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Are Remittances Killing Rural Farming? What Malawian Villages Can Teach Us About Migration and Food Security

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Remittances, Migration, and the Future of Rural Farming When money from the city replaces hands in the soil—and what it means for organic agriculture Introduction: When Cash Arrives but Fields Lie Fallow In 2023, remittances to Malawi exceeded USD 600 million, a figure larger than the national agriculture budget for smallholder support. In villages across […]

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Senegal vs South Africa: Which West vs Southern African Model Promotes Better Regional Integration?

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Migration Health Policy Opening: A Tale of Two Borders At the Senegal-Guinea border crossing of Koundara, 34-year-old Fatima Diallo presents her ECOWAS travel certificate and receives immediate healthcare access at the local clinic, despite being a Guinean national seeking treatment for malaria complications. Meanwhile, 2,800 kilometers south at the Beitbridge border between Zimbabwe and South

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The Impact of COVID-19 on South African Border Controls and Regional Migration Patterns: A Health Policy Perspective

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 COVID-19 Migration in South Africa Introduction: Borders as Barriers to Health On 15 March 2020, President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a national state of disaster. Overnight, borders closed to all but goods and citizen repatriation, reshaping migration across Southern Africa. Maria*, a Mozambican domestic worker in Johannesburg, suddenly faced losing her job if she returned home,

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Informal Work, Formal Risks: Occupational Health Hazards Facing African Migrants in South Africa’s Economy

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African Migrant Worker Health Risks Nomsa (not her real name), a 34-year-old Zimbabwean domestic worker in Johannesburg, suffered second-degree burns from industrial cleaning chemicals in 2023. Her employer provided no protective equipment or medical insurance. When she sought treatment at a public clinic, language barriers and documentation concerns delayed her care by three days, resulting

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