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9 Deportees from US Arrive in Sierra Leone under Third-country Agreement
1+ hour, 55+ min ago (415+ words) KEMO CHAM and MARK BANCHEREAU Wednesday, 20 May 2026 09: 00 PM EDT Five migrants are from Ghana, two from Guinea, one from Senegal and one from Nigeria, the ministry of information said. The deals have raised questions about respect for the migrants" rights....
Trump Pushes Higher Afrikaner Refugee Cap
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (95+ words) Monday, 18 May 2026 08: 48 PM EDT President Donald Trump's administration wants to increase the refugee admissions "ceiling for'fiscal "year 2026 for white South Africans to "17, 500, CNN reported on Monday, citing "an emergency determination sent to Congress. Reuters "reported last month that U. S. officials had…...
The Latest: WHO Zeros in on Cruise Ship Hantavirus Cluster as Passengers Still Stuck on board
2+ week, 9+ hour ago (1764+ words) Wednesday, 06 May 2026 01: 00 PM EDT About 150 passengers are trapped isolating in their cabins aboard the Dutch ship at the center of the outbreak. The MV Hondius is near the Cape Verde islands off West Africa, waiting to sail to Spain's Canary…...
South Africa Identifies Andes Strain of Hantavirus in 2 Passengers on a Cruise Ship with Outbreak
2+ week, 17+ hour ago (137+ words) Newsmax Wednesday, 06 May 2026 05: 01 AM EDT The South African Department of Health said in a report that the information came from tests performed on the passengers after they were removed from the ship and flown to South Africa. One of the…...
Pope, After Trump's New Attack, Says He's Only Spreading Message of Peace
2+ week, 1+ day ago (69+ words) Newsmax Pope, After Trump's New Attack, Says He's Only Spreading Message of Peace Tuesday, 05 May 2026 05: 16 PM EDT Pope Leo said on Tuesday said he is hoping to spread the Christian "message by speaking about peace but that "people are free…...
Inside the Cruise Ship at the Center of a Rare Hantavirus Outbreak
2+ week, 1+ day ago (902+ words) CHINEDU ASADU and ANNIE RISEMBERG Tuesday, 05 May 2026 09: 01 PM EDT Three passengers have died and at least four people have been sick in what health officials say is an outbreak of hantavirus, which usually spreads by inhaling contaminated rodent droppings. The…...
Zambia Blasts the US over a $2 Billion Health Deal in Exchange for Critical Minerals
2+ week, 1+ day ago (879+ words) FARAI MUTSAKA and GERALD IMRAY Tuesday, 05 May 2026 09: 00 AM EDT The comments by Zambia's foreign affairs minister, Mulambo Haimbe, on Monday brought into the open simmering tensions over President Donald Trump's "America First" strategy, which is reshaping aid to Africa into…...
WHO: Suspected Hantavirus Outbreak on Cruise Ship Kills 3 People
2+ week, 3+ day ago (563+ words) Sunday, 03 May 2026 06: 22 PM EDT A suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus infection on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean killed three people, including an elderly married couple, and sickened at least three others, the World Health Organization and South…...
Tanzania Postelection Inquiry Shows 518 People Died in Last Year's Violence
3+ week, 6+ day ago (318+ words) Thursday, 23 April 2026 10: 00 AM EDT Thousands of people were injured in the violence, with more than 800 people having gunshot wounds. The commission chairman, Mohamed Chande Othman, said that the number of deaths was likely to be higher, because some families buried…...
Pope Visiting Equatorial Guinea Prison in Spotlight after US Migrant Deportations
4+ week, 19+ hour ago (659+ words) NICOLE WINFIELD Wednesday, 22 April 2026 03: 01 AM EDT Leo's visit to the prison in Bata, the central African country's port city, continues the tradition of Pope Francis, who made prison visits a priority of his pontificate. Francis' aim was to give prisoners…...