Men from Cuba and other countries describe being deported by the U.S. to a dangerous African nation: “We cannot leave”

Men from Cuba and other countries describe being deported by the U.S. to a dangerous African nation: “We cannot leave”

Last year, Cuban immigrant Yasmany Moreno de Armas was working and living in Florida. He’s now in the Central African Republic, after the Trump administration sent him and dozens of deportees to the deeply impoverished and conflict-ridden nation. The 31-year-old said he only learned the U.S. government was deporting him to Africa after he arrived…

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The most dangerous customer is the quiet one

The most dangerous customer is the quiet one

The most dangerous customer isn’t the one who complains. It’s the one who has stopped bothering. Over the last two columns I followed a single failure from cause to consequence: selling products before they are built, and the technical debt that leaves behind. This is where the bill finally gets paid. Not by the vendor….

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Africa: Looming Carnage – On the Dangerous Anti-Migrant Mobilisation in South Africa

Africa: Looming Carnage – On the Dangerous Anti-Migrant Mobilisation in South Africa

The chaos that threatens to explode from this mobilisation will devastate not only migrants but all poor people and workers. Only reactionary political forces will benefit from promoting it. As with the mobilisation of the populist right internationally, which draws on and misdirects people’s real grievances against the wrong targets (vulnerable people instead of the…

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Africa: Looming Carnage – On the Dangerous Anti-Migrant Mobilisation in South Africa

Africa: Wars and Geopolitical Divisions Constitute ‘Dangerous Erosion’ of World Order, Warns UN Chief

The UN Charter is facing one of its gravest tests in decades, Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Tuesday, warning that wars, arms races, climate shocks and the erosion of international law are placing intense pressure on the multilateral system established to prevent a third world war. Addressing a high-level Security Council debate…

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The Mali crisis could have a dangerous spillover effect | Conflict

The Mali crisis could have a dangerous spillover effect | Conflict

It has been almost nine months since rebel groups imposed a fuel blockade on Mali’s capital Bamako. In late April, the conflict escalated further. The Al-Qaeda-affiliated Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), along with members of Tuareg separatist movements, launched a coordinated attack on the Malian army and its Russian allies, the African Corps (formerly Wagner),…

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Africa: Looming Carnage – On the Dangerous Anti-Migrant Mobilisation in South Africa

Africa: A Draft African Charter On ‘Family Values’ Is On the Cards – Why It’s Flawed and Dangerous

A series of conferences held in Entebbe, Uganda, between 2023 and 2025 have resulted in a draft African Charter on Family, Sovereignty and Values. The meetings were organised by the Inter-parliamentary Network on African Sovereignty and Values, which organises continental conferences for African legislators and faith-based advocates. Supported by international conservative groups like Family Watch…

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Africa: Horn of Africa At ‘Dangerous Crossroads,’ IGAD Chief Warns As Conflicts Become Interconnected

Africa: Horn of Africa At ‘Dangerous Crossroads,’ IGAD Chief Warns As Conflicts Become Interconnected

Nairobi — The Horn of Africa is facing a “dangerous crossroads” marked by interconnected conflicts and rising geopolitical competition, the Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, Workneh Gebeyehu, warned on Tuesday, calling for urgent reforms to mediation strategies as wars in the region grow more fragmented and prolonged. Speaking at the IGAD Mediation…

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