Politics Dec 17 South African authorities raid a U.S. refugee processing center and Washington protests Tuesday's raid occurred at a center that processes applications by white South Africans who have been given priority for refugee status in the U.S. by the Trump administration.
World Dec 06 Mass shooting at South African hostel bar leaves 11 dead, including 3 children A mass shooting carried out Saturday by multiple suspects in an unlicensed bar near the South African capital left at least 11 people dead, police said. The victims included three children aged 3, 12 and 16.
World Dec 04 WATCH: Rubio and Kenyan President Ruto speak after signing ‘America First’ global health deal The Trump administration has signed the first in what are expected to be dozens of “America First” global health funding agreements that will prioritize combating infectious diseases in countries deemed to be aligned with the president’s broader foreign policy goals and positions.
World Nov 23 G20 summit in South Africa ends with glaring U.S. absence after Trump’s boycott The Group of 20 summit in South Africa ended Sunday with the glaring absence of the United States — the next country to lead the bloc — after the Trump administration boycotted the two days of talks involving leaders of the world's richest and…
World Nov 21 Leaders arrive for historic G20 summit overshadowed by rift between South Africa and U.S. World leaders arrived Friday for a historic first Group of 20 summit in Africa that aims to put the problems of poor countries at the top of the global agenda. But the talks have been undermined by a rift between host South Africa and…
World Nov 20 U.S. now wants to reverse its boycott and join the G20 summit, South African president says The United States government has indicated that it has had a “change of mind” and wants to participate at the Group of 20 summit in South Africa in a reverse of its boycott, the South African president said Thursday.
World Nov 10 How Trump’s support for white South Africans led to a U.S. boycott of the G20 summit U.S. President Donald Trump says his government will boycott the Group of 20 summit this month in South Africa over his claims that a white minority group there is being violently persecuted.
World Oct 22 A Cuban man deported by the U.S. to Africa is on a hunger strike in prison, his lawyer says The man, Roberto Mosquera del Peral, was among a group of migrants sent to Eswatini in mid-July as part of the Trump administration's expanding third-country deportation program. The program has been criticized by rights groups, who say it denies migrants…
World Oct 17 Army colonel who led lightning-fast coup in Madagascar sworn in as new president Col. Michael Randrianirina's ascent to the presidency came just three days after he announced that the armed forces were taking power in Madagascar, the Indian Ocean island of around 30 million people off Africa’s east coast.
World Oct 14 Madagascar military says it has taken control of government The military plans to form a council and appoint a prime minister to establish a civilian government.