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Why are some African countries banning US citizens from entry?
Shola Lawal, Al Jazeera English
Mali and Burkina Faso are the latest to issue 'tit-for-tat' bans on visas for US citizens with immediate effect.
Jan 1, 2026, 8:10 AM
Nigeria Clarifies What Really Happened With Trump’s Airstrikes
Malcolm Ferguson, The New Republic
The Nigerian government took the time to debunk President Trump’s claims of Christian genocide in Nigeria after he announced the bombing of Africa’s most populous (and most oil-rich) nation. “The United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISI…
Dec 26, 2025, 2:14 PM
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels claim withdrawal from Uvira as peace talks struggle
RUTH ALONGA and WILSON MCMAKIN, Yahoo Entertainment
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels claimed to have begun a withdrawal from the city of Uvira in eastern Congo late Wednesday night, according the leader of the rebel...
Dec 17, 2025, 8:41 PM
White South Africans divided on US refugee offer
BBC News
Donald Trump says white South Africans are being persecuted and so qualify for asylum but black farmers are also being killed.
Dec 8, 2025, 5:05 AM
Kagame: ‘Never seen this much attention’ to ending Africa war
Al Jazeera English
Rwandan President Paul Kagame praises Trumpian diplomacy for de-emphasizing ‘democracy, freedom and human rights’.
Dec 7, 2025, 6:30 PM
Fighting flares in DR Congo within hours of Trump’s peace deal ceremony
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
The Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group and government forces have traded blame for the renewed fighting.
Dec 5, 2025, 5:41 PM
Trump hails ‘great day for the world’ as DRC, Rwanda finalise peace deal
Al Jazeera Staff, News Agencies, Al Jazeera English
US president hosts leaders of DRC and Rwanda and says Washington will buy rare-earth minerals from the two countries.
Dec 4, 2025, 11:53 PM
Rwanda, DRC presidents sign ‘Washington Accord’ peace deal
Al Jazeera English
The presidents of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have signed the “Washington Accord” peace deal.
Dec 4, 2025, 7:29 PM
Trump to host Rwanda, DRC leaders at White House to sign peace agreement
Al Jazeera Staff, News Agencies, Al Jazeera English
Meeting to build on earlier agreements to end fighting in eastern DRC, which has persisted throughout talks.
Dec 1, 2025, 9:25 PM
This African nation built its development on diamonds. Now it's crashing down
SELLO MOTSETA and FARAI MUTSAKA, Yahoo Entertainment
In a village outside Botswana ’s capital, Keorapetse Koko sat on an aging couch in her sparsely furnished home, stunned that a career — and an entire...
Nov 29, 2025, 4:05 AM
G20 summit in South Africa ends with glaring absence of US after Trump boycott
Associated Press Videos, Yahoo Entertainment
The first G20 summit in Africa also broke with tradition Saturday by issuing a leaders' declaration on the opening day of the talks, when declarations...
Nov 23, 2025, 6:55 PM
G20 summit in South Africa: Who’s attending and what’s on the agenda?
Shola Lawal, Al Jazeera English
US President Donald Trump is boycotting the summit but South African leaders say the meeting will go ahead.
Nov 22, 2025, 3:46 AM
DRC, Rwanda-backed M23 sign framework deal for peace after talks in Qatar
Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English
The agreement is not expected to immediately change things on the ground, but to move forward a larger peace process.
Nov 15, 2025, 1:55 PM
Is Africa the West’s ‘Human Dumping Ground’?
Al Jazeera English
We look at the deals between some African nations and the Trump administration to accept deportees from the US.
Oct 28, 2025, 7:30 PM
A Cuban man deported by the US to Africa is on a hunger strike in prison, his lawyer says
GERALD IMRAY, Yahoo Entertainment
A Cuban man deported by the United States to the African nation of Eswatini is on a hunger strike at a maximum-security prison having been held there for...
Oct 22, 2025, 8:18 AM
Mali imposes retaliatory visa bond fees on US travellers
Faisal Ali, Al Jazeera English
The measure comes after the US added Mali to its list of African countries required to post bonds of $5,000 and $10,000.
Oct 12, 2025, 3:42 PM
Africa's oldest leader isn't ready to retire - and he's not the only one defying age
Kate Bartlett, NPR
At 92, Cameroon's President aul Biya is running for an eighth term on Sunday — a reminder of how Africa's aging leaders continue to cling to power, even as their nations face unrest, corruption, and calls for change.
Oct 11, 2025, 3:32 PM
3 men deported by US are being held in an African prison without charge, lawyers say
GERALD IMRAY, Yahoo Entertainment
Three men deported by the United States to Eswatini in July have been held in a maximum-security prison in the African nation for seven weeks without charge ...
Sep 2, 2025, 3:42 PM
Tiny African country detaining 5 deported migrants asks USA for $500 million...
Alex Woodward, The-independent.com
Tiny African country detaining 5 deported migrants asks USA for $500 million... (First column, 13th story, link) Related stories:UPRISING AT ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ... 'They've beaten everyone here'... Prison chaplain at PA facility accused…
Sep 1, 2025, 9:28 PM
Rwanda confirms it received seven immigrants deported under Donald Trump
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
The Trump administration has struck deals with third-party countries, including four in Africa, to accept US deportees.
Aug 28, 2025, 8:37 PM
DR Congo, M23 rebels resume talks in Qatar after renewed violence in east
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
Qatar's foreign ministry said delegations were meeting in Doha to review the implementation of a truce signed in July.
Aug 26, 2025, 6:18 PM
‘The whole scheme stinks’: Ugandans question deal to take US deportees
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
The East African country is being pushed as a deportation location for high-profile US detainee Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
Aug 26, 2025, 2:48 PM
Uganda agrees deal with US to take in deported asylum seekers
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
A Ugandan official said the country would prefer to receive people from African nationalities under the agreement.
Aug 21, 2025, 1:52 PM
Trump, send your deportees to Europe not Africa
Tafi Mhaka, Al Jazeera English
Deal with them in the US; failing that, let the former colonial powers bear the burden they helped create.
Aug 20, 2025, 8:36 AM