Foreign Affairs

STREETS EMPTY IN US OVER FEARS OF ARREST AMID TRUMP’S IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN Some streets in Chicago have changed under Donald Trump’s immigration policies, as communities retreat into the shadows amid intensified ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) raids targeting undocumented immigrants. In Little Village, a predominantly Hispanic neighborhood on the city’s south side, streets that were once lively now look empty. …

MILITANTS ATTACK NIGER REPUBLIC’S MILITARY BASE, KILL 46 SOLDIERS At least 46 soldiers of the Nigerien Defense and Security Forces (SDF) were killed in a coordinated attack by militants of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (EIGS) on Saturday. The assault targeted an SDF position in Iknewane, Tilia Department, near the Mali border in Niger’s Tahoua Region. Security sources …

DONALD TRUMP IMPEACHMENT PETITION GETS 100,000 SIGNATURES A petition calling for the impeachment of U.S. President Donald Trump has gathered 100,000 signatures, reflecting growing discontent among certain groups of Americans. The petition, launched on a public advocacy platform, cites alleged abuses of power, obstruction of justice, and violations of constitutional principles as reasons for his removal. Trump dismissed the petition …

PROTESTERS SET US EMBASSY ON FIRE IN KINSHASA, DR CONGO Vandalised embassies and piles of burning tyres marked chaotic demonstrations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s capital Kinshasa to denounce the “inaction” of the international community over the conflict raging in Goma, the main city in the country’s east. On foot or motorcycles, hundreds of angry demonstrators responding on …

STREETS EMPTY IN US OVER FEARS OF ARREST AMID TRUMP’S IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN Parts of Chicago are seeing major changes under Donald Trump’s immigration policies, with communities retreating into the shadows amid intensified ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) raids. In Little Village, a predominantly Hispanic neighborhood on the city’s south side, streets that were once lively now appear deserted. Residents say …

1.4 MILLION FACE DEPORTATION IN US, 3,690 NIGERIANS AFFECTED About 3,690 Nigerians in the United States are faced with deportation as Donald Trump begins a crackdown on illegal immigrants in the country. In a document compiled by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations and sighted by our correspondent on Tuesday, the agency revealed the data is broken …

TRUMP HALTS HIV FUNDING FOR NIGERIA, OTHER COUNTRIES The US government has halted the support for HIV treatment in Nigeria and other developing countries following an order by President Donald Trump. The US State Department stopped the disbursement of funds from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a programme for HIV treatment in Africa and developing countries, for …

BRAZIL PROTESTS US DEPORTATION OF 88 CITIZENS IN HANDCUFFS Brazilian officials demanded that U.S. agents remove handcuffs from a group of deportees flown to Brazil on Friday. A prominent minister in President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s administration condemned the practice as a “blatant disrespect” for the rights of Brazilian citizens, Reuters reports. Acting on orders from Justice Minister Ricardo …

TRUMP PARDONS 23 PRO-LIFE ACTIVISTS WHO WERE PROSECUTED FOR PEACEFUL PROTEST President Trump pardoned 23 peaceful pro-life protesters today who the White House says were unjustly targeted for prosecution by the Biden Administration. In signing the pardons, Trump said what the Biden Administration had done to them was “ridiculous.” “Twenty-three people were prosecuted, they should not have been prosecuted – …

TRUMP ON RAMPAGE AS US AGENTS RAID WORKSITES, ARREST OVER 500 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, DETAIN 373, DEPORT HUNDREDS The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has confirmed the arrest of 583 individuals in a large-scale crackdown on illegal immigration. ICE agents have been raiding some worksites in New Jersey as the security operatives begin the execution of President Donald Trump’s …