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By: BBC South Africa’s former ambassador to the US has told the BBC it is “self-evident” that there is racism within the Trump administration. Ebrahim Rasool, 62, was ordered to leave the US last week after Secretary of State Marco Rubio called him a “race-baiting politician who hates America”. This …

By: BBC Donald Trump has signed an executive order to strip back the global, independent and federally funded news organization Voice of America. Click here to join our WhatsApp Channel The president’s order targets VOA’s parent company US Agency for Global Media, or USAGM, which also funds non-profit entities such …

The government of Lesotho has been surprised by US President Donald Trump’s statement that “no one has ever heard of” the nation of Lesotho, located in Southern Africa. Trump, addressing the US Congress in his first speech since returning to office, mentioned the country while outlining measures to reduce unnecessary …

US President Donald Trump said he had a “long and very productive” phone call with Vladimir Putin on Wednesday in which the leaders agreed to begin talks to end the war in Ukraine. In a post on his Social Media platform, Trump said he and the Russian president had “agreed …

US President Donald Trump has signed an order to freeze financial aid to South Africa, after threatening to do so earlier this week. Click here to join our WhatsApp Channel Trump said he was imposing the order because of South Africa’s new land law, which he says violates people’s rights, …

By: Vincent Mumba Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from the World Health Organization (WHO) served as a brutal wake-up call for Kenya, exposing the country’s alarming reliance on foreign aid—especially in the health sector. Despite being an independent nation for over six decades, Kenya still struggles to provide …

US President Donald Trump has signed an order banning transgender women from competing in women’s sports. Click here to join our WhatsApp Channel “From now on, women’s sports will be for women only,” Trump said, surrounded by female athletes and girls before signing the order at the White House. “With …

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has said that South Africa is a constitutional democracy rooted in the rule of law, justice and equality. The South African government has not seized any land. Click here to join our WhatsApp Channel Mr. Ramaphosa was responding to remarks by US President Donald Trump …

US President Donald Trump has said the new US administration has arranged talks with Ukraine and Russia, and the discussions are going “very well,” he said. “We have meetings and talks scheduled with various parties, including Ukraine and Russia. And I think those discussions are going very well,” Trump told …

US President Donald Trump has ordered the construction of an immigration detention center at the Guantanamo Bay prison that he said would house up to 30,000 people. He said the facility at the US Navy base in Cuba, which will be separate from its high-security military prison, will house “the …