Saikou Jammeh

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Ruth Maclean |Saikou Jammeh

Seven of the 12 countries on President Trump's new list are on the continent, where some said the policy was discriminatory and would unfairly affect their future. When Africans woke up to the news this week that seven of the 12 countries on President Trump's new travel ban list were African nations, the response, for many, was a mix of resignation and anger.

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Ruth Maclean |Saikou Jammeh

Not much links the nations. What did the nations of Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Libya, Somalia, the Republic of Congo and Sudan have in common, until they were all put on President Trump's travel ban list Wednesday night? They are all African countries. But beyond that, not much links them. They are scattered across the continent, spanning desert and tropical forest. Some are democracies (in name at least) and some are under military rule, some have a heavy terrorist presence and others do not.

3 weeks ago | martinplaut.com | Saikou Jammeh |Martin Plaut

After slashing foreign assistance and introducing steep tariffs, the Trump administration is proposing a new tax on remittances. African nations would be among the hardest hit. People sending money from the United States already pay income tax on their earnings, so they would effectively be taxed twice, critics say. Under the new legislation, immigrants would pay an additional 3.5 percent federal tax on top of the roughly 6 percent they pay banks and remittance companies.

3 weeks ago | thenewstribune.com | Saikou Jammeh

RevoluPAY, a money app that will allow Cuban Americans to send remittances to their family members, at the Humboldt University in Miami on March 8, 2022. As part of its budget bill, the U.S. government would take a cut of all remittances sent to foreign nations, a move that would cut off a major lifeline to African nations, which suffer from high poverty levels.

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Saikou Jammeh |Ruth Maclean

After slashing foreign assistance and introducing steep tariffs, the Trump administration is proposing a new tax on remittances. African nations would be among the hardest hit. The Trump administration's "One Big, Beautiful Bill" could make the United States the most expensive of the Group of 7 countries from which to send money, dealing another blow to poor nations already reeling from recent aid cuts.