US President Donald Trump has widened his administration’s controversial travel restrictions, adding measures that affect nationals from 20 additional countries and territories — 16 of them in Africa — in a move the White House says is needed to protect national security and curb visa overstays. The proclamation, signed on December 16, imposes full entry…
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have cemented control over the strategic lakeside city of Uvira in eastern Congo, displacing more than 200,000 people and killing hundreds of civilians in an offensive that has undermined a U.S.-brokered peace deal signed just days earlier. The rapid advance, which began Dec. 2, has heightened tensions across the Great Lakes region,…
The Trump administration has terminated Temporary Protected Status for Ethiopian nationals, giving about 5,000 people living in the United States 60 days to leave the country or face possible deportation. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced the decision Friday, saying conditions in Ethiopia have improved enough that the humanitarian protection is no longer needed. The…
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have seized the strategic eastern Congo city of Uvira, dealing a severe blow to a U.S.-brokered peace agreement signed just days earlier by the leaders of Congo and Rwanda in Washington. The capture of Uvira, announced by the rebels on Wednesday and confirmed by Congolese authorities on Friday, consolidates M23 control over…
The Trump administration has placed 15 Kenyan nationals on a public deportation list, branding them the “worst of the worst” criminal offenders as it begins carrying out the president’s pledge for large-scale removals of people in the country illegally. The Department of Homeland Security released the names, photographs and criminal records of the 15 men…
A US brokered peace agreement between Congo and Rwanda was teetering Thursday after more than 400 civilians were killed in a renewed offensive by the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group in eastern Congo, officials said. M23 captures key lakeside city of Uvira Residents and local authorities said M23 fighters took full control of Uvira, a strategic…
A Kenyan High Court judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked the government from sharing sensitive health data with the United States under a $2.5 billion bilateral agreement signed last week with President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration, citing privacy and constitutional concerns. Justice Bahati Mwamuye issued a conservatory order suspending any implementation of data-transfer provisions in the…
President Donald Trump on Wednesday launched a new “Gold Card” visa program that lets wealthy foreigners buy a fast-track to U.S. residency and eventual citizenship for a minimum of $1 million. Trump announced the initiative on his Truth Social platform, calling it a “direct path to Citizenship for all qualified and vetted people” and saying…
Kenya is seeking for a new bilateral trade and investment agreement with the United States to replace earlier initiatives that ran aground, even as Washington proposes a one-year extension of the soon-to-expire African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), a top Kenyan official said on Friday. Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi, who also serves as Cabinet…
Kenyan President William Ruto’s Washington visit secures major health funding and key role in Congo peace accord, marking dramatic turnaround in once-frozen ties with Donald Trump’s America. Kenyan President William Ruto’s high-profile visit to Washington this week has dramatically revived ties with Donald Trump’s United States, just months after Nairobi feared being frozen out of…
