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Kakuma and Kalobeyei (Kenya) : food aid suspended, the refugees’ anger mounts
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi Kakuma, August 8, 2025 – The World Food Program (WFP) announced on Thursday, August 8, the indefinite suspension of food ration distribution in the Kakuma and Kalobeyei camps, located in northwest Kenya. This decision has...
US could require up to $19k bonds for some tourist visas under pilot programme
Asiaone
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August 5, 2025
WASHINGTON — The US could require bonds of up to US$15,000 (S$19,308) for some tourist and business visas under a pilot programme launching in two weeks, a government notice said on Monday (Aug 4), an effort that aims to crack down on visitors who...
The case for decolonising global south economies
Zimbabwe Independent
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Remittances refer to funds transferred by migrants to their home countrie A book excerpt from Artificial Intelligence: A Driver of Inclusive Development and Shared Prosperity for The Global South Most countries in the Global South grapple with the...
UN Chief Hails Turkmenistan’s Quiet Diplomacy as Launchpad for Landlocked Solidarity
Inter Press Service
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August 6, 2025
Civil Society, Conferences, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Featured, Global, Headlines, Humanitarian Emergencies, Inequality, Landlocked Developing Countries, Least Developed Countries, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations,...
Reed Gallery show to honor Mars Hill native
The Star-Herald - Maine
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August 8, 2025
The painting Alice from Burundi by Thomas Nadeau is part of a new exhibition at the University of Maine at Presque Isle's Reed Gallery that honors Mars Hill native and longtime art collector David Hitchcock. (Courtesy of University of Maine at...
Nduta (Tanzania) : suspicious deaths and rumors of poisoning in the refugee camp
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi Nduta, August 6, 2025 — A climate of fear is taking hold in the Burundian refugee camp of Nduta, in northwest Tanzania, following several suspicious deaths and accusations of poisoning. Since July, persistent rumors have...
South Kivu : clashes between Wazalendo militias supported by Kinshasa and the Twirwaneho group affiliated with the M23
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi Bukavu, August 6, 2025 — Violent fighting has been raging since Wednesday in the Itombwe sector, Mwenga territory (South Kivu), between Wazalendo militiamen, supported by the Congolese authorities, and the Twirwaneho armed...
Ethiopia’s Green Legacy in the Eyes of Foreign Officials
Ethiopian News Agency
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By Gosaye Feyisa Launched by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in June 2019, Ethiopia’s Green Legacy Initiative (GLI) has grown into one of the world’s largest reforestation efforts. With over 40 billion seedlings planted and a target of 54 billion by...
Bukhungu stadium ready for FEASSSA games, Barasa says
The Standard
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Kakamega Governor Fernandes Barasa during the inspection of the ongoing works at Bukhungu stadium in preparation for East African Secondary Schools Games. [Benard Lusigi, Standard] Kakamega Governor Fernandes Barasa has given a clean bill of...
New Report Reveals Devastating Impact of Trump’s Expanded Travel Ban
Immigration Impact - Washington D.C.
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August 6, 2025
$715 Million in Taxes, $2.5 Billion in Spending Power at Risk WASHINGTON, DC, August 6 — A new report released today by the American Immigration Council details the sweeping economic and humanitarian toll of the Trump administration’s June 2025...
Can foreign visitors still attend the 2028 Olympics in the US?
The Economic Times
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August 7, 2025
As Los Angeles prepares to host the 2028 Olympic Games, President Donald Trump's immigration policies are raising concerns about who will be able to attend. While athletes and officials will receive exemptions from the travel ban and visa...
Surge for greener pastures amid travel restrictions
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 4, 2025
Countries are raising the bar in their minimum requirements for travels, including visa fees and other processes, apparently to discourage large numbers. Some are tightening their immigration policies for safety and economic reasons. Even...
Translating peace into shared prosperity in the Great Lakes region
Mail & Guardian
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August 8, 2025
In the DRC, around 74% of the population lives in extreme poverty, living on less than $2.15 per day. Photo: Alexis Huguet/AFP After more than three decades of conflict in eastern Congo, fuelled by over 100 armed groups, there is finally a glimmer...
Swahili Soundtracks: Tanzanian Artists Take Bongo Flava Global
The Citizen
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Once seen as a regional rhythm, Bongo Flava is now firmly establishing itself on the global music map. With its Swahili lyrics, genre-crossing collaborations, and powerful digital traction, Tanzania’s homegrown sound is rapidly becoming a major...
M23 rebels killed 319 civilians in east DR Congo in July, UN says
Al Jazeera
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August 6, 2025
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels killed at least 319 civilians, including 48 women and 19 children, last month in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Volker Turk, UN high commissioner for human rights, said, citing “first-hand accounts”. The violence in...
Rutana : six human traffickers sentenced
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi Rutana, August 3, 2025 – In Rutana, in Burunga province in southern Burundi, six men were found guilty of human trafficking. The First Instance Court sentenced them on Friday, August 1, to prison terms ranging from two to five...
Battle lines drawn as Kenyan teams drawn in tough pools ahead of FEASSA games
Star
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St Joseph's, Kitale, pose for a group photo during the National Secondary Schools Games in Kakamega/ HANDOUT Kenyan teams have been drawn in tricky pools for the Federation of East African Secondary Schools Sports Association (FEASSSA) Games,...
Bujumbura : maternal distress behind the rise in infanticide and abandonment
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, August 4, 2025 – The last weeks of July were marked by a series of tragedies in several neighborhoods of the commercial capital. infants were abandoned or killed by their own mothers, desperate acts that reveal the...
US Launches Visa Bond Pilot for B-1/B-2 Applicants in High-Overstay Countries
WebProNews
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August 5, 2025
The U.S. State Department’s announcement of a visa bond pilot program has sent ripples through global travel and immigration circles, introducing a financial hurdle for certain visitors that could reshape international mobility. Set to launch on...
Bugendana and Teza: 29 years later, survivors of the massacres described as genocide demand truth and justice
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, July 28, 2025 – Twenty-nine years after the Bugendana and Teza massacres, in which 648 displaced persons and 90 tea factory workers were murdered, survivors and their associations continue to denounce impunity and...