Trump halts enforcement of US law banning bribery of foreign officials

Pres­i­dent directs DoJ to pause pros­e­cu­tions under For­eign Cor­rupt Prac­tices Act, and issues par­don to Rod Blago­je­vich Don­ald Trump signed an exec­u­tive order on Mon­day direct­ing the US jus­tice depart­ment to halt pros­e­cut­ing Amer­i­cans accused of brib­ing for­eign gov­ern­ment offi­cials to win busi­ness. The order instructs the US attor­ney gen­er­al, Pam Bon­di, to pause prosecutions…

Analysts weigh in on US advisory council visit to Nigeria

Abu­ja — A U.S. advi­so­ry coun­cil on African dias­po­ra engage­ment is in Nige­ria on a mis­sion to dis­cuss dias­po­ra-led invest­ments across sec­tors includ­ing edu­ca­tion, health, tech­nol­o­gy and the cre­ative indus­tries. Ana­lysts weigh in on the pur­pose of the vis­it. Del­e­gates to the 12-mem­ber President’s Advi­so­ry Coun­cil on African Dias­po­ra Engage­ment were in Nige­ri­a’s eco­nom­ic cen­ter, Lagos, Monday…