Author Archives: karisrobinson

Reprieve for Cameroonian Asylum Seekers in the U.S.

Link: https://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00081875.html Asylum seeking Cameroonians have been given an 18 month grace period from deportation which they can apply to in order to stay in the United States. This 18 month reprieve has been a result of lobbying by human rights groups in both the United States and Cameroon for this Temporary Protected Status) (TPS, but can only start once… Read more »

Africa: Cameroon Deploys Troops to CAR Border to Stop Rebel Abductions

Link:  https://allafrica.com/stories/202204200030.html Cameroon’s military has deployed troops to the shared eastern border with CAR (Central Africa Republic) due to the abduction of 35 people by CAR rebels. On monday troops raided villages where abductees are said to be held captive, on these rescue missions the rebels responded with fire injuring a few of the hostages. The UN peacekeeping mission assigned… Read more »

Little Room to Maneuver for Africa As Food & Fuel Cost Rise – IMF

Link To Article: https://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00081989.html In this article the economic outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa is discussed as both the Covid- 19 pandemic and the recent War between Russia and Ukraine have had devastating impacts on the region. Even now, the continent is still recovering from ongoing effects of the pandemic and now the war between Ukraine and Russia adds on to… Read more »

Outrage as British Govt Plans to Send Migrants to Rwanda

Link to Article: https://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00081904.html Currently the British Government is facing judgement for sending asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing. The British Government says in defense these actions are necessary to deter migrants from crossing the extremely dangerous English channel routes on small boats. There have been many cases of those who attempted crossing the english channel dying and drowning, so… Read more »

South African Covid-19 Infection Rate Sparks Fears of Fifth Wave

Link to Article: https://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00081919.html As of monday April 25th South Africa recorded 3,762,911 cases of Covid-19 which include 252,775 fatal cases and 3,000 cases just in the span of 24 hours, making this surge the highest since January 8th. As of right now the head of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) is spectating whether the current Omicron variant… Read more »