Browsing: Unemployment
NAIROBI, Kenya — On any given week at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), scenes of emotional farewells unfold quietly in departure halls. Young men…
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Anti-immigration protests escalated across parts of South Africa on Thursday as groups of demonstrators conducted door-to-door searches in townships, accusing undocumented…
MAPUTO, Mozambique — At least five Mozambican nationals were killed during what Mozambique has described as xenophobic attacks in South Africa, as authorities race to…
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The Government of Cambodia has dismissed as false and fabricated viral claims alleging that all African nationals, including Kenyans, had been…
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Ghana has begun repatriating its citizens from South Africa, with the first group of around 800 people registered for evacuation due to…
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — South African opposition leader Julius Malema has strongly condemned xenophobic violence in the country, warning that attacks on migrants are being fuelled…
BUIKWE, Uganda — President Yoweri Museveni has attributed Uganda’s persistent unemployment challenge not to a lack of jobs, but to what he described as a…
KAMPALA, Uganda — The Ugandan government has announced an expanded strategy to strengthen youth skills development as part of broader efforts to curb unemployment and…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Every morning as the sun rises over Kenya’s bustling towns and quiet rural villages, thousands of young people begin their day with…
NAIROBI, Kenya — President William Ruto has emphatically dismissed claims suggesting that the issue of youth unemployment originated with his administration. He contends that the…