Newsletter Archive

President Donald Trump’s travel ban and its legal challenges have caused anxiety and confusion for people in two Kenya refugee camps who are waiting to resettle in the United States. VOA goes to camps in Kakuma, Kenya, to speak with refugees whose futures hang in the balance.

The U.S. separation of powers is getting a workout as legal challenges to President Trump’s executive order on immigration wind their way through the courts. The U.S. Constitution sets up three separate but equal branches of government: the legislative, executive and judicial. History shows battles among these three branches are nothing new.

High expectations? Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is usually among the first to speak out against perceived injustices against Muslims and Islamophobia, but he’s been quiet about the President Trump’s temporary travel ban on seven Muslim majority countries. Is the Turkish leader playing the long game?

One of the 20th century’s most successful self-made women, the child of former slaves, grew up on a plantation. Madame C.J.Walker made her fortune by producing hair care products for African American women. A pioneer who fought against discrimination and injustice, Walker was one of the nation’s first African American millionaires.

An American is the new president of Somalia. Former Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, known as Farmajo, is a dual U.S.-Somali citizen. Farmajo, 54, spent much of his adult life in Buffalo, New York, where he raised a family and held various jobs in New York state government.

Chinese tourists have reshaped the economies of Hong Kong and Taiwan over the past decade, bringing those places closer to Beijing after periods of troubled relations. Over the past year, China has emerged as the top source of tourism for Vietnam, an economic boon that could help relations that have been hurt by a maritime dispute and historical distrust.