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US deports immigrants to African country of Eswatini amid human rights concerns

Mbabane - The Trump administration has continued its policy of deporting immigrants to third-party countries, sending five individuals to the small, landlocked African nation of Eswatini — raising fresh concerns among human rights advocates. 
In a statement on Wednesday, a spokesperson for the Eswatini…

US Aid cuts could lead to millions more HIV/AIDS deaths by 2029, UN warns

United Nations’ 2025 Global AIDS Update says Trump-era cuts may reverse ‘decades of progress’ on HIV if funding is not replaced

Unless urgently replaced, the suspension of foreign aid under former US President Donald Trump could reverse “decades of progress” in the fight against HIV/AIDS, the United Nations has warned in…

Why Trump wants to punish BRICS allies

Trump threatens to impose tariffs of 25–40 percent from August 1 unless countries make concessions on trade

United States President Donald Trump has unveiled steep new tariffs on more than a dozen countries as he escalates his pressure campaign to extract trade concessions. 
On Monday, Trump announced…

From Pisani to Jota: Footballers who died in motor accidents

The football world has been rocked by numerous tragic car accidents over the years, claiming the lives of both rising stars and established professionals.

The most recent is Portuguese international and Liverpool forward Diogo Jota, who died alongside his brother in a car crash in Spain, just days after his wedding.

These sudden and…

Baltasar Engonga sentenced to 18 years in prison

Malabo

The former Director General of Equatorial Guinea’s National Agency for Financial Investigation, Baltasar Engonga Ebang, has been convicted and sentenced to 18 years in prison after being found guilty of embezzling more than 1 billion CFA francs in government funds. 
Engonga rose to notoriety in…

US gets a lot of mineral rights as it negotiates Congo-Rwanda peace deal

A deal signed in Washington on Friday has been touted as a major step toward peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo, following decades of conflict that have killed millions, including thousands this year. The U.S.-mediated agreement is between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has been battered by fighting involving more…