Category: Immigration
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🇱🇷 Deportees Sent to Liberia: A New Chapter in America’s Expanding Deportation Policy
MONROVIA, LIBERIA — A group of people deported from the United States to Liberia has found itself thousands of miles from home, navigating an unfamiliar country and an uncertain future after being removed under the Trump administration’s expanding immigration enforcement policies. According to reporting by CBS News, the deportees include individuals from countries such as…
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🇨🇦 Canada Expands Military Recruitment to Permanent Residents, Raising Questions About Loyalty, Security and National Service
By panafrican.email | Global Affairs & Defense Canada is widening the pool of people eligible to serve in its armed forces, including permanent residents who are not yet Canadian citizens. The policy is part of a broader effort by Ottawa to address military recruitment challenges, strengthen the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), and attract skilled personnel.…
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🇿🇦 Six Nigerian Nationals Extradited to US Over R100 Million Black Axe Romance Scam Allegations
South Africa — Six Nigerian nationals have been extradited to the United States following a joint law-enforcement operation involving South Africa’s Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, commonly known as the Hawks, and Interpol. The suspects are facing criminal charges in the United States over allegations of their involvement in a sophisticated cybercrime network linked by…
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🇭🇹 Haitian Student’s Death Highlights Human Cost of TPS Uncertainty in the United States
Springfield, Ohio — Pierre Damas Bel was only 20 years old, but he had already begun building a future around education, service and the pursuit of medicine. A high-achieving graduate of high school in Springfield, Ohio, Bel had recently begun studying physiology and neuroscience at Wright State University, with aspirations of eventually becoming a doctor.…
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🇱🇷 Liberia Receives First 20 Deportees as U.S. Begins Plan to Send Up to 1,200 Third-Country Migrants
MONROVIA, Liberia — August 21, 2026 — Liberia has received the first group of migrants deported from the United States under a controversial new third-country transfer arrangement that could bring as many as 1,200 people to Liberia over the next 12 months. The first batch of 20 deportees arrived at Roberts International Airport on Thursday,…
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Anti-Migrant Protests Trigger Economic Shockwaves Across South Africa
South Africa is experiencing growing economic disruption as escalating anti-migrant protests force tens of thousands of foreign nationals to leave the country, affecting key industries that depend heavily on migrant labour. From domestic services and food delivery to textile manufacturing, businesses are reporting significant operational challenges as workers flee amid rising hostility and insecurity. The…
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🇬🇳 Hollywood film star couple receive Guinean citizenship through DNA testing
Hollywood stars Jonathan Majors and Meagan Good received Guinean citizenship in a ceremony on 9 January 2026 after tracing their roots through DNA testing. They were welcomed in Conakry and pledged to help Guinea using their influence. They will also visit historical slave sites in the Boké region as part of their visit. Hollywood stars…
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🇱🇷 U.S. citizen says encounter with ICE agents in Brooklyn Park landed him in the hospital
U.S. citizen claims Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents left him hurt and hospitalized after an encounter in the Twin Cities. Emmanuel Sackie, a Liberian-born, naturalized citizen, says he was stopped in the parking lot of Family Dollar in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, on Monday afternoon. Sackie says he was inside the store when his fiancée, Amanda…
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🇸🇴 90,000 Somalis ‘Out by Dawn’ as Trump’s “Deportation Troops” Empty Minneapolis
View this post on Instagram In this 8 December 2025 video, host Cash Jordan talks about how as the Trump administration brings a “law enforcement” surge to MN in an attempt to crack down on various types of fraud, the fraud itself is still growing. Meanwhile, sanctuary rioters and activists are saying these actions affect even…
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🇺🇸 U.S. President Calls Somali Immigrants “Garbage”
Somali American community members serve a home-made lunch in Minneapolis, Minnesota. U.S. President Donald Trump has called the Somali immigrants in Minnesota “garbage.” Somali nationals in the U.S. are a primary target in the Trump administration’s new directive to freeze all immigration applications from 19 countries already subject to a travel ban. This pause includes…