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Travel Bans Are Back – Are Exemptions Possible?
Travel bans are back, with an initial list of 19 countries, and that list may be expanded to include an additional 36 nations. This latest round of travel restrictions find their basis in Presidential Proclamation 10949 “Restricting the Entry of...

Evicted pastoralists call for gov’t support
By Alan Clement The pastoralists recently evicted from Uganda have called on the South Sudan government to facilitate their movement to their states. Recently, cattle herders from South Sudan were evicted from the Atiak subcounty in Amuru District...

Judge bars ICE from immediately taking Abrego Garcia into custody if he's released from jail
A federal judge in Maryland has prohibited the Trump administration from taking Kilmar Abrego Garcia into immediate immigration custody if he's released from jail in Tennessee while awaiting trial on human smuggling charges, according to an order...

12 African countries on U.S. high-risk travel advisory as of July 2025
As of July 2025, 12 African nations were listed under the official U.S. high-risk travel warning at Level 4: Do Not Travel and Level 3: Reconsider Travel, reflecting a complex mix of regional instability, weak governance, rising crime, and broader...

Contributor: The Supreme Court owes you an explanation
“Because I said so” never is persuasive or satisfying. And it certainly should not be regarded as acceptable when it is the Supreme Court resolving important issues — up to and including matters of life and death — without the slightest...

Jubilee uniting the world's young people in Rome (on the path to Seoul 2027)
The event, which will be the central event of the Holy Year from 28 July to 3 August, was presented in the Vatican. It will include a vigil and Mass with Pope Leo XIV, dialogues on faith, parishes welcoming young people, and a "missionary...

The Trump Administration and Temporary Protected Status
On July 8, 2025, the Trump administration ended Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Honduras and Nicaragua. The notice was the latest in a series of actions aimed at reducing the number of countries designated for TPS status as part of the...

Police deploys over 4000 personnel ahead of independence
Author: Michael Daniel | Published: 8 hours ago Anti-riots police parade in Juba. (Photo: SSNPS). The South Sudan National Police Service has deployed over 4,000 personnel to ensure public safety during the 14th Independence Day celebrations on 9...

Judge bars ICE from immediately taking Abrego Garcia into custody if released from jail
(AP) — A federal judge in Maryland has prohibited the Trump administration from taking Kilmar Abrego Garcia into immediate immigration custody if he’s released from jail in Tennessee while awaiting trial on human smuggling charges, according to an...

Fresh ambushes in Tambura deepen fears
By Alan Clement An ambush on government soldiers in Tambura County has thrown the state further into crisis, highlighting the growing insecurity that has displaced civilians, claimed many lives. According to Tambura County Commissioner Mathew...

Judge rules Abrego Garcia should be returned to Maryland upon release from custody
MARYLAND (WBFF) — A federal judge has barred federal immigration authorities from taking Kilmar Abrego Garcia into custody once he is released from criminal confinement in Tennessee. Additionally, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ordered the Trump...

Judge bars ICE from immediately taking Abrego Garcia into custody if he’s released
A federal judge in Maryland has prohibited the Trump administration from taking Kilmar Abrego Garcia into immediate immigration custody if he’s released from jail in Tennessee while awaiting trial on human smuggling charges, according to an order...

Trump eyes set on tiny Palau for migrant plan under threat of aid cuts
The US is pressuring the tiny Pacific nation of Palau to accept asylum seekers it no longer wants, which critics say is a coercive tactic that shifts America’s refugee burden onto weaker allies. The Trump administration is quietly negotiating a...
Judge bars ICE from immediately taking Abrego Garcia into custody if he’s released from jail
A federal judge in Maryland has prohibited the Trump administration from taking Kilmar Abrego Garcia into immediate immigration custody if he’s released from jail in Tennessee while awaiting trial on human smuggling charges, according to an order...

Printing more banknotes not a long-term solution to nation’s liquidity crisis, Yakani says
Instead, the civil society leader advised that the leading national financial institutions agree to print new notes and render the old ones unusable, push individuals stacking cash in homes to release them and enable new cash flow to the system By...

Nation and world at a glance
Trump enacts stablecoin regulations, a major milestone for crypto industry WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday signed into law new regulations for a type of cryptocurrency, a major milestone for an industry that has spent heavily to...

US deports immigrants to small African country, Eswatini
The United States has sent five immigrants it claims to be “dangerous” to the small African nation of Eswatini, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. This is part of the Trump administration's third-country deportation program....

Guatemala denies Allentown grandfather was deported from the United States
The Guatemalan government on Sunday denied that U.S. authorities deported a Chilean native to the Central American country. The Morning Call reported Luis Leon, 82, of Allentown — a legal permanent resident of the United States who won asylum in...
Women and people in conflict zones will 'pay the highest price' for foreign aid cuts
23 July 2025, 06:44 Women and those living in conflict zones will 'pay the highest price' for UK foreign aid cuts, a charity boss has said. Picture: AFP via Getty Women and those experiencing conflict will 'pay the highest price,' a charity boss...

Trump Administration Deports Five Men to Eswatini, Expanding Global Gulag in Africa
The United States expelled five men to the Southern African country of Eswatini on Tuesday as part of its ongoing efforts to exile immigrants to so-called “third countries.” The move closely followed the United States’ deportation of eight men —...