WIRE โ Nearly half of Africans have considered leaving their countries, with economic hardship and the search for employment emerging as the main factors driving the growing interest in migration, a new Afrobarometer report has revealed. The 2026 African Insights flagship report, titled "Beyond Borders: Citizen Perspectives on a Shifting Global Order," found that 45% of respondents across 38 African countries have thought about moving to another country, including 25% who said they have considered it "a lot."
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