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2026-10-02 · Semafor · Politics

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

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2026-09-16 · Semafor · Politics

US imposes new visa restrictions on South Africans

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2026-09-21 · Semafor · Politics

US lifts sanctions on Eritrean officials

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2026-10-08 · Semafor · Politics

The fight to uncover the Nigerian president’s FBI files

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2026-09-28 · Semafor · Politics

Democrats press Trump administration to intervene in Ethiopia

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2026-09-23 · Semafor · Politics

Trump’s Africa adviser defends proposed Libyan deal: ‘Absolute partnership’

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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