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Ghana’s President says Africa must get slavery reparations

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– – Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has said that the continent of Africa deserves slavery reparation payments which he described as “long overdue”. According to the Ghanaian leader the effects of the Slave Trade have been devastating to the African continent and to the African Diaspora. He said the entire period of slavery stifled Africa’s economic, cultural and psychological progress,… Read More
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Greece and Portugal Golden Visa

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– – If you are looking to gain EU citizenship by investing fast and easily, you won’t find better ways than the programs presented by Greece and Portugal. Both will pave a way for you and your family to the European Union passport and have rather similar investment options and waiting periods. However, it is all in the details when… Read More
Africa East Africa World 

At least 10 killed in anti-UN protests in DR Congo

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According to local media reporting the protesters were shot by peacekeepers, a claim that the UN office is yet to respond to. There has been an upsurge in violence in the area with locals accusing the UN of being ineffective. Tuesday was the second day of protests with people calling for the UN to withdraw its peacekeepers from the area.… Read More
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Mali suspends all new UN peacekeeping missions

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– – Mali’s military-led government has announced it is suspending all new troop rotations by U.N. peacekeeping mission MINUSMA temporarily. The announcement on Thursday comes days after Malian forces arrested 49 soldiers from Ivory Coast who had arrived in country for the MINUSMA operations. Mali said the soldiers entered the country without permission, but Ivory Coast said the Malian authorities… Read More
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Japan’s ex-PM Shinzo Abe assassinated during election campaign

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– – Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving leader, died on Friday hours after he was shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, shocking a country in which political violence is rare and guns are tightly controlled. A man opened fire on Abe, 67, from behind with an apparently homemade gun as he spoke at a drab traffic island… Read More
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Why the UK signed a migration agreement with Nigeria

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– – The United Kingdom has announced a deal with Nigeria on migration which involves tackling illegal migration. According to the UK’s Home Secretary Priti Patel made the announcement on Twitter on Thursday hours after her country deported at least 10 Nigerians for alleged immigration-related offences. The group deported to Lagos airport were then taken away to a facility not… Read More
Africa West Africa World 

Top Nigerian senator and wife charged over organ-harvesting

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– – Prosecutors in the United Kingdom have charged a top Nigerian senator, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife with conspiring to transport a child into the UK in order to harvest organs. The said child of an undisclosed age has been taken into care, according to UK authorities. The investigation began when detectives were alerted to potential modern day slavery… Read More
Africa Featured World 

Julian Assange to be extradited to the US to face charges

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Amnesty International said enabling the extradition to take place “would put him at great risk and sends a chilling message to journalists”. “Diplomatic assurances provided by the US that Assange will not be kept in solitary confinement cannot be taken on face value given previous history”, general secretary Agnes Callamard said. Sourced from Africa Feeds Read More
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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
Africa World 

African academics express anger over new UK visa scheme

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– – Some African academics and students are crying foul over the new visa scheme introduced by the United Kingdom. The new UK visa scheme designed to attract the “brightest and best” graduates from around the world does not include any African universities on its list of institutions where those degree-holders can come from. The list of eligible universities from 2021, published… Read More