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Understanding Migrant Children’s Rights in SADC: Legal Frameworks and Protection Gaps

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A Growing Regional Crisis for Migrant Children Across the Southern African region, thousands of children move across borders each year. Some travel with families. Others migrate alone to escape conflict, climate disasters, poverty, or political instability. According to the International Organization for Migration, Southern Africa recorded more than 5 million cross-border migrants in 2023, and […]

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When the Limpopo Dries Up: Child Migrants Crossing Southern Africa’s Climate-Changed Borders

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A River in Crisis, A Generation on the Move In 2023, large stretches of the Limpopo River ran unusually low after repeated drought cycles in southern Zimbabwe and northern South Africa. Seasonal crossings became easier. At the same time, household crops failed in districts like Masvingo and Beitbridge. Families lost income. Children started moving. According

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Cyclone Freddy’s Legacy: How Climate-Induced Displacement is Creating a Generation of Stateless Children in Malawi and Mozambique

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Climate displacement and statelessness in Southern Africa A Storm That Reshaped a Generation In March 2023, Southern Africa experienced one of the most destructive climate events in recent history. Cyclone Freddy made landfall twice in Mozambique and repeatedly battered southern Malawi. As one of the longest-lasting tropical cyclones ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere, it

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From Masvingo’s Dried Rivers to Musina’s Streets: Mapping Zimbabwe’s Child Climate Migration Routes

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Bridging the Gap: Migrant Health Access in South Africa’s Overburdened Health System In southern Zimbabwe, the rivers of Masvingo Province have shrunk to sand beds. Recurrent El Niño cycles and rising temperatures have cut crop yields and dried communal boreholes. According to the World Food Programme (2024), more than 7 million Zimbabweans faced acute food

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Cyclone Driven Child Labor How Climate Disasters in Eastern Zimbabwe are Feeding Exploitation Networks.

Cyclone-Driven Child Labor: How Climate Disasters in Eastern Zimbabwe are Feeding Exploitation Networks

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When Natural Disaster Becomes Catastrophe — And Exploitation Accelerates On March 14, 2019, Cyclone Idai struck eastern Zimbabwe with devastating force. Entire communities in Chimanimani and Chipinge districts were submerged. More than 270,000 homes were destroyed, and over two million people across southern Africa were displaced. However, the humanitarian emergency did not end when the

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