President says US will prioritise white South Africans in move decried by refugee advocates as blatantly political.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson late Friday temporarily halted a lower court order that would have required the Trump administration to fund food stamps in full, fueling new uncertainty around the anti-hunger program’s immediate fate.

In the days since Donald Trump first threatened military action in Nigeria over the jihadi attacks on Christians, the leaders of Africa’s most populous country — a long-standing American security partner — have reacted with confusion, outrage and dismay.