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09 Jun '25
Demonstrations in Los Angeles have flared since Friday, drawing hundreds of protesters who are demanding an end to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests in the city.Clashes between demonstrators and law enforcement have led to dozens of arrests and multiple injuries among polic
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07 Jun '25
Uganda has been urged to reduce the high cost of sending money from abroad, with officials and development experts warning that current transfer fees are discouraging remittances and stifling diaspora-led investment.The call was made during the commemoration of the Interna
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05 Jun '25
US President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping new executive order banning entry to the United States from 12 countries and imposing partial travel restrictions on seven more, in a move critics liken to his controversial 2017 travel ban.The announcement, made on Thursday, comes just days
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02 Jun '25
In a strengthened effort to address the growing threat of fraudulent travel documents, Uganda and the Government of the Netherlands have partnered to launch a specialised training program for immigration officers.The initiative, focused on document examination and fraud detection, was unve
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02 Jun '25
In Uganda, the geopolitical rivalry between the West on one hand, and Russia plus China on the other, is threatening to spill full-blown into the media if recent reports are anything to go by.For decades, it has always been known that the geopolitics is m
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28 May '25
Secretary of State Marco Rubio signed a cable to freeze student visa applications (Image: AP)The Trump era clampdown strikes again as all fresh student visa applications hit a freeze amidst plans to include stringent social media checks for every applican
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27 May '25
Exiled Ugandan academic and political activist Stella Nyanzi has been granted a new visa allowing her re-entry into Germany, following a tense standoff with German immigration authorities in Nairobi.Nyanzi, who has asylum status in Germany, revealed on Tuesday evening that
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26 May '25
The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) has launched an online pre-registration portal on its website, allowing Ugandans to begin the ID registration or renewal process from any location with internet access.The National
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25 May '25
Ugandan academic and outspoken political activist Dr Stella Nyanzi says she was barred from returning to Germany despite possessing official documentation confirming her refugee status.In a social media post made on Saturday, Nyanzi accused a German migration officer based in Nairobi of pr
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19 May '25
The UK government has unveiled sweeping reforms to fast-track the deportation of foreign criminals, a move that could see Ugandan High Court judge Lydia Mugambe-Ssali sent home sooner than expected following her conviction for modern slavery.Under the new deportation and s