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“You are welcomed as an African, then treated like a suspect” — Wode Maya on inconsistent travel experiences

Winifred LarteyMay 25, 2026

by Winifred LarteyMay 25, 2026010

Ghanaian YouTuber and Pan-African advocate Wode Maya has urged African leaders to confront persistent Afrophobia, restrictive border practices and weak institutional coordination that continue to...

Free movement is a human right, AU official insists amid slow ratification

Winifred LarteyMay 25, 2026

by Winifred LarteyMay 25, 2026016

The African Union’s Free Movement Protocol is being slowed by security concerns, weak border systems and persistent misconceptions among member states, a senior AU official...

Josephine Otchere-Darko: Xenophobia narratives don’t reflect everyday South Africa, says Ghanaian professional

Winifred LarteyMay 25, 2026

by Winifred LarteyMay 25, 2026011

Ghanaian-born, South Africa-based professional Josephine Otchere-Darko has said international portrayals of xenophobia in South Africa do not fully reflect her lived experience, arguing that most...

Wode Maya urges public education on Africa’s free movement agenda, defends visa reforms

Winifred LarteyMay 25, 2026

by Winifred LarteyMay 25, 202609

Ghanaian travel content creator and Pan-African advocate Wode Maya has called for intensified public education on Africa’s free movement agenda, warning that widespread misinformation continues...

Joy Kategekwa: Visa-free Africa is an economic imperative, not a dream

Winifred LarteyMay 25, 2026

by Winifred LarteyMay 25, 2026013

Joy Kategekwa, Director at the African Development Bank (AfDB), says Africa’s push for visa-free movement is increasingly backed by strong economic evidence, even as policy...

Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma: Africa’s integration must be people-driven, not treaty-bound

Winifred LarteyMay 25, 2026

by Winifred LarteyMay 25, 2026013

African Union Advisory Board Chairperson Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has reiterated that Africa’s integration agenda will only succeed if it moves beyond treaties and becomes a...

“Focus on foundations, not visas, for African integration” — Nana Kwame Bediako

Winifred LarteyMay 25, 2026

by Winifred LarteyMay 25, 2026013

Ghanaian entrepreneur Nana Kwame Bediako has cautioned that Africa’s push for visa-free travel and borderless integration will remain incomplete unless governments first address deep structural...

“We have built a market, but not yet a community” — Adoum warns Africa’s integration is incomplete

Winifred LarteyMay 25, 2026

by Winifred LarteyMay 25, 2026013

Africa’s integration agenda risks falling short unless it prioritises people alongside trade, a senior official at the African Union Development Agency has warned. Idriss Adoum,...

Ghana petitions AU on attacks against Africans in South Africa

Jonathan OforiMay 7, 2026

by Jonathan OforiMay 7, 2026011

Ghana has formally asked the African Union (AU) to place recurring xenophobic attacks against African nationals in South Africa on the agenda of its upcoming...

Ratify AU free movement protocol – Afenyo-Markin tells ECOWAS parliament

Jonathan OforiMay 6, 2026

by Jonathan OforiMay 6, 2026015

The Third Deputy Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin has called for urgent ratification of the African Union Protocol on Free Movement of Persons,...

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“You are welcomed as an African, then treated like a suspect” — Wode Maya on inconsistent travel experiences

Free movement is a human right, AU official insists amid slow ratification

Josephine Otchere-Darko: Xenophobia narratives don’t reflect everyday South Africa, says Ghanaian professional

Wode Maya urges public education on Africa’s free movement agenda, defends visa reforms

Joy Kategekwa: Visa-free Africa is an economic imperative, not a dream

Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma: Africa’s integration must be people-driven, not treaty-bound

“Focus on foundations, not visas, for African integration” — Nana Kwame Bediako

“We have built a market, but not yet a community” — Adoum warns Africa’s integration is incomplete

Ghana petitions AU on attacks against Africans in South Africa

Ratify AU free movement protocol – Afenyo-Markin tells ECOWAS parliament

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