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ICE officers stuck in Djibouti shipping container with deported migrants
Nearly a dozen immigration officers and eight deportees are sick and stranded in a metal shipping container in the searing-hot East African nation of Djibouti, where they face the constant threat of malaria and rocket attacks from nearby Yemen,...

Migrants Held in Shipping Container at US Base in Djibouti Amid Legal Clash Over Deportations
Eight migrants originally slated for deportation to South Sudan are now confined in a converted shipping container on a US naval base in Djibouti, under conditions described as dangerous and inhumane, according to new court filings from the Trump...

11 ICE Officers Are Stuck In A Shipping Container In Djibouti
A group of 11 Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and eight migrant detainees are stuck in a shipping container in Djibouti after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from deporting immigrants to third-party countries without...

ICE Agents And Detainees Living In Diseased Djibouti Shipping Container
The Djibouti eight (photos DHS claims are their mug shots) ICE kidnappings have now reached the art house film phase of ironic cruelty, with eight immigrants from Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cuba, Mexico, and South Sudan, and 11 ICE agents living...

ICE officers, deported immigrants stuck in shipping container on naval base in Djibouti
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and deported immigrants are stuck in a shipping container on a U.S. naval base in Djibouti amid a court battle over the deportation, according to Trump administration officials. The 13 officers and...

Group stranded with Ice in Djibouti shipping container after removal from US
A group of men removed from the US to Djibouti, in east Africa, are stranded in a converted shipping container together with the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officers sent to supervise them after a deportation flight to South Sudan...

After Trump Deportation Attempt, Migrants and ICE Agents Stranded in Shipping Container in Djibouti
The Trump administration could have sent eight migrants with deportation orders and the immigration agents who were escorting them to a facility in the U.S. after a federal judge recently barred officials from deporting them to war-torn South...

ICE Strands Migrants in Djibouti After Failing to Send Them to South Sudan
The Trump administration could have sent eight migrants with deportation orders and the immigration agents who were escorting them to a facility in the U.S. after a federal judge recently barred officials from deporting them to war-torn South...

ICE Official Reveals Miserable Conditions for U.S. Immigrants at Djibouti Prison
A top Immigration and Customs Enforcement official on Thursday detailed appalling and unsafe conditions faced by a group of deportees, and the government officials guarding them, at a U.S. military base in the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti....

Sick ICE agents are stuck in Djibouti at risk of malaria and rocket attacks. Why won’t Trump bring them back?
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ICE Reveals HELLISH Conditions For Agents Stuck in Djibouti After Biden Judge Orders Plane Carrying Illegals to South Sudan Grounded
Last month US District Judge Brian Murphy said the Trump Administration violated his court order to provide the aliens with “meaningful” due process since they were being sent to “third-party” countries. Judge Brian E. Murphy / screen image from...

ICE official details risks for staff and detainees in Djibouti
A top Immigration and Customs Enforcement official on Thursday detailed what she said were deplorable and unsafe conditions faced by ICE staff and a group of migrants with criminal records who were transferred to a U.S. military base in the...

The Supreme Court Allows Trump Officials to Deport Migrants to “Third Countries”
The Supreme Court ruled from its emergency docket that the Trump administration could temporarily send immigrants to third-party countries with which they have no connection. Ad Policy Migrants from Guatemala are deported to their country with a...
EDITORIAL – PLIGHT OF THE HUDDLED MASSES
Posted on 27 June 2025. by Jones Bahamas When former American President Barack Obama said in a speech in the Parliament of Ghana that democracy is not just what happens at elections, but rather what happens between elections, many people around...
The Geopolitics of Grain: Ukraine’s Role in Global Food Security and the Costs of War
Ukraine resists the weaponization of food by Russia and protects states in Asia, Africa, and Latin America from food insecurity. Ukraine’s fertile black soil and large-scale mechanized agriculture have made it a cornerstone of global food...

African trade in a changing global financial architecture
As Africa stands at the cusp of monumental economic transformation, the continent is embracing digital innovation and regional integration to bolster intra-continental trade. At the core of this transformation is the African Continental Free Trade...

Roaming Charges: After Midnight
B-2 Stealth bomber flying at night. Photo: Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder / U.S. Air Force. After midnight We’re gonna let it all hang out We’re gonna cause talk and suspicion Give an exhibition Find out what it is all about – JJ Cale, After Midnight...

Rep. Pramila Jayapal: Trump Is Attacking “Every Part of the Legal Immigration System”
This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. As we turn now to the continuing crackdown on immigrants by the Trump administration. Just this week,...

Chinese investment advances labor rights and prosperity in Africa
Workers check the equipment at a cocoa processing complex in the PK24 Industrial Park on the northwestern outskirts of Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, May 27, 2025. /Xinhua Workers check the equipment at a cocoa processing complex in the PK24 Industrial...

Modi’s Landmark Africa-Caribbean Tour Targets China’s Influence
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is preparing for a landmark diplomatic visit to Ghana, Namibia, and Trinidad and Tobago, set to begin on July 2, 2025. This multi-nation tour marks Modi’s first official trip to these countries and underscores India’s...