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South Africa vows not to bend to US pressure after G20 snub
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South Africa vows not to bend to US pressure after G20 snub

South Africa will not bow to US pressure to change its policies on race, Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola said on Thursday, after Washington confirmed that Pretoria would be excluded from the G20 under its presidency. South Africa will not bow to US pressure to change its policies on race, Foreign...

Burkina Faso to bring back death penalty for serious offences
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Burkina Faso to bring back death penalty for serious offences

Burkina Faso's military rulers will bring back the death penalty, which was abolished in 2018, the country's Council of Ministers announced on Thursday. Burkina Faso's military rulers will bring back the death penalty, which was abolished in 2018, the country's Council of Ministers announced on T...

Somalis arrested in Minneapolis immigration crackdown, officials say
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Somalis arrested in Minneapolis immigration crackdown, officials say

Officials did not give a total arrest figure but gave profiles of 12 people apprehended, five of them from Somalia, the rest from Mexico and El Salvador. People of Somali origin are among those arrested in an immigration operation in Minneapolis, federal officials said on Thursday, two days after...

Why is Trump targeting Somalia and Somalis?
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Why is Trump targeting Somalia and Somalis?

US President Donald Trump stated that Somalis "contribute nothing" to the US but ‘’have taken billions of dollars’’ to Somalia, vowing to expel them. President Donald Trump is facing backlash at home and abroad following his latest disparaging comments on people of Somali descent in the US. In hi...