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For too long, the “unrelated horrors” took place in Sudan
The European Times
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June 20, 2025
Since the civil war broke out in April 2023 between the generals of the national army and their former rivals become allies, the militia of the rapid support forces (RSF), large regions of the country were left in ruins. The conflict has fueled...
PH gov’t hits country’s ‘false ranking’ as least safe for travelers
Mindanao Examiner
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June 19, 2025
Department of Tourism Secretary Christina Frasco. THE PHILIPPINE government, through the Department of Tourism (DOT), demanded accountability from British website HelloSafe after it ranked the Philippines the least safe country for travelers and...
Travel bans and global sport
Trinidad Express
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It is probably too late to consider removing the United States as a host of next year’s football World Cup. And in any event, it is unlikely that Gianni Infantino, the president of FIFA, the governing body of world football, would even contemplate...
Nigeria ready for US deals but travel ban a challenge -Minister
The Chronicle News Online
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June 20, 2025
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, says Nigeria is ready for business deals with the United States but travel restrictions remain a challenge. Tuggar stated this during the 54th ordinary session of the mediation and security council at...
Simon Calder answers your air travel safety questions – from Boeing worries to the truth about budget airlines
The Independent
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June 20, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Op-Ed | To Travel or Not to Travel: Navigating U.S. Border During Heightened Immigration Enforcement
AM New York Metro
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June 19, 2025
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Headquarters building in downtown Washington, DC. John M. Chase / Getty Images With increased border scrutiny, many foreign nationals are anxious about traveling to and from the United States. Harris Beach...
Benue Killings: How Community Members Gave Food, Women, Accommodation To Attackers – CDS Musa
Naija News
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June 19, 2025
CDS Musa made the allegation while speaking on Thursday during an expanded media interaction at Defence Headquarters in Abuja. The military chief alleged that some local informants provided accommodation, food, and even women to the bandits and...
Viewpoint: Why Ethiopia and Sudan have fallen out over al-Fashaga
Zehabesha
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By Alex De Waal- BBC Africa analyst January 2, 2021 The armed clashes along the border between Sudan and Ethiopia are the latest twist in a decades-old history of rivalry between the two countries, though it is rare for the two armies to fight one...
DOT flags safety index: Philippines not world’s least safe country for travelers
Philippine STAR
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June 19, 2025
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines isn’t the most dangerous country for tourists, Tourism Secretary Christina Frasco said. Frasco criticized HelloSafe for incorrectly naming the Philippines the “least safe” country, initially assigning it a...
Working from Homelessness: Informal Livelihoods of Displaced Women in Port Sudan
African Arguments
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June 19, 2025
The Sudan War series is a joint collaboration between the Center for Economic, Legal, and Social Studies and Documentation – Khartoum (CEDEJ-K), Sudan-Norway Academic Cooperation (SNAC) and African Arguments – Debating Ideas. Through a number of...
What the world refuses to see: Sudan’s war is a catastrophe in plain sight - VIDEO
News.Az
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When the cameras leave and headlines move on, the real war begins. Frontline: Sudan – Fight for Survival takes us deep into the heart of a humanitarian disaster that the world has largely ignored — a war not just of bullets, but of starvation,...
US Threatens to Add 36 More Countries to Controversial Travel Ban List
Morocco World News
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June 18, 2025
Rabat – US President Donald Trump’s controversial immigration policies continue as his administration is planning to add 36 countries to the travel ban list. This means that citizens from 36 additional countries will be banned from entering the...
President Trump issues new travel/visa restrictions on 19 countries
JD Supra - California
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June 18, 2025
Key takeaways President Donald J. Trump imposes full travel/visa bans on certain foreign nationals from 12 countries (with some exceptions) and partial travel/visa restrictions on seven other countries focusing primarily on students. The new...
Fears over World Cup travel chaos deepen with ELEVEN countries at risk of being banned by Donald Trump
Daily Mail
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June 18, 2025
By IAN HERBERT Published: 10:16 EDT, 18 June 2025 | Updated: 10:19 EDT, 18 June 2025 No fewer than 11 nations with hopes of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup may be subject to travel bans imposed by Donald Trump when the tournament starts. The US...
In Chad, UNICEF Emergency Aid For Refugee Children Fleeing Sudan War
Forbes
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By Brice Kevin Da After more than two years of civil war in Sudan, the number of Sudanese refugees and Chadian returnees seeking safety in eastern Chad has ballooned to over 975,000, creating a deepening humanitarian crisis. UNICEF is there,...
Sudan Army Repels RSF Attack on El Fasher, Dozens Reported Killed
Media Line
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June 16, 2025
Sudan’s army said it repelled an attempted assault by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on El Fasher early Sunday, as fighting intensified in the last major Darfur city not under RSF control. The clash left dozens of RSF fighters dead and destroyed...
Foreign Arms Fuel Sudan’s War, Deepen Civilian Catastrophe
teleSUR
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Foreign arms are fueling Sudan’s war, enabling war crimes, sexual violence, and famine, as the RSF and SAF target civilians and block humanitarian aid with international impunity. Weapons supplied from abroad continue to fuel Sudan’s war,...
BAJI Condemns Trump’s Anti-Black, Anti-Muslim Travel Ban, ICE Raids in Los Angeles, and Escalating Authoritarianism
The San Diego Voice and Viewpoint - California
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June 17, 2025
An ICE officer oversees an immigration enforcement operation. Credit: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement The Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI) unequivocally condemns the Trump administration’s aggressive escalation of anti-Black,...
US Scrutiny on Caribbean CBI Programs: A Diplomatic Tightrope Walk; SKN Issues Statement On Alleged Travel Ban/Restriction
Win Media SKN
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June 17, 2025
by Kevon Browne St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN)—A recently leaked United States State Department memo has placed four Eastern Caribbean nations, including St. Kitts and Nevis, under new scrutiny, raising concerns over the future mobility of their...
Trump administration plans to expand travel ban to 36 more countries
Helsinki Times
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June 17, 2025
President Donald Trump's administration is preparing to introduce a new travel ban covering 36 additional countries, according to a source with access to a draft memo. If enforced, the policy would place full or partial entry restrictions on...