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Kenya floods: tourists evacuated from Maasai Mara after river bursts banks

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Yesterday - 18:16

Kenya Red Cross rescues more than 90 people from hotels and lodges as heavy rainfall continues

Scores of tourists have been evacuated by air from Kenya’s Maasai Mara national reserve after more than a dozen hotels, lodges and camps were flooded as heavy rains battered the country.

Tourist accommodation facilities were submerged after a river within the Maasai Mara broke its banks on Wednesday morning. The reserve, in south-west Kenya , is a popular tourist destination because it features the annual wildebeest migration from the Serengeti in Tanzania.

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Dorset auction house withdraws Egyptian human skulls from sale

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Yesterday - 14:00

MP says trade in remains is ‘gross violation of human dignity’, as skulls from Pitt Rivers collection removed

An auction house has withdrawn 18 ancient Egyptian human skulls from sale after an MP said selling them would perpetuate the atrocities of colonialism.

Bell Ribeiro-Addy, the chair of the all-party parliamentary group on Afrikan reparations, believes the sale of human remains for any purposes should be outlawed, adding that the trade was “a gross violation of human dignity”.

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Threats, accusations and assault: the dangers of running an LGBTQ+ health clinic in Uganda

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Yesterday - 10:00

Brian Aliganyira sees first-hand the devastating consequences of a draconian anti-gay law, as fear and misinformation prevent people getting help

Driving to work one morning last summer, Brian Aliganyira was forced off the road and into a ditch by motorcycle riders surrounding his car on both sides. He was left bruised, and still suffers from shoulder pain.

He later received a text message saying he had been targeted because of his work, running a health clinic for the LGBTQ+ community in Kampala, Uganda. The message said his assailants wanted to “protect children”.

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From Colombia to Syria justice is possible for survivors of sexual violence in war – but we need the right ‘ecosystem’ | Clara Sandoval

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Yesterday - 05:30

For the first time Ukraine had the right conditions to make reparations to those subjected to crimes such as rape and sexual slavery. What would it take to replicate this globally?

Across the world, women and girls continue to be plagued by gross human rights violations. One that is specifically targeted at them is conflict-related sexual violence. Living in conflict, for so many people, means the possibility of being subjected to life-altering crimes such as sexual torture, rape and slavery.

Now, survivors of wartime sexual violations in Ukraine are to receive reparation payments . It is a landmark case – the fastest that a country at war has created a system to fulfil the right to reparation . Why has this right not been enacted in a timely manner globally?

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Women behind the lens: ‘When your sister does your hair, you don’t need a mirror’

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Yesterday - 05:00

Photographer Darlyne Komukama and her friends set up a roving hair salon for Black women to ‘convene, connect and converse’

This photo was taken as part of an art project called the Salooni that I created with three other Ugandan women: Kampire Bahana, Aida Holly-Nambi and Gloria Wavamunno.

The Salooni explores the idea of Black hair practices as systems of knowledge through which culture and survivalist strategies are passed from generation to generation.

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Court issues arrest warrant for Central African Republic’s former president

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 2 days ago - 21:46

François Bozizé is wanted by the special criminal court over possible crimes against humanity, including torture

A UN-backed court has issued an arrest warrant for the Central African Republic’s former president François Bozizé over possible crimes against humanity committed by the military between 2009 and 2013.

The alleged crimes include murder, enforced disappearance, torture, rape and other inhumane acts, according to the special criminal court (CPS), a hybrid jurisdiction located in the capital Bangui with Central African and foreign magistrates.

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IS commander wanted for deaths of US forces in Niger killed in operation

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 2 days ago - 14:32

Malian state forces confirm death of Abu Huzeifa, who was believed to have helped carry out 2017 attack

A senior Islamic State group commander, wanted in connection with the deaths of US forces in Niger, has been killed in an operation by Malian state forces, the country’s army said.

Abu Huzeifa, known by the alias Higgo, was a commander in the group known as the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara. The state department had announced a reward of up to $5m for information about him.

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At least 50 people feared drowned after boat from Senegal sinks off Canary island

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 2 days ago - 10:34

Nine people rescued from boat sailing perilous Atlantic route that reportedly left Senegal with 60 people onboard nine days ago

At least 50 people are feared to have drowned after a boat sailing the perilous Atlantic route from west Africa to Europe began to sink 60 miles south of the Canary island of El Hierro early on Monday.

Nine people were rescued from the craft after a passing bulk carrier alerted Spain’s Salvamento Marítimo rescue service, which dispatched a fast boat and a helicopter from its base in Tenerife.

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Rwandan opposition leader voices doubts Kigali will stick to UK asylum deal

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 2 days ago - 06:43

Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza says her banning shows President Kagame does not adhere to international law

A Rwandan opposition leader who has been banned from standing for election has cast doubt on whether her government will stick to the terms of the deportation deal agreed with Rishi Sunak.

Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza told the Guardian that the Rwandan government’s refusal to allow her to stand or leave the country to see her ill husband showed that the government under Paul Kagame did not adhere to international law.