LONDON (Reuters) – A judicial review into the legality of the British government’s plan to deport migrants to Rwanda will start on Sept. 5, London’s High Court said on Wednesday. Under an agreement struck in April, Britain will send tens of thousands of migrants who arrive on its shores illegally more than 4,000 miles (6,4000 …
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON(Reuters) – President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that the United States will bring together leaders from across the African continent for a major summit in December in Washington to discuss pressing challenges from food security to climate change. “The summit will demonstrate the United States’ enduring commitment to Africa, and will …
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By Francis Kokoroko and Cooper Inveen TAMALE, Ghana (Reuters) – Hundreds of meters above the village of Jenakpeng in northern Ghana, a small drone locked its sights on six airplanes parked in the middle of a verdant field miles away from the nearest runway. The drone’s 16-year-old pilot, Jenakpeng native Abdul-Latif Zakaria, stood with his …
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(Reuters) – Precious gem producer Gemfields on Wednesday reported an attack close to its ruby mine in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province, but said operations had not been halted. An Islamic State-linked insurgency in Cabo Delgado has claimed thousands of lives since it broke out in 2017, disrupting multi-billion-dollar natural gas and mining projects. Gemfields, …
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LOME (Reuters) – Civilians in a part of northern Togo attacked by suspected Islamist militants last week have been fleeing their homes en masse to seek refuge in nearby cities, a local mayor said. More than 25 people were killed in the attacks on four villages in the Kpendjal district, near the border with Burkina …
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LAGOS (Reuters) – A Nigerian Catholic priest abducted last week was found murdered on Tuesday while his colleague managed to escaped from his captors in the northern state of Kaduna, the local diocese said. Fathers John Mark Cheitnum and Donatus Cleophas were seized in the town of Lere when attending a parish function at Christ …
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TUNIS (Reuters) -Tunisia’s Islamist movement leader Rached Ghannouchi was allowed to return home after a court hearing on Tuesday in a money laundering investigation that his Ennahda party rejects as a political ploy. The preliminary hearing before an investigative judge lasted nearly 10 hours and followed warnings from activists that the authorities were contemplating arresting …
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By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) -British officials repeatedly warned the government not to pursue its plan to send migrants to Rwanda and the country was initially excluded from the shortlist of partner countries because of human rights concerns, London’s High Court was told on Tuesday. Under an agreement struck in April, Britain will send tens …
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KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Sudanese security forces fired tear gas as thousands of Hausa protesters marched in central Khartoum on Tuesday, days after tribal clashes killed dozens in southern Sudan’s Blue Nile state. At least 105 people have been killed and 246 injured, according to Sudan’s health ministry, following clashes between members of the Hausa and Funj …
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KAMPALA (Reuters) – More than 200 people have died from hunger this month in northeastern Uganda, where a prolonged drought and rampant insecurity have left more than half a million facing starvation, a local official and a charity worker said. Inhabited by nomadic pastoralists, the semi-arid and remote Karamoja region on the border with Kenya …
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