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Trump escalates stance on South Africa with executive order on Afrikaner resettlement

The United States (U.S.) President Donald Trump has intensified his stance on South Africa, following earlier claims about land confiscation. In a controversial move, Trump has directed U.S. officials to prioritise the resettlement of Afrikaners as refugees, and on Friday, he signed an executive order halting financial aid to South Africa, further straining diplomatic relations. Speaking on VOC’s NewsBeat on Monday, Honorary Professor of International Relations at the University of […]

today10 February 2025

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US Supreme Court allows Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’ to take full effect

The US Supreme Court ruled on Monday to allow President Donald Trump’s travel ban on several Muslim-majority countries to go into full effect. The court, with two of the nine justices dissenting, granted the US administration's request to lift two injunctions imposed by lower courts that had partially blocked the ban. The open-ended ban, announced in September, targets people from Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Chad and North Korea, as […]

today5 December 2017

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Court maintains block on Trump’s Muslim travel ban

An appeals court from the US state of Virginia refused on Thursday to reinstate President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban on travellers from six Muslim-majority nations, stating it was rooted in "intolerance". The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 10 to 3 against Trump's travel ban, and indicated opponents of Trump were likely to succeed at trial in showing the policy violates US constitutional prohibitions on religious discrimination. The decision, […]

today26 May 2017

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Hawaii judge puts Donald Trump’s travel ban on hold

A federal judge in Hawaii has put President Donald Trump's revised travel ban on hold, issuing an emergency halt to the order just hours before it was set to go into effect. The ruling by US District Judge Derrick Watson on Wednesday prevents the executive order from going into effect on Thursday. Hawaii argued that the new order will harm its Muslim population, tourism and foreign students. Ismail Elshikh, a […]

today16 March 2017

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‘US a dangerous place for Muslims’

“The US has become a much more dangerous for Muslims than it was before”. These are the words of Middle East analyst Naeem Jeenah, in response to the global outrage against US president Donald Trump’s ban on Muslims. On Friday, Trump signed an executive order which bans Muslims from seven countries from entering the US. Despite a judicial order which temporarily blocked the Executive Order, dozens of travellers and immigrants […]

today30 January 2017

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US judge blocks deportations under Trump’s Muslim ban

A federal judge has blocked part of President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration, ruling that travellers who have already landed in the US with valid visas should not be sent back to their home countries. Lawyers had filed a legal case in response to the order that includes a 90-day entry ban on citizens of seven Muslim-majority nations. US District Judge Ann Donnelly's ruling late on Saturday concerns dozens […]

today29 January 2017

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