Trump Travel Ban Injunction Partly Lifted
US President Donald Trump has welcomed a Supreme Court ruling allowing his travel ban to be partly reinstated as a “victory for our national security”. America’s highest court also granted a...
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Trump Travel Ban Injunction Partly Lifted By Top US Court
US President Donald Trump has welcomed a Supreme Court ruling allowing his travel ban to be partly reinstated as a “victory for our national security”. America’s highest court also granted a...
Travel Ban Ruling ‘victory For National Security’
Donald Trump hailed Monday's Supreme Court ruling which partially reinstates the US president's travel ban targeting citizens from six mainly Muslim countries as "a clear victory for our national...
Supreme Court Reinstates Part of Trump Travel Ban
The US Supreme Court on Monday partially reinstated President Donald Trump's controversial travel ban targeting citizens from six predominantly Muslim countries, before examining the case in full...
Tanzania Vows To Arrest Those ‘protecting’ Gay Interests
Tanzania has threatened to arrest and deport those campaigning for gay rights and de-register organisations protecting homosexual interests, local media reported Monday. "I would like to remind and...
US High Court Looks To Travel Ban Ruling and A Possible Retirement
The White House declined to comment Sunday on speculation that a pivotal US Supreme Court justice might announce his retirement on Monday, the last day of the high court's current session. Justice...
South Sudan Cancels Independence Day Events
South Sudan, the world's youngest nation gripped by civil war, has cancelled its official independence day celebrations for the second year running. "We are not celebrating... because our situation...
Sudan Has Made ‘positive’ Steps On Meeting Sanctions Terms
Sudan has made "positive" steps towards meeting Washington's conditions for permanently lifting 20-year-old sanctions on the African country, the US envoy to Khartoum told AFP in an interview....
World Poverty Could Be Cut In Half If…
A new UNESCO policy paper shows that the global poverty rate could be more than halved if all adults completed secondary school. Yet, new data from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) show...
UN Wishes Eid Mubarak To All Muslims
United Nations Joint Special Representative/Joint Chief Mediator, Jeremiah Mamabolo has sent warm wishes to all Muslims as they mark the end of the holy month of Ramada. On behalf of the African...
Refugees From War-Torn S.Sudan Find ‘safety’ In Darfur
Together with her husband and seven children, a hungry and thirsty Shadiya Ibrahim fled war and famine in South Sudan and says she has found safety in Sudan's conflict-ravaged Darfur. "This was the...
Sudan Military Helicopter Crashes Killing Crew
A Sudanese military helicopter has crashed in Northern State, killing all four crew members on board, the army said on Wednesday, in the latest accident to hit its ageing fleet. The Russian-built...
Children of Jihadists Flown Back To Sudan From Libya
Sudanese authorities on Tuesday brought home from Libya eight children, including a one-year-old, whose parents are allegedly members of the Islamic State group. The children were flown into Khartoum...
World Refugee Day Takes On New Meaning In Ghana
The UN High Commission of Refugees today , June 20, 2017, released the world’s first satellite for distance learning, to be used by children in refugee camps. The satellite will enable two-way...
War Leaves No Winners, Only Rubble In S.Sudan Oil Town
What was once Bentiu, the gateway to South Sudan's oil fields, is now a cluster of bullet-riddled buildings and piles of scrap metal, its ghostly avenues abandoned. Residents of the town have long...
US Envoy To Sudan Pushes For Aid In Ex-Rebel Bastion
The top US envoy in Sudan pushed Monday for more access to deliver humanitarian aid to Golo as he visited the former rebel stronghold in war-torn Darfur under tight security. US charge d'affaires...
Palestinians Greatly Troubled By Gulf Crisis, Fear Consequences
Following the declaration of Gulf and Arab states to boycott Qatar, which broke out two weeks ago, and the decision to take measures against the emirate, the Palestinians decided to be neutral to...
WFP Races Against Time To Send Food Aid To South Sudan
With the beginning of the rainy season and accompanying difficulties caused by unpaved roads, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) is racing with time to deliver food aid via Sudanese humanitarian...
Africa’s Future As Industrial Powerhouse Depends On Electricity Supply
The International Monetary Fund has predicted that the African continent is expected to become the world second-fastest growing economy by 2020. With vast natural resources and short shipping lanes...
Migration Crisis In Numbers – IOM Releases Staggering Figures
IOM Rome spokesperson Flavio Di Giacomo reported that when IOM last released figures (13 June), over 3,000 migrants arrived in Italy after having been rescued since last weekend. He said new rescues...