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GOP Sen ‘Strongly’ Objects To Trump Admin Quest To Cancel $5 Billion In Foreign Aid
The Daily Caller
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Republican Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski blasted the Trump White House on Tuesday for asking Congress to cancel about $5 billion in foreign aid funding and U.S. peacekeeping operations abroad, arguing the move is “unlawful” and could lead to a...
Dr. Joseph Geng Akec enters Justice Ministry in mega reshuffle
The City Review
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September 2, 2025
The former Sports Minister has been moved to the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, where he is expected to undertake various pressing tasks By Emmanuel Mandella President Salva Kiir Mayardit has placed the Ministry of Justice and...
UPSC Current Affairs Pointers of the past week | September 1 to September 7, 2025
The Indian Express
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September 8, 2025
Every Monday, we bring you UPSC Current Affairs Pointers—a concise, exam-focused guide to help you stay ahead in your Prelims and Mains preparation. Reports (FYI: The data provided in these reports can be used to substantiate your Mains answer,...
The New York Times Peddles Sob Story of Criminal Illegal Alien Murderer
Department of Homeland Security - Washington D.C.
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Thanks to President Trump and Secretary Noem, this murderer is out of our country and no longer poses a threat to Americans WASHINGTON — The New York Times ran a sob story of Orville Etoria, an illegal alien from Jamaica and a convicted MURDERER....
Green Card Holder Convicted of Murder Deported
Newsweek
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September 2, 2025
A former green card holder who was convicted of murder has been deported following the revocation of his residency status, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Orville Etoria, a Jamaican national, held a green card that was...
Parliament postpones motion to lift immunities of two MPs
Radio Tamazuj
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August 21, 2025
South Sudan’s Transitional National Legislative Assembly on Wednesday postponed a debate on a motion to lift the parliamentary immunity of two lawmakers, Gatwech Lam Puoch and Robert Anei Salva Mathok. The postponement was due to the absence of a...
Why Excluding Regional Actors in UN Transitions Undermines Peacebuilding Efforts
IOL
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Dr. Fiifi Edu-Afful|Published 8 hours ago 6min Dr. Fiifi Edu-Afful Across the length and breadth of the Continent, countries such as Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, and Mali have either played host to a...
Jonglei governor’s office denies threatening activist Bol Deng
The City Review
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September 2, 2025
The controversy stems from a now-retracted statement purportedly issued by the Governor’s press unit, which Mr. Bol claims was a direct warning to him. By Ajah Jennifer activist Bol Deng Bol, for reportedly criticizing the shrinking space of free...
Trump's Labor Day payday
Popular Information
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September 2, 2025
President Trump checks his phone on August 31, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) Yesterday, millions of Americans took the day off to celebrate Labor Day, a holiday that honors the achievements of organized labor....
AU Peace and Security Council calls for permanent ceasefire and protection of civilians
Eye Radio
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August 12, 2025
Author: James Atem Kuir | Published: 4 hours ago President Salva Kiir welcomes Dr. Mohamed Khaled, the head of AU Peace and Security Council at the State House - Photo Credit: AU The Peace and Security Council of the African Union has called for a...
80th UNGA must act to stop regressive pushbacks against heal...
Modern Ghana
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By committing to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 2015), all government leaders had promised health and wellbeing (SDG-3) and gender equality (SDG-5) by 2030 “where no one is left behind.” Two-third...
Lawmakers get ready for a tense fall
E&E News
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September 2, 2025
Congress returns to Washington this week with less than 30 days to avert a government shutdown and simultaneously staring down a pileup of other legislative priorities. Some of those priorities — keeping the government funded, reviving a push to...
Somalia’s national stock exchange ‘a new dawn’ for the country
Zawya
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The National Secu- rities Exchange of Somalia (NSES) was launched on 19 June 2025. A coalition of local investors and financial experts established the exchange, which will start operating as a private, self-regulatory organisation. The Central...
African Union Raises Concerns Over U.S.-Africa Migration Deals Linked to Trump-Era Deportations
teleSUR
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September 2, 2025 Hour: 3:24 am The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights raised alarm Monday over migration deals struck between the United States, Rwanda, and Uganda—agreements that would allow Washington to offload deported migrants...
Kagame Cup starts today, Cecafa partners with Times FM
The Citizen
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Dar es Salaam. The stage is set, the countdown is over, and the thrill of regional football is back. The CECAFA Kagame Cup 2025 officially kicks off today in Dar es Salaam, with Times FM, Tanzania’s only 24-hour sports radio station, making...
Preferred Creditor Status essential for African MFIs
Zawya
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Apanel of bankers, legal luminar- ies and development experts stoutly reaffirmed that African multilateral financial institu- tions need the preferred credi- tor status (PCS) not as a privilege, but as a necessity. The PCS is an agreement between...
GERD: A Monument of Hope and an Engine of Regional Prosperit...
Modern Ghana
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When Ethiopia first laid the foundation stone of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in April 2011, few could have anticipated how profoundly it would come to symbolise not only national pride but also a bold economic and geopolitical...
War demands unconvential strategies
Qantara.de
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Water vendors in Khartoum, August 2025 (Photo: Picture Alliance / AP | M. Ali) As the war continues in Sudan, survival has become a daily test of resilience for millions in the country. Business has to adapt and focuses on necessities: food,...
Nunu Kumba dismisses MP’s plea on Yei–Kaya road renovation
Sudans Post
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August 29, 2025
A section of the Juba-Yei-Kaya road. [Photo: File/Courtesy]JUBA – The Speaker of the Transitional National Legislative Assembly, Jemma Nunu Kumba, has openly dismissed a request from a Yei River State lawmaker urging government intervention in the...
The long road to integration for immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa
Qantara.de
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Christopher Agbaye and Gargar Barchure left their home country of Liberia five years ago. Their odyssey took them through Mali and Algeria and finally to Morocco. From there they had hoped to reach Europe. But it didn't work out. "We were arrested...