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South Africa

Travellers walk through the international arrivals area of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya

Home, With Nothing in the Suitcase: Kenya Begins Airlifting Its People Out of South Africa's Xenophobic Storm

The first evacuees have landed at JKIA carrying what remains of years of work abroad, as Nairobi races to bring home more than 200 Kenyans who asked to leave.

4 days ago4 min

Travellers move through the arrivals hall at O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa.

World

The Deadline With No Law: How South Africa's June 30 Ultimatum Emptied Homes Across the African Diaspora

An ultimatum with no legal force became a continent-wide evacuation, as Kenyans, Nigerians, Malawians and Zimbabweans fled the cities where they had built their lives.

6 days ago5 min

Travellers move through the international arrivals hall at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi

Diaspora

The Flight Home From Fear: Inside Kenya's Race to Bring Its Citizens Out of a Hostile South Africa

6 days ago5 min

Densely packed apartment blocks and shops in inner-city Johannesburg, where many African migrant traders live and work

Diaspora

The Pavement Outside the Consulate: How a Deadline No Government Set Emptied South Africa of Its African Neighbours

6 days ago5 min

The Johannesburg skyline at daytime, a city where many Kenyan and other African migrants live and work.

World

The Bus Out of Johannesburg: How a June 30 Ultimatum Left 50 Kenyans Asking for a Way Home

9 days ago5 min

City buildings along the beachfront in Durban, South Africa, where many foreign nationals have faced anti-migrant threats.

World

A Field in Durban, a Plea to Nairobi: How Xenophobia Is Driving Kenyans Out of South Africa

11 days ago5 min

The coastal skyline of Durban, South Africa at dusk, a city many Kenyan migrants call home.

Diaspora

The Deadline at the Door: How a June 30 Ultimatum in South Africa Has Kenyans Counting the Cost of Staying

12 days ago5 min

The skyline of Johannesburg, South Africa, at dawn, the city where many Kenyan migrants live and work.

World

The Suitcase by the Door: Why Dozens of Kenyans in South Africa Are Asking Nairobi to Bring Them Home

15 days ago5 min