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Rwanda agrees to take migrants from the US despite concerns over international law breaches
LBC
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6 August 2025, 02:06 US President Donald Trump holds a letter addressed to Rwandan President Paul Kagame congratulating him on the peace agreement with Democratic Republic of the Congo. Picture: Getty Rwanda on Tuesday became the third African...
The Trump Administration Is Using the UN to Push Its Anti-Trans Agenda Globally
Truthout
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August 5, 2025
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3 African nations have agreed to take deportees from the US. What we know about the secretive deals
KSBW 8 - California
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August 6, 2025
Rwanda has become the third African nation to enter into a deal with the Trump administration to accept migrants deported by the United States.The Rwandan government said Tuesday it has agreed to accept up to 250 deportees from the U.S. for...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, June 2025
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
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August 5, 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...
Rwanda agrees to take deportees from the U.S. after a previous migrant deal with the U.K. collapsed
Los Angeles Times
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August 5, 2025
KIGALI, Rwanda — Rwanda on Tuesday became the third African nation to agree to accept deportees from the United States under the Trump administration’s plans to send migrants to countries they have no ties with to get them off American soil....
Rwanda agrees to take deportees from US after previous migrant deal with UK collapsed
Stars and Stripes - Washington D.C
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Rwanda’s Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe speaks during an appearance in the Oval Office of the White House on June 27, 2025, as President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance listen. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP) KIGALI, Rwanda — Rwanda on...
Remittances: a necessary costly business
Next is Africa
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The emergence of fintech players has only marginally reduced the cost of remittances, an essential service. Nevertheless, this complex, highly regulated market continues to grow, despite ‘hand-to-hand’ cash transactions. Ria is one of the world...
Rwanda agrees to accept US deportees, becoming third African nation under Trump admin.
KRNV - Nevada
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KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwanda on Tuesday became the third African nation to agree to accept deportees from the United States under the Trump administration's plans to send migrants to countries they have no ties with to get them off American soil....
Rwanda agrees to take deportees
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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August 6, 2025
Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. KIGALI, Rwanda -- Rwanda on Tuesday became the third African nation to agree to accept deportees from the United States under the Trump administration's plans to...
Nathalie Delapalme «Inequalities at the sub-national level can fuel dissatisfaction» CEO of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation and co-Secretary General of the Africa-Europe Foundation
Next is Africa
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Meeting the expectations of young people must be a priority. Green growth could be one of the keys. AM: The IIAG 2024 points to a worrying deterioration in the conditions in which democracy is exercised. NGOZI OSUZOKANathalie Delapalme: Of the 16...
The Trump Administration Is Promoting Its Anti-Trans Agenda Globally at the United Nations
ProPublica
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August 5, 2025
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. It was meant to be a routine discussion on pollution. One by one, delegates at the United Nations expressed...
Rwanda will accept up to 250 deportees from the U.S. under Trump’s third-country program
The Globe and Mail
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August 5, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Rwanda's Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe, left, with U.S. Vice-President J.D. Vance, President Donald Trump, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Rwanda said in May it was in negotiations with the U.S. over a...
Rwanda agrees to take deportees from the US after migrant deal with UK collapsed
Breaking News from Ireland
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Rwanda on Tuesday became the third African nation to agree to accept deportees from the United States under the Trump administration’s plans to send migrants to countries they have no ties with to get them off American soil. Rwandan government...
Rwanda agrees to take deportees from the US after a previous migrant deal with the UK collapsed
The Messenger - Kentucky
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Rwandan government spokesperson Yolande Makolo told The Associated Press in a statement that the East African country would accept up to 250 deportees from the U.S., with "the ability to approve each individual proposed for resettlement” under the...
Rwanda agrees to accept ‘third-country’ deportations from the US
Al Jazeera
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Rwanda has confirmed it will accept deported migrants from the United States, as President Donald Trump continues to push for mass deportation from the North American country. On Tuesday, a spokesperson for the Rwandan government, Yolande Makolo,...
How Do You Say ‘Sea Power’ in Amharic? Never Mind.
International Policy Digest
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August 5, 2025
In a surprising pivot, Ethiopia—a landlocked country for over three decades—has taken concrete steps toward establishing a navy. On the surface, the notion seems paradoxical. Why would a country without a coastline invest in maritime power? Yet,...
The Latest: Supreme Court will allow Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce to go ahead
Military News
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The Supreme Court cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s plans to cut down on the size of the federal workforce, despite warnings from experts that vital government services will be lost and hundreds of thousands of federal employees will be...
US to require up to $15,000 bonds for some tourists
Korea Herald
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August 5, 2025
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The US could require bonds of up to $15,000 for some tourist and business visas under a pilot program launching in two weeks, a government notice said on Monday, an effort that aims to crack down on visitors who overstay...
GM Foods: Facts And Myths
Daily Independent
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August 3, 2025
1 Genetically Modified Organisms are obtained through the manipulation of their genome by adding or removing DNA in genes, coding certain traits needed to yield desired characteristic(s) in the offsprings. A gene is the basic unit of heredity...
Migrants fleeing Ethiopia killed in shipwreck off Yemen coast
Modern Ghana
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A shipwreck off Yemen's southern coast has killed at least 76 people, with dozens still missing. Most of those on board were Ethiopian migrants fleeing poverty and conflict in search of work in wealthy Gulf countries. Yemeni security officials...