by Ntokozo Yingwana | Apr 27, 2026 | Front Page, Events, News
Over the past decade, East Africa has become synonymous with state-sponsored homo/ transphobia, marked by draconian legislation and recurring moral panics. These escalating dynamics have forced many LGBTQI East Africans to flee their homes. Yet it would be wrong to...
by Ntokozo Yingwana | Apr 8, 2026 | Front Page, News, Regulation of Law & Policy
This panel discussion was originally aired on Newzroom Afrika, on 4 April 2026. South Africa’s Home Affairs Minister, Dr Leon Schreiber, has welcomed the cabinet’s approval of the Revised White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection. Cabinet’s...
by Kabiri Bule | Mar 30, 2026 | Front Page, Blogs, News, Regulation of Law & Policy
By Kabiri N. Bule (PhD) South Africa’s migration system is under growing pressure to change. Administrative weakness, legal uncertainty, unemployment anxiety, and rising political demands for visible control have made reform unavoidable. But the state is not...
by John Marnell | Feb 16, 2026 | Books, Front Page, News
Marnell, J., Camminga, B., Bompani, B., & Wairuri, K. (Eds.). (2026). East African Queer and Trans Displacements. Bloomsbury Academic. The last decade has seen a sharp rise in state-sponsored homophobia and transphobia in East Africa. This includes discriminatory...
by Jean Pierre Misago | Jan 28, 2026 | Front Page, News, Regulation of Law & Policy
The Second International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) 2026 will be taking place in New York, from 5 to 8 May 2026. As the primary intergovernmental global platform, the IMRF reviews progress on the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM). The...
