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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.

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Noisy, performative and unapologetically non-European: Nigeria welcomes a museum like no other

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 2 days ago - 06:00

The John Randle Centre for Yoruba Culture and History in Lagos ‘pops with colour and sound’ in a dazzling departure from the colonial model

Photographs by Ademola Olaniran and Jide Atobatele

Opposite the Nigerian National Museum in central Lagos, a swimming pool and a memorial hall once stood as an integral part of the city, a popular congregation point that evoked a sense of pride.

This year, decades after the compound fell into disrepair, a new pool is opening to the public alongside a state-of-the-art museum dedicated to Yoruba culture.

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The Guardian view on the Tories and Rwanda: speeding up deportations looks desperate | Editorial

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 3 days ago - 17:29

Rishi Sunak’s rightward journey on asylum is turning the UK into a darker place

The prospect of people who have come to the UK seeking asylum being deported to Rwanda has moved a step closer, one week after the Safety of Rwanda Act was voted into law. On Monday the Home Office began an operation to detain people in dedicated centres, sooner than most had anticipated. A statement described the rounding-up of potential deportees as “the final phase of operationalising this landmark policy”.

The plan is for the first flights to take off in 10 to 12 weeks. Arrangements in Rwanda, including the 50-room “ Hope hostel ” near Kigali airport, have been made in accordance with the deal signed two years ago.

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Burkina Faso bans more media over coverage of alleged massacre

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 3 days ago - 14:49

The Guardian and Le Monde among latest outlets blocked, following on from BBC and VOA last week

Authorities in Burkina Faso have suspended further foreign media over their reporting of an alleged massacre of hundreds of civilians by the Burkinabe army.

The decision was announced in a statement over the weekend, days after the military government suspended the BBC, Voice of America and the international watchdog Human Rights Watch (HRW), halting broadcasts and blocking websites, after the latter’s scathing report on Thursday.

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Sunak: Rise in asylum seekers in Ireland proves Rwanda plan ‘having impact’

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 5 days ago - 18:49

UK PM points to Irish deputy PM’s claim that threat of being deported led people to cross border from Northern Ireland

An increase in asylum seekers heading to to Ireland proves that the Conservative party’s Rwanda plan is working, Rishi Sunak has claimed.

In an interview with Sky News’ Trevor Phillips that will air on Sunday morning, the prime minister said the “deterrent is already having an impact because people are worried about coming here”.

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South Africa marks 30 years since apartheid amid growing discontent

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 5 days ago - 16:58

Polls predict ANC likely to lose parliamentary majority, due to high unemployment and wealth inequality

South Africa marked 30 years since the end of apartheid and the birth of its democracy with a ceremony in the capital that included a 21-gun salute and the waving of the country’s multicoloured flag.

Any sense of celebration on the momentous anniversary was however set against a growing discontent with the current government.

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Kenya flood death toll rises as more torrential rain forecast

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 5 days ago - 14:35

Total deaths reach 76 and more than 130,000 displaced as weeks of flooding also affects east African neighbours

Seventy-six people in Kenya have died because of flooding triggered by torrential downpours since March, the government has said, warning residents “to brace for even heavier rainfall”.

Kenya and its east African neighbours have been battered by stronger than usual rain in recent weeks, compounded by the El Niño weather system.

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Weather tracker: heavy rainfall causes flooding and death in east Africa

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 6 days ago - 09:11

Rain in Kenya, Tanzania and Burundi has damaged farmland and infrastructure

Eastern Africa has experienced heavy rain in recent weeks, with Kenya, Tanzania and Burundi experiencing flooding. About 100,000 people have been displaced or otherwise affected in each country, with reported deaths reaching 32 in Kenya and 58 in Tanzania, alongside damage to farmland and infrastructure.

There are also fears that large areas of standing water could give rise to outbreaks of waterborne diseases.

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Process raw materials in Africa, urges top environmentalist

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 7 days ago - 04:00

Few economic and social benefits will come to Africans if processing is all done overseas, says Wanjira Mathai

Africa must take greater control in the industries it supplies with raw materials to lift its people from poverty and seize its own destiny in a low-carbon world, one of the continent’s leading environmentalists has urged.

Wanjira Mathai, the managing director for Africa and global partnerships at the World Resources Institute thinktank, said much more of what the continent produced must be processed and made use of close to where it is produced, if the world is to shift to a low-carbon footing.