A terror attack in New York City on Tuesday has brought renewed attention to the United States Diversity Visa program – the immigration pathway that brought the alleged attacker into the U.S. – but the truth is that President Donald Trump announced three months ago his intent to end the…
German Chancellor Angela Merkel was re-elected to her fourth term Sunday, although the elections saw a shift among coalition partners in a decision with implications for African countries. Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union and Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) party received the most overall votes but not enough to hold a majority…
As world leaders gathered for the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, two Somali immigrants to the United States found themselves there too – living in the childhood home of President Donald Trump. Eiman Ali and Abdi Iftin moved into the old homestead in Queens for the weekend,…
In the United States, President Donald Trump has announced his support for an immigration bill that would work on a point-based system that’s likely to limit applicants, including many Africans, who previously obtained visas under the U.S. Diversity Visa program. Called the RAISE Act, it “eliminates the outdated Diversity Visa…
With so much attention focused on United States immigration policy, the Pew Research Center issued an update Tuesday that looks at data about African immigrants and their growing presence in the U.S. There were 2.1 million Africans living in the U.S. in 2015, more than double the number of 881,000…
Faris El-Khider, a physician at the internationally recognized Cleveland Clinic in the United States, almost got on his flight to Sudan last week. He was scheduled to fly home to visit his family last Wednesday, and he was already at the airport when he heard about American President Donald J….
Laureen is the editor of Africa Times
At the United States Department of State, the resettlement of African refugees was a priority of the Obama administration, and there was comprehensive data and a website presence to support it. Now those pages are gone – as a normal part of the transition, they exist as an archive –…