation for a live interview on News Central TV — an independent 24-hour news channel based in Lagos that focuses on Nigerian and African affairs — I expected my usual engaging conversation with a team of three brilliant anchors. But within minutes of going live, it became …