Uganda has reached an agreement with the U.S. to take in deportees from third countries who may not get asylum but are "reluctant" to go back to their own countries.

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Vincent Bagiire Waiswa, said that the country will not accept people with criminal records or

The United States Embassy in Harare has suspended all routine immigrant and non-immigrant visa services, except for most diplomatic and official visas, citing national security and public safety concerns. The instruction came from Washington to pause consular operations at the embassy in Harare.

The embassy announced that it would not

Rwanda and the United States have reached an agreement that allows Kigali to accept up to 250 migrants deported from the U.S. The deal was signed in June after President Donald Trump's administration submitted an initial list of 10 people for

The U.S. State Department has announced that travelers from Zambia and Malawi seeking business or tourist visa will now be required to pay a deposit of $15,000. The statement said the move is a 12-month pilot program aimed at curbing visa overstays, and could be extended soon to other countries.

The announcement is the latest action by the administration of U.S President Donald Trump to limit illegal immigration

A boat carrying African migrants, mostly Ethiopians, has sank off the coast of Yemen, killing at least 68 people and leaving 74 missing, according to the UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM). The vessel was carrying 154 people when it capsized near the southern governorate of Abyan, where bodies have since washed ashore. Only 12 people survived the incident.

Despite Yemen's ongoing civil

The "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" from the Donald Trump administration requires visitors to pay a "visa integrity fee".

The new $250 fee will increase visa costs for foreign visitors who want to travel to the U.S, and will apply to most temporary visas, including those for tourism, study, and work. Diplomats and Visa Waiver countries will remain exempt from the fee. With existing fees,

The U.S. has deported five people whom it described as "criminal illegal aliens" to Eswatini. The deportees are originally from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Cuba, and Yemen, and had been convicted of serious crimes such as murder and child rape. Homeland Security official Tricia McLaughlin said that their home countries had refused to take them back, prompting the US to send them to Eswatini as a "safe third country."

The Liberian government has said no formal request was made for the country to receive illegal migrants from the U.S. This comes amid growing public concern after media reports that the five African heads of state who visited the White House on July 9 were asked by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump to accept deportees

Nigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar has said his country is under increasing pressure by the U.S. government to accept Venezuelan deportees. The minister said Nigeria's refusal might have been the reason behind the U.S imposition of the 10% tariff on the country.

"You have to also bear in mind that the U.S. is mounting considerable pressure on African countries to accept Venezuelans to be deported

The United States has deported eight men to South Sudan after  move followed a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned a lower court ruling requiring due process for migrants sent to third countries. 

The men, convicted of crimes including murder, sexual assault, and robbery, had either completed or were near the end of