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The United Kingdom has threatened to impose visa bans on citizens of three African countries unless they agree to take back irregular migrants, ahead of the government’s announcement of a sweeping overhaul of the asylum system. In a statement released today, the Home Office said Angola, Namibia and the Democratic Republic of Congo would no […]
The United States House of Representatives Subcommittee on Africa will, on Thursday, November 20, 2025, begin a formal investigation into President Donald Trump’s recent decision to redesignate Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern over alleged widespread killings of Christians. An invitation sent to members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee confirmed that the open […]
Parents of student beneficiaries of the Federal Government’s Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) Scholarship Programme have staged a protest at the the Federal Ministry of Finance in Abuja over the non-payment of 16 months of arrears of living allowances. They occupied the entrance of the ministry with placards. The Federal Government’s BEA is a fully funded […]
US President Donald Trump on Sunday night called on House Republicans to vote in favour of releasing all Jeffrey Epstein case files, a major shift from his earlier efforts to undermine the push. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said Republicans “should vote to release the Epstein files” and accused Democrats of using the […]
US President Donald Trump said he had an “obligation” to sue the BBC over a misleading speech edit, stopping short of announcing legal action in a Fox News interview aired on Tuesday. Trump’s lawyers threatened the British broadcaster with a billion-dollar lawsuit on Monday, according to a letter seen by AFP, as the BBC apologized […]
The plane had taken off from Ganja airport in western Azerbaijan on Tuesday afternoon but crashed shortly after crossing the border into eastern Georgia, the defence ministry said after the incident. Turkey today said all 20 people onboard a military cargo plane that crashed in Georgia on its return from Azerbaijan had died. The plane […]
The United States Senate has passed a critical funding bill aimed at ending what has become the longest government shutdown in the country’s history. The bill, which passed late Monday in a 60–40 vote, saw nearly all Republicans joined by eight Democrats and one independent. The agreement will fund the federal government through the end […]
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has apologised for what it described as “an error of judgement” in editing a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump, which wrongly suggested he made a “direct call for violent action” ahead of the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. The controversy, which has sparked political and media backlash both in […]
A deal aimed at ending the US government shutdown has passed the Senate, paving the way for the record-breaking impasse to be broken. After a weekend of negotiations in Washington, a minority of Democrats joined with Republicans and voted in favour of an agreement. The vote is a procedural first step towards passing a compromise […]
China has announced the suspension of “special port fees” on United States vessels for one year, marking another step in easing trade tensions between the two economic superpowers. The move, which took effect at 13:01 (05:01 GMT) on Monday, coincides with Washington’s decision to pause levies on Chinese ships as part of a fragile trade […]
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