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Vietnamese in Hanoi in March 2021 take part in a test to gain a specified skilled worker visa for work in Japan. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)

Africa

Japan government considering extending stays of pregnant skilled foreign workers

There is good news on the horizon for foreign skilled workers in Japan as the government of the East Asian country is considering extending the five-year residency limit for skilled foreign workers if they become pregnant. In Japan, there have been cases where holders of foreign skilled worker visas have had their employment appointments terminated after they become pregnant. And, the government is taking steps to ensure that foreign workers […]

todayJanuary 27, 2025

Ahshwin Mouwers was shot down outside a court in South Africa

Africa

Murder witness gunned down outside courtroom in South Africa

By Emmanuel Akyereko A murder case witness, identified as Ashwin Mouwers, was shot dead while waiting to testify in an ongoing murder trial. Lieutenant Colonel Mavela Masondo, the local police spokesperson, has confirmed that Mouwers was shot dead while he was about to testify as a witness in a 2021 murder case that took place in Eldorado Park, Soweto. The national police service in South Africa have launched a search […]

todayJanuary 24, 2025

gasoline tanker blast in Nigeria

Africa

Close to 100 dead in explosive fuel tanker blast in Nigeria

By Emmanuel Akyereko Ninety-eight people have been confirmed dead and several others have sustained multiple degrees of injuries when a gasoline tanker truck blasted in north central Niger during the weekend. The tragic incident happens when locals rushed to the scene with generators to siphon fuel from the tanker, triggering the explosion which left a devastating situation in the city which is close to Abuja. At least three times in […]

todayJanuary 23, 2025

US House speaker Mike Johnson. Photograph: Will Oliver/EPA

Africa

US Congress passes Laken Riley Bill to tighten border control

By Emmanuel Akyereko The United States of America Congress has passed the Liken Riley Bill to tighten border control measure as the Donald Trump administration crackdown on illegal immigration in the US. The bill, which received an overwhelming vote in its favour, is awaiting the signature of President Trump. Republican whip, Thomas Earl Emmer Jr., posted the final vote on X, showing that it passed with 263 votes in favour […]

todayJanuary 22, 2025

Immigration Officers in America can now arrest migrants in churches and other sensitive places

Africa

Immigration officers can now arrest migrants at churches and schools in US

By Emmanuel Akyereko The Donald Trump administration has rejected policies limiting the arrest of migrants at sensitive places like churches and schools. Immigration Law Enforcement Officers in the United States of America will now be able to arrest migrants during church services and at schools after the Donald Trump administration threw out the policy which placed a limitation on such activity. On Tuesday the Trump administration announced that it has […]

todayJanuary 21, 2025

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to end birthright citizenship [AP Photo / Evan Vucci]

Africa

Trump administration could attempt restrictions on short-term visas for pregnant travellers

By Emmanuel Akyereko With 22 states filing lawsuits against US President Donald Trump for his attempts to end birthright citizenship, observers have suggested that his administration could enact clandestine moves to implement the policy which has already faced tough opposition. According to sources from the United States, officials within the administrations are busily exploring the alternative means of tackling the topic and are opened to scrapping the short-term visas for […]

todayJanuary 21, 2025

Africans in America

Africa

Donald Trump introduces hardline policy to change the fate of Africans and other foreign nationals in USA

By Emmanuel Akyereko Donald Trump, the President of the United States of America, has signed an executive order to end the right to citizenship for some children of foreign nationals born in the United States of America. For centuries America has been a nation where birthright citizenship is a deeply held value however, the fresh attempts by the President to cut off the right will affect many foreign nationals with […]

todayJanuary 21, 2025

The 1995 Hansin-Awaji Earthquake in Kobe

Japan

Japan remembers 6,400 victims of Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake on 30th anniversary

By Emmanuel Akyereko Japan is marking the 30th anniversary of the great Hanshin-Awaji Daishinsai which claimed the lives of over 6,400 people. The devastating earthquake, which struck at the magnitude of 7.3, came upon Western Japan on the dawn of Tuesday, 17th January 1995, causing massive havoc in Kobe and towns around Western Japan. At a park in Kobe on Friday dawn, scores of Japanese placed lanterns on the ground […]

todayJanuary 17, 2025

Kofi Adoma shot

Africa

Ghanaian media celebrity Kofi Adoma accidentally shot

By Emmanuel Akyereko Celebrated Ghanaian media personality Kofi Adoma has suffered gunshot wounds, according latest reports from the West African country. Initial reports, which went viral on social media, had claimed that the former Adom FM presenter had been shot in the eyes and was receiving treatment under intensive care. However, later reports have clarified that the bankroller of Kofi TV was hit by a stray bullet and has been […]

todayJanuary 15, 2025

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