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What (really) went wrong with the Africa strategy under Biden?

Judd Devermont, who served under the Obama and Biden administrations, asked questions, danced around answers and shared insights.

(The October 13 deportation flight is part of an overall strategy of the Trump administration to target African immigration, which was increasing in the years before he came to office. ALEX EDELMAN / AFP)

The Trump administration keeps targeting African immigrants

Cameroonians are caught between a vicious civil war at home and brutal detention and deportation measures in the countries they flee to

The scrupulously tight-lipped Mueller will appear at back-to-back hearings on July 17 of the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

UPDATE: Former Trump campaign chief Manafort reports to FBI – US media

Typically, such a wide-ranging investigation would first target lower-level people while building a case against those higher up.

The Deputy director of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases

White House: $589m from Ebola to go to fight Zika virus

Federal money left over from the fight against Ebola will now go to combating the growing threat of the Zika virus, the Obama administration has said.

This Sound Africa podcast investigates the persistent rumour that a black man named Hamilton Naki played a much bigger role in the first heart transplant surgery than he is given credit for. (Image: Sound Africa)

South Africa could offer a lifeline to freed Guantanamo detainees

Prisoners were kept in tiny, dark cells … when they refused to eat they were force-fed through the nose or rectum

Snowden seeks asylum in 20 states

Edward Snowden has submitted asylum requests to 19 more nations other than Ecuador; including Cuba, Brazil, India, China, Russia, Germany and France.

Obama to take new look at war on terror

Barack Obama will renew his failed vow to close Guantanamo Bay and argue his drone war is legal and just.

Obama wants gay marriage ban overturned

The Obama administration wants the Supreme Court to overturn California’s ban on gay marriages.

‘This election is a total sham and a travesty. We are not a democracy!’

Trump flips his wig over Obama win

Donald Trump has attacked Barack Obama’s election victory on Twitter, calling it a "travesty" and a "disgusting injustice".

US President Barack Obama has sought to roll back Iran’s nuclear programme though diplomatic means.

Odd politics, presidential tradition: Bush is back

US President Barack Obama is going to welcome his predecessor and proudly preside as George W Bush’s image is enshrined at the White House forever.

‘Predatory’ card fees shackled

‘Predatory’ card fees shackled

Financial services reform in the US includes a ban on punitive charges for credit card infractions.