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2026-10-02 · Semafor · Politics

Third-country decision a ‘devastating result,’ lawyer says

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2026-11-02 · Semafor · Economy/Business

Trump cuts South Africa, Rwanda from AGOA trade program

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2026-09-16 · Semafor · Politics

US imposes new visa restrictions on South Africans

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2026-10-30 · Semafor · Politics

New sanctions show limits of Trump influence over Congo conflict

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2026-09-21 · Semafor · Politics

US lifts sanctions on Eritrean officials

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2026-10-23 · Semafor · Health

US monitors new Ebola cases

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2026-08-26 · Semafor

🔮 Lawyers are bracing for a ruling from the First Circuit Court of Appeals that could reshape the Trump administration’s third-country deportation program, just as the administration pushes ahead with a new deal to send migrants to Liberia. mixed

2026-09-15 · Semafor

🔮 Senegal will try to buy more time to pay off its debt by extending the maturity of its borrowing, its prime minister said, as the country works to qualify for an International Monetary Fund program. assertive

2026-09-16 · Semafor

🔮 The measures target individuals deemed complicit in race-based discrimination and uncompensated land seizures, and may extend to their immediate family members. mixed

2026-09-18 · Semafor

🔮 Democrats are warning that the Trump administration’s secretive third-country deportation program could face a full congressional investigation if the party wins the majority in one or both chambers in November. mixed

2026-09-21 · Semafor

🔮 Semafor reported in April on Egypt-brokered talks between Eritrea’s president and US President Donald Trump’s senior Africa advisor as Washington could normalize ties with Asmara. mixed

2026-09-22 · Semafor

🔮 The head of the Inter-American Development Bank said Tuesday the lender is weighing a return to Venezuela after nearly a decade away, but did not say whether Caracas’ unpaid debts would be forgiven. “As a development bank, we need to look at Venezuela and look at the Venezuelan people and see if there’s an opportunity for us to engage,” IDB President Ilan Goldfajn said at Semafor’s The Next 3 Billion, adding that talks on a formal engagement plan are already underway. mixed

2026-09-23 · Semafor

🔮 Massad Boulos, President Donald Trump’s senior Africa adviser and the father of one of Trump’s sons-in-law, on Tuesday pushed back on claims that a US plan for Libya would hand control of the country to a powerful military commander and his family. assertive

2026-10-02 · Semafor

🔮 Immigrant advocates are grappling with the Supreme Court’s decision to allow the Trump administration to move forward with third-country deportations, which will leave the policy in place for months while they wait for the court to rule on it. assertive

2026-10-08 · Semafor

🔮 In a statement to Semafor, Henderson Parks attorney Christopher Carmichael argued that commentary on the case had outpaced the facts: “Interested persons and parties are attempting to infer what they believe may be in undisclosed records, but that is speculation.” assertive

2026-10-23 · Semafor

🔮 The DRC has recorded 9,552 confirmed cases and 4,602 deaths since the outbreak was declared in May, the second-largest Ebola outbreak on record. assertive

2026-10-30 · Semafor

🔮 The US imposed sanctions on Rwanda’s Ministry of Defense and a bank serving its security services earlier this week, accusing Kigali of backing and fighting alongside M23 rebels in eastern Congo nearly a year after US President Donald Trump declared the war over. “It will continue raising questions about US leadership within these matters, because the US is the guarantor of this particular agreement,” said Mvemba Phezo Dizolele, a senior fellow at Johns Hopkins University’s Foreign Policy Institute, of the stalemate. assertive

2026-11-02 · Semafor

🔮 South African Trade Minister Parks Tau said the “decision does not define the broader relationship” between the countries and that South Africa would continue pursuing trade, investment and shared economic opportunities with the US. assertive