49 Afrikaners fly to United States as Trump grants 'refugee' status
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The White Afrikaners who have accepted resettlement in the United States did not face "any form of persecution" in South Africa, the foreign ministry said on Monday. The reaction came hours after a first group of 49 White South Africans flew out of Johannesburg following US President Donald Trump's offer to grant refugee status to them.
Also, Kenyan President William Ruto has announced that all missing Kenyans have been accounted for, and that the dozens of abduction cases linked to deadly anti-government protests have been resolved. The disappearance of young critics of the establishment had sparked international concern.
Finally, a Kenyan court has given four men the choice of paying a fine of $7,700 or serving 12 months in prison for attempting to smuggle over 5,400 giant African harvester ant queens, each valued at around €200. The group – two Belgian teenagers, a Vietnamese man and a Kenyan national – was arrested early last month. They had faced up to five years in prison in a case that experts say marks a shift in biopiracy, from iconic species like elephants to lesser-known ones.
