Greece on Friday enforced a three-month freeze on asylum claims from migrants arriving by boat from North Africa, to stem a surge from Libya that the government has called an “invasion”.The emergency legislation, approved by a majority of 177 out of 293 lawmakers, allows authorities to detain asylum seekers in camps for up to 18 months.Support …
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Nomonde Calata’s tears as she testified in court last month about her husband’s assassination 40 years ago echoed the raw anguish heard during South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings after apartheid ended in 1994.From 1996 to 1998, the TRC heard harrowing accounts of murders, torture and other apartheid-era abuses from hundreds of victims and …
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Construction on a stalled $20 billion gas project by TotalEnergies in Mozambique is edging closer to restarting, four years after it was suspended due to a bloody jihadist insurgency.The French oil giant has said it hopes to re-ignite the project this summer and chief executive Patrick Pouyanne is expected in the capital Maputo this month, …
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Mali’s junta chief has granted himself a five-year presidential mandate, renewable “as many times as necessary” and without election, in a law made public Thursday.General Assimi Goita’s approval of the measure had been widely expected for several days, and comes after the country’s military-appointed legislative body passed the bill last week.The law, which was leaked …
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A top European court ruled Thursday that the Swiss judiciary did not give double Olympic champion Caster Semenya a fair trial when she contested a rule forcing her to lower her testosterone levels to be able to compete as a woman.However, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) said it could not determine whether or …
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The halt to US foreign aid is a “ticking time bomb” that could reverse decades of hard-fought gains in the fight against AIDS, the United Nations warned Thursday.Around 31.6 million people were on antiretroviral drugs in 2024 and deaths from AIDS-related illnesses had more than halved since 2010 to 630,000 that year, the UNAIDS agency …
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In jihadist-threatened north Benin, the army is waging a campaign away from the front — a programme of social projects, including free veterinary care, to tempt locals away from extremism.Located just south of Niger and Burkina Faso — which together with neighbouring Mali form the world’s terrorism epicentre — Benin’s north has come under increasing …
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Snout pressed to the ground, a border collie named Delta zigzagged through the shrubs on a private nature reserve near Cape Town, frantically sniffing for critically endangered tortoises.The dog stopped abruptly in front of a small bush and lay down, signalling a find as Delta’s handler moved in to search the surrounding area.Hidden in the …
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A top European court will decide Thursday whether double Olympic champion Caster Semenya can be required to lower her testosterone levels to compete as a woman, in a key decision on contested gender testing.The European Court of Human Rights’ decision comes after a row engulfed the 2024 Paris Olympics over the gender of an Algerian …
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President Donald Trump announced a 50 percent tariff Wednesday targeting Brazil as he blasted the trial of the country’s ex-leader, and said a US “national security” levy on copper would begin in August.In a letter addressed to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Trump criticized the treatment of his right-wing ally Jair Bolsonaro as …
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