145 Sierra Leoneans Return Home After Deportation from Mauritania

A total of 145 Sierra Leonean citizens who had been residing in Mauritania have been repatriated to Sierra Leone due to ongoing challenges associated with irregular migration. Superintendent Mohamed Kugba Alieu, Head of the Transnational Organized...

Adventurous friends embark on a three-wheeled journey from Devon to Cape Town

Two adventurous friends are attempting to make motoring history and raise money for a good cause by driving from Devon, England, to Cape Town in one of the most unlikely vehicles imaginable: a three-wheeled Reliant Robin. For Oliver Jenks, 34,...

Nuns in Mauritania step in as migrant mothers die during childbirth

Clothes distribution to the less fortunate at the Welcome Centre in Nouakchott. (Photo: Aid to the Church in Need) Catholic nuns in Mauritania are working on the frontlines of a growing humanitarian crisis, caring for newborn babies left behind...

Accor and Mayan Properties Sign Master Development Agreement for Five Hotels in Africa

AGREEMENT TARGETS FIVE HOTELS AND 1,100 KEYS ACROSS AFRICA, STARTING WITH NOVOTEL NOUAKCHOTT AND MÖVENPICK MORONI Accor, a world-leading hospitality group, has signed a master development agreement with Mayan Properties, a subsidiary of Resources...

US adds four countries to the $15,000 visa bond list — Should Indian tourists worry?

The US has updated the list of nations whose citizens would be required to post a visa bond before entering America. The visa bond list has been revised with the addition of four more nations, bringing the total to seven. Visa bond pilot program...

The Spanish holiday islands facing migrant 'emergency' as thousands arrive by boat from North Africa

Spain has declared an emergency on its holiday islands as they become Europe's fastest-growing short sea crossing for North African migrants. Overall, irregular migration to Spain has fallen this year, but it rose by 170 percent in the Balearics...

Mexico’s chicken imports expected to rise in 2026

MEXICO – Mexico’s chicken meat imports are projected to climb by 7% to 1.1 million metric tons in 2026, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA FAS). The increase is largely linked to...

Secretary Noem Travels to Chicago as Operation Midway Blitz Reaches More Than 1,000 Illegal Aliens Arrested

The worst of the worst arrested include pedophiles, child abusers, kidnappers, gang members, and armed robbers WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Border...

These countries require a 6-month passport validity for travellers

The rules are in place so that foreign travellers do not stay beyond the period specified on their visas, unintentionally due to sudden passport expiration. Sudden expiration results in unnecessary complications if they get stranded in a foreign...

Accor Expands African Footprint

Accor, a world-leading hospitality group, has signed a master development agreement with Mayan Properties, a subsidiary of Resources Investment, to further expansion across Sub-Saharan Africa. The partnership strengthens Accor’s presence in Africa...

Kairouan: Tunisia’s Spiritual Center and Carpet Making Capital

Great Mosque of Kairouan. Photo by Bruno Coelho via Canva The Fourth Holiest City in the Islamic World If I were to ask, “What is the fourth holiest city in the Islamic World, behind Mecca, Medina, and Jerusalem?”, few respondents would know the...

IRCC raises cap for study to PR pathway  

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will accept close to 700 more applications through its Francophone Minority Communities Student Pilot (FMCSP) study to permanent residence (PR) pathway. This increase brings the total number of...

U.S. Ends Visa Bond Policy For Mali, Signaling Diplomatic Shift

The United States Department of State has officially removed the West African nation from its Visa Bond Pilot Program, just days before the requirements were set to take effect. The decision, announced in an updated roster released on October 23,...

David vs Goliath: U.S. backtracks after Mali’s swift $10,000 visa bond retaliation

The United States has quietly removed Mali from its list of countries required to pay visa bonds of up to $15,000, days after Bamako imposed a tit-for-tat measure demanding the same from American travellers. The updated list of Countries Subject...

Assembly of the World Evangelical Alliance starts in Seoul

The General Assembly of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) started in Seoul on Monday 27 October. Under the theme, “The Gospel for Everyone by 2033”, about 900 international delegates travelled to South Korea for the 4-day event bringing...

US-Mali visa row: US removes Mali from list requiring visa bonds

The two countries required each other's citizens to post up to 10,000 dollars in bonds if they are applying for a tourist or business visa. The US has now removed Mali from the list of countries required to post visa bonds to obtain a US visa. Up...

David vs Goliath: United States backtracks after Mali’s swift $10,000 visa bond retaliation

The United States has quietly removed Mali from its list of countries required to pay visa bonds of up to $15,000 (R277,500), days after Bamako imposed a tit-for-tat measure demanding the same from American travellers. The updated list of...

Yahya Jammeh and the Bokassa Parallel

- Advertisement - By Rtd Lt Colonel Samsudeen Sarr, When Jean-Bédel Bokassa, the self-crowned Emperor of the Central African Empire, landed in Bangui in 1986 after nearly a decade in gilded exile, he returned not to the throne he once adorned with...

‘Not a luxury, a necessity‘: how aid cuts to birth control harm Senegal’s women

The fishing quay on the beach at Joal is usually so crowded with women dealing with the day’s catch that you can barely glimpse the sea. But today it is quiet, just an expanse of broken shells and plastic bags that leads down to the water’s edge....

Cleveland lawsuits among wave that challenge immigration detention policies

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A wave of federal court rulings is challenging the U.S. government’s use of automatic immigration detention, with judges across the country ruling that people arrested on civil immigration charges are entitled to bond hearings....