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US court saves Kenyan students from Trump's Harvard ban

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks after signing executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House May 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. [AFP]

More than 50 Kenyan students and scholars at Harvard University can now breathe a sigh of relief after a US court halted a directive that would have forced them out of the institution.

The ruling followed the Trump administration's move to revoke Harvard's authority to enroll non-American learners through the Student and Exchange Visitor Programme (SEVP).

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