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Merkel wins a troubling German election with implications for Africa

Merkel wins a troubling German election with implications for Africa

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…

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Somalis live in Trump’s childhood home for UNGA immigration project

Somalis live in Trump’s childhood home for UNGA immigration project

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,…

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Trump plan to end U.S. Diversity Visa program will affect Africans

Trump plan to end U.S. Diversity Visa program will affect Africans

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 Called the RAISE Act, it “eliminates the outdated Diversity Visa…

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By the numbers: A look at the data on African immigration to the U.S.

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…

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America’s border chaos: What it is, why African leaders must speak up

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….

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Trump visa, refugee plans reverse Obama goal of welcoming Africans

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 –…

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