The US has paused immigrant visa appointments at embassies and consulates worldwide as the Donald Trump administration steps up scrutiny of applicants who could potentially become dependent on government benefits, according to a Financial Times report.
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu ordered the military and other security agencies on Tuesday to launch an immediate rescue operation after scores of people were kidnapped by gunmen in north-central Niger State last week.
President Donald Trump's administration said on Monday it planned to revoke the non-immigrant visas of foreigners who have applied for or are currently seeking asylum status in the U.S., marking its latest step in a sweeping immigration crackdown.
President Donald Trump's administration on Monday released a proposed regulation to codify an unprecedented fee of more than $100,000 on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers, a measure that has been blocked by the courts.
Eleven bodies have been recovered by Tunisia's coastguard after a boat carrying Tunisian migrants sank at the weekend en route to Italy, with three others still unaccounted for, the National Guard said on Sunday.
Pope Leo called on Sunday for international action to help contain the impact of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has so far claimed more than 2,500 lives.
Parents of children abducted from Nigeria's northeastern Borno State protested in Uba town on Thursday, demanding the federal government secure their release nearly 100 days after they were taken.
Armed men abducted several worshippers from a mosque in Nigeria's north-central Niger State during Friday prayers, police said on Saturday, in the latest mass kidnapping in a region plagued by violent gangs.
Liberia has charged former Vice-President Jewel Howard-Taylor with drug trafficking, money laundering, and a range of other offences as part of an investigation into an alleged transnational narcotics network.
Cameroon's President Paul Biya returned home on Thursday after his longest recorded stay abroad since taking power more than four decades ago, ending months of speculation about his health and whereabouts.
