Chad halts lake’s world heritage status request over oil exploration
Exclusive: African state says it has agreements with oil companies in Lake Chad area
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Africa’s Great Green Wall just 4% complete over halfway through schedule
Report calls for more support if plan to plant 100m hectares of vegetation is to be realised
Venezuela slams U.S. travel restrictions as ‘political terrorism’
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela on Monday accused U.S. President Donald Trump of conducting “political terrorism” through travel restrictions on eight countries including the socialist-run South American nation, which is already at loggerheads with Washington.
U.S. civil liberties group to challenge Trump’s new travel ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The American Civil Liberties Union on Friday launched the first legal challenge to President Donald Trump’s new restrictions on people entering the United States from eight countries.
More groups challenge Trump’s latest travel ban in court
NEW York (Reuters) – Muslim immigrants and an advocacy group filed a fresh lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s latest version of a travel ban that placed indefinite restrictions on the entry of citizens from eight countries to the United States.
Trump opponents urge U.S. Supreme Court to rule on travel ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Challengers to President Donald Trump’s travel ban targeting several Muslim-majority countries on Thursday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to decide the policy’s legality even though it has been replaced with a revised plan.
U.S. judge questions government on Trump’s latest travel ban
GREENBELT, Md. (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Monday questioned attorneys defending the Trump administration about a classified report the government is using to justify its latest ban on citizens of some countries from entering the United States.
Judge blocks latest Trump curbs on people entering United States
SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump’s latest bid to impose restrictions on citizens from several countries entering the United States, which would have taken effect this week.
Second federal judge blocks Trump’s curbs on travel to U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A second U.S. federal judge has blocked parts of President Donald Trump’s latest travel ban on people entering the United States from eight countries, dealing another legal blow to the administration’s third bid to impose travel restrictions.
Trump travel ban should not apply to people with strong U.S. ties: court
(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Friday said President Donald Trump’s hotly contested travel ban targeting people from six Muslim-majority countries should not be applied to people with strong U.S. ties.