Tag: U.S

  • SOUTH AFRICA COUNTERS U.S HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT

    SOUTH AFRICA COUNTERS U.S HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT

    South Africa’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) has strongly rejected the U.S. Human Rights Report, labeling it inaccurate, biased, and a distortion of South Africa’s constitutional reality. The report claimed that South Africa’s human rights situation had worsened, citing land expropriations, abuses against racial minorities, and extrajudicial killings, which DIRCO dismissed as misleading…

  • U.S. STRENGTHENS TERRORISM BAN ON PAKISTAN SEPARATIST MILITANTS

    U.S. STRENGTHENS TERRORISM BAN ON PAKISTAN SEPARATIST MILITANTS

    U.S. State Department  has designated the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), a separatist militant group in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, escalating from its 2019 Specially Designated Global Terrorist status. This designation criminalizes support for the BLA in the U.S. and aims to disrupt its financial networks. The move follows a March 2025…

  • U.S SLASHES NIGERIANS VISA VALIDITY TO THREE MONTHS

    U.S SLASHES NIGERIANS VISA VALIDITY TO THREE MONTHS

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    U.S. Department of State has announced that most non-immigrant and non-diplomatic visas for Nigerian citizens will now be single-entry with a three-month validity, effective immediately. With Existing visas issued before July 8, 2025, remaining valid, this update is part of the U.S. global visa reciprocity policy, which can be reviewed and adjusted over time. The…