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Nichola Mandil in Juba and Danai Nesta Kupemba in London BBC News Getty Images Minister of Petroleum Puot Kang Chol was arrested in the middle of the night Security forces in South Sudan have arrested the oil minister and an army general, who are senior members of the main opposition, sparking concerns that the peace … Read more
The US Supreme Court has rejected a request by the Trump administration to withhold nearly $2bn-worth of payments (£1.6bn) to foreign aid organisations for work they have already performed for the government. The top court on Wednesday endorsed a lower court ruling asking the administration to unfreeze the fund for contractors and recipients of grants … Read more
In California, summer could be on the chopping block. Almost 4,000 campsites across many of California’s 18 national forests could close for part or all of the summer season, according to an internal United States Forest Service spreadsheet viewed by The New York Times on Friday. These potential shutdowns follow a wave of federal government … Read more
Basillioh Rukanga BBC News AFP The Basotho people are well known for their traditional blankets US President Donald Trump has said that “nobody has ever heard of” the African country of Lesotho – a comment that has “shocked” its government. It is a small country in southern Africa that almost entirely consists of mountains and … Read more
Dozens of people in the Sudanese state of North Darfur are feared dead following heavy shelling on a camp for displaced people. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacked a crowded market at Abu Shouk, a camp on the outskirts of the city of el-Fasher, for roughly two hours on Tuesday evening, a local official … Read more
Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, spoke to the BBC regarding the pending deportations of Nigerian nationals from the US under the Trump administration. The Foreign Minister stated that the deportation process began before the current administration took office and that Nigeria welcomes the return of Nigerians who are in the US illegally.
Whether Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky’s decision to patch up relations with his US counterpart Donald Trump is wise depends on who you ask in Ukraine. “A very bad decision,” remarked blogger and army serviceman Yuriy Kasyanov, who thinks the US “won’t help Ukraine with anything” after this mineral deal is signed. “The president behaved with … Read more
One of Nigeria’s most senior politicians, Godswill Akpabio, has denied allegations of sexual harassment brought against him by a fellow senator. Senate President Akpabio told Wednesday’s session that he had been raised very well by his late mother and had never harassed any woman. In an interview with Arise Television on Friday, senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan … Read more
Trump’s Canada 51st state plan ‘is not a joke’, says foreign minister Canada’s Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly has told the BBC she takes US President Donald Trump’s remarks on making Canada the 51st state of his country “very seriously”. “This is not a joke anymore,” Joly told Newsnight. “There’s a reason why Canadians, when they … Read more
Royal Navy HMS Somerset (rear) followed Russian corvette Boikiy (front) through the English Channel The Royal Navy has released images of a Russian warship which it tracked sailing near British waters. The corvette Boikiy was part of a task group which was tracked by HMS Somerset for three days as it made its way through … Read more