Former commander of Lord’s Resistance Army rebels sentenced to 40 years in prison by Ugandan court
A former commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army rebels was sentenced by a court in Uganda on Friday to 40 years in prison for brutal crimes committed by the group during its insurgency that started in the 1980s. Thomas Kwoyelo – a former child soldier who later became a rebel...
Even after joining US Army, fighting in wars children adopted by American parents have no citizen’s rights
For most of her life, Joy Alessi was a proud patriot, who got teary-eyed when Garth Brooks sang about America. But patriotism is confusing for her now – as it is for many of the adoptees who’ve found themselves in this predicament.
US presidential election tightens further as Trump gains with Hispanic men, Harris with white women
The analysis of recent Reuters/Ipsos polling shows Trump with support from 37 per cent of registered Hispanic voters, up from 30 per cent at the same point in 2020. Harris is at 51 per cent compared to Biden’s 54 per cent four years earlier. The numbers are subject to sampling error, and have levels of precision of between two and six percentage points.
Statelessness: Why adopted children are not Americans even after living for 70 years in USA
Adoption paperwork, signed by judges and stamped by governments, declared they enjoyed all the privileges of being children of American families. But that was untrue in one critical respect: Adoption for decades did not automatically make children citizens.
Not Americans: Irony of US saving children only to make them stateless for the rest of their life
Emily Howe was adopted from South Korea in 1984, barely young enough to be granted citizenship by the 2000 law. By a twist of luck and timing, this could have been her, she said. So she represents many adoptive families for free.
Nelson Mandela’s grandson deemed a threat to UK for supporting Hamas, hence denied visa
“Your presence in the UK has been assessed as not conducive for the public good on the grounds that you have engaged in unacceptable behaviour. You have made multiple statements which explicitly support Hamas and their terrorist violence, including glorifying the October 7 attack on Israel and their recently deceased leader Ismail Haniyeh,” states the letter.
IMF tells African oil exporters to diversify economies to boost ‘subdued’ growth, address poverty
While diversified economies such as Senegal and Tanzania are expected to grow at above the regional average, Nigeria will fall short, growing at 2.9 per cent, according to the IMF’s regional economic outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa launched on Friday.
Kenyan court suspends $736m Adani electricity deal it calls ‘a constitutional sham tainted with secrecy
The Adani Group, founded by Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, sparked anger in Kenya recently for another proposed public-private partnership project to lease the country’s main airport for 30 years in exchange for expanding it.
Iranian hackers accused of pouncing on GOP campaign secrets are now peddling stolen Trump emails
The website of the Democratic Political Action Committee (PAC) American Muckrakers is seen in this photograph taken in Bethesda, Maryland, US, on October 22, 2024. Credit: Reuters
Sex pest: Is ICC prosecutor being blackmailed for charging Israeli PM with war crimes in Gaza?
ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan also broadened the court’s focus, bringing criminal charges for the first time against individuals outside Africa. He charged Russian President Vladimir Putin for kidnapping children in Ukraine and opened an investigation into Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro for his crackdown on protesters.
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