US judge clears path for eight immigrants to be deported to South Sudan
Justice department says the men – including nationals from Vietnam, South Korea, Mexico, Laos, Cuba and Myanmar – will be flown to South Sudan Eight...
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UNAids chief ‘shaken and disgusted’ by US cuts that will mean millions more deaths
Winnie Byanyima tells the Guardian she considered resigning when Donald Trump cancelled Pepfar funding The head of the global agency tackling Aids says she expects...
US supreme court clears way for deportation of migrants to South Sudan
Court halts ruling that allowed migrants to challenge removal to countries where they could be in danger The supreme court has allowed the Trump administration...
Two tourists from UK and New Zealand killed by elephant, Zambian police say
Commissioner says two women were attacked by female elephant that was with a calf Two female tourists from the UK and New Zealand have been...
Trump eyes mineral wealth as Rwanda and DRC sign controversial peace deal in US
Agreement aims to end decades-old conflict rooted in the 1994 Rwandan genocide but critics have described it as vague and opaque Rwanda and the Democratic...
Skeleton found in pot is first ancient Egyptian to undergo whole genome analysis
Unusual burial of man, thought to have been a potter, in sealed vessel may have helped DNA survive past four millennia A man whose bones...
Lesotho activist arrested after video on unemployment rates angers prime minister
Tšolo Thakeli had long campaigned on youth joblessness, but a post questioning Sam Maketane’s promises on work creation landed him in prison It took a...
‘We won’t let them get away with this’: activists to sue Tanzania’s government over ‘sexual torture’
Boniface Mwangi and Agather Atuhaire vow to hold authorities accountable as repression intensifies before October elections Two east African activists say they plan to sue...
Rising poverty in conflict zones ‘causes a billion people to go hungry’
In first assessment since pandemic in 2020, World Bank urges other countries to step up support Extreme poverty is accelerating in 39 countries affected by...
Questions over terms as Rwanda and DRC prepare to sign peace deal in US
Agreement draws scrutiny for its vagueness, with Trump administration eyeing mineral wealth in eastern DRC Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are expected...
