Consulate

A person had their phone stolen in Italy last year and filed a report but did not recover it. Recently, they received a call from someone claiming to be an Italian police officer attempting to return the phone via the consulate. After verifying the officer's authenticity with Italian police headquarters, the individual is questioning if the situation could still be a scam despite the officer's legitimacy.

More than 2,000 undocumented Zimbabweans, including mothers and babies, are waiting for travel documents at a Home Affairs repatriation centre in Cape Town. Hundreds of Malawian nationals are also stranded outside their country's consulate in Johannesburg, seeking assistance to return home.

Hundreds of Greenlanders protested outside the new U.S. consulate in Nuuk against President Trump's ambitions to increase U.S. influence in the Danish territory. In January, Trump reportedly considered acquiring Greenland, citing its strategic importance for Arctic security.