South Africans are paying tribute to actor Presley Chweneyagae, who has died at the age of 40. In a statement announcing his death, his agency described him as a “South African icon” and one of the country’s “most gifted and beloved actors”. The South African government published a post on X describing him as “a...
Brandon Drenon BBC News, Washington DC Getty Images Thousands of civilians have been killed by armed militias in recent years, the UN says A man slept outside in a car park overnight in Kenya with his wife and infant son in January, consumed by confusion and disbelief. The family, refugees from the Democratic Republic of...
Reuters US President Donald Trump has given members of South Africa’s Afrikaner community refugee status, alleging that a genocide was taking place in the country. Nearly 60 of them have arrived in the US after being granted asylum. The South African government allowed the US embassy to consider their applications inside the country, and let...
You can’t make this crap up, can you? After decades of “partnering with”–read “getting big bucks from”–the federal government to aid with the resettlement of refugees, the Episcopal Church has decided that it can no longer do so because…they were asked to help resettle white people. Episcopal Church Bishop Sean Rowe: It’s against what we...
This article was originally published by The Lever, an investigative newsroom. If you like this story, sign up for The Lever’s free newsletter. As President Donald Trump tries to bar almost all refugees from entering the country, his administration is planning to use federal funds reserved for sick, elderly, and at-risk refugee populations to facilitate...