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Asylum flight to Rwanda cancelled after legal action

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Per the scheme agreed on between the UK and Rwanda, single men arriving in the UK illegally in small boats or lorries will be sent to Rwanda for resettlement. Such people who arrived in the UK by 1 January may be sent to Rwanda, where their asylum claims will be processed. – – Details of the scheme explained that such… Read More
Pacific 

Myanmar: Cycle of ‘human rights violations and abuses’ continues, warns Bachelet

Village Reporter
“What we are witnessing today is the systematic and widespread use of tactics against civilians, in respect of which there are reasonable grounds to believe the commission of crimes against humanity and war crimes”, High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet told the Human Rights Council. ‘Dire situation’ Since last year’s coup, at least 1,900 killings by the military have been reported, the… Read More
Africa West Africa World 

Burkina Faso: UN worried over killing of 50 civilians in rebel attack

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– – The United Nations has condemned the latest rebel attacks in Burkina Faso which killed at least 50 civilians. Armed men carried out the attack in a village in northern Burkina Faso. A government spokesman said the attackers struck overnight between Saturday and Sunday in Seytenga commune, part of Seno province, which lies in borderlands where fighters linked to… Read More
Africa West Africa World 

Burkina Faso: UN worried over killing of 50 civilians in rebel attack

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– – The United Nations has condemned the latest rebel attacks in Burkina Faso which killed at least 50 civilians. Armed men carried out the attack in a village in northern Burkina Faso. A government spokesman said the attackers struck overnight between Saturday and Sunday in Seytenga commune, part of Seno province, which lies in borderlands where fighters linked to… Read More
Europe 

UK’s bid to export some refugees to Rwanda, ‘all wrong’, says UN refugee chief

Village Reporter
The development comes as senior judges in the UK ruled that the Government’s first flight taking asylum seekers to the African nation, could go ahead. A High Court judge refused a temporary injunction on Friday to halt the first flight, due to take place on Tuesday, and on Monday, according to news reports, the Court of Appeal upheld that decision.… Read More
Pacific 

Myanmar’s multidimensional crises have ‘deepened and expanded dramatically’

Village Reporter
Noeleen Heyzer said that since she took up the job six months ago, Myanmar has “continued to descend into profound and widespread conflict”. Already one of the world’s largest refugee emergencies, she reminded that multidimensional crises there have left over one million internally displaced people (IDPs) across the country with “serious regional and international ramifications”. Nearly one million mainly Muslim Rohingyas… Read More
Africa Ghana West Africa World 

Police in Ghana shoot into student protesters

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– – Over 20 students of the Islamic Senior High School in Ghana’s Ashanti Region are receiving treatment in a hospital after police fired shots during a protest. The police also fired tear gas to disperse the students who were demonstrating to draw attention to road accidents around the school. The students are said to have blocked the road in… Read More
Africa World 

Opinion: We can end child labour in Africa. Here’s how

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– – With 92 million girls and boys in child labour — one in five children — Africa is the most-affected region in the world. Eliminating child labour worldwide will not be achieved without a breakthrough here. This is not justifiable. Children have the right not to work. Children trapped in child labour today are the unskilled labour force of… Read More
Africa East Africa World 

Kenya: 250,000 names of dead voters on register

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– – An ongoing audit of Kenya’s voters’ register has found the names of nearly 250,000 deceased voters. Nearly half a million more voters were found to have duplicate records and more than 226,000 people were registered using documents that do not belong to them. The audit also detected that some voters had registered with invalid documents. In a statement,… Read More
Africa World 

Pope regrets delaying trip to DR Congo, South Sudan

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– – Pope Francis has apologized for having to postpone a trip to Congo and South Sudan next month. The delayed trip is attributed to what the Pope said was a painful knee. Speaking to the worshipers in St Peter’s Square, the pontiff said he felt “great sorrow” after canceling the trip initially planned for July 2-7. “I want to… Read More
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