Kenya hopes smaller Trump tariff blow vis-à-vis rivals will give it an edge in nascent global trade war
Imports from the East African nation, which sent goods worth $737 million to the United States last year, will be charged the minimum 10 per cent compared with 46 per cent for Vietnam, 44 per cent for Sri Lanka and 37 per cent for Bangladesh.
South Sudan faults revocation of US visas as based on case of mistaken nationality
South Sudan’s Information Minister Michael Makuei Lueth said on Monday that the US was “attempting to find faults with the tense situation” in the country because no sovereign nation would accept foreign deportees.
Powerful Iran-backed militia groups in Iraq ready to disarm to avert deadly US airstrikes
Izzat al-Shahbndar, a senior Shi’ite Muslim politician close to Iraq’s governing alliance, says discussions between Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and several militia leaders were “very advanced”, and the groups were inclined to comply with US calls for disarmament.
Why Museveni defies Uganda’s constitution: ‘A mere piece of paper cannot remove me from power’
The phrase ‘tortuous peace and security’ suggests a complex and difficult path towards achieving stability and safety, often involving challenges, setbacks and a lack of easy solutions. It implies that the journey towards peace and security is not straightforward, but rather fraught with obstacles and requiring sustained effort. Many times, the state itself undermines whatever little peace and security have been built.
While Kakuma Refugee Camp in northwest Kenya is already bigger than many African cities, UN thinking of evolving it into a city
Now the Kenyan government and humanitarian agencies have come up with an ambitious plan for Kakuma to evolve into a city. Although it remains under the United Nations’ management, Kakuma has been re-designated a municipality, one that local government officials later will run.
Black comedian, Amber Ruffin, shut out of White House correspondents annual event after angering Trump’s team
An annual event where journalists often invite entertainers as guests, the dinner has featured comics such as Stephen Colbert, Colin Jost and Trevor Noah. Memorably, in 2011, it had as a guest a stone-faced Donald Trump, former star of The Apprentice, listening to jokes told by President Barack Obama at his expense.
Columnist Eugene Robinson exits Washington Post after 35 years, cites owner Bezos’ new restrictive editorial policy
In a message on X Thursday, Robinson said that he was “retiring from my longtime journalistic home but not from journalism” and would keep followers informed of his next move. Robinson appears regularly as a commentator on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”
US slams doors on South Sudanese as it revokes all visas while drums of civil war beat at home
Five years of civil war killed hundreds of thousands of people. A peace deal reached in 2018 has been fragile and not fully implemented, to the frustration of the US and other international backers. Notably, South Sudan still hasn’t held a long-delayed presidential election, and Kiir remains in power.
Hundreds of protesters in European cities slam US President Trump and his advisor Elon Musk
In the French capital of Paris, about 200 people, mostly American, gathered on the Place de la République to protest against Trump. Some gave speeches to denounce the president, with protesters waving banners ranging from “Resist Tyrant”, “Rule of Law” “Feminists for Freedom not fascism” and “Save Democracy”.
Anti-Trump protesters pour in Washington and other US cities as high tariffs anger consumers
The crowd around the memorial containued to build throughout the day. Some carried Ukrainian flags and others wore Palestinian keffiyeh scarves and carried “Free Palestine” signs, while Democrats from the US House of Representatives blasted Trump’s policies on stage.
