Sixty-nine people drown as migrant boat capsizes off coast of MauritaniaCoastguard reports boat carrying about 160 people capsized in sight of town 50 miles north of NouakchottSixty-nine people drowned when a vessel full of migrants overturned off the coast of Mauritania earlier this week, coastguard officials said on Friday.The accident occurred late on Tuesday after passengers on the boat spotted the lights of a coastal town about 50 miles (80km) north of the capital, Nouakchott, prompting the occupants to press to one side of the boat, causing it to capsize, Mohamed Abdallah, the head of the coastguard, told reporters. Continue reading...
Rwanda accepts seven people from US as part of deportation dealTrump administration pushing controversial deal to send people to non-home countries including South Sudan and EswatiniSeven people have arrived in Rwanda as part of a deal to accept deportees from the US, the Rwandan government has said.The Trump administration has been negotiating arrangements to send people to third countries including South Sudan and Eswatini, formerly Swaziland, as part of its wider deportation drive. Continue reading...
Attempt to partner African countries with Japanese cities triggers xenophobic backlashCities in Japan have received thousands of complaints amid confusion over scheme that was intended to foster closer tiesAn attempt to promote friendship between Japan and countries in Africa has transformed into a xenophobic row about migration after inaccurate media reports suggested the scheme would lead to a "flood of immigrants".The controversy erupted after the Japan International Cooperation Agency, or JICA, said this month it had designated four Japanese cities as "Africa hometowns" for partner countries in Africa: Mozambique, Nigeria, Ghana and Tanzania. Continue reading...
Botswana's president declares health emergency over supply shortagesDuma Boko announces urgent funding package for medicines to be distributed with military oversightBotswana's president has declared a public health emergency due to shortages of essential medicines and equipment, as a downturn in the global diamond market and US aid cuts take a toll on the country's finances.The announcement came after the Ministry of Health suspended non-urgent surgeries on 4 August, stating that the country was short of medicines to treat hypertension, diabetes, cancer, asthma and eye conditions, as well as supplies including bandages and sutures and those for sexual and reproductive health. Continue reading...
'I'm holding his political wake': the trumpeter waiting to mark Bolsonaro's judgment dayBrazil's ex-president is expected to be convicted over failed coup - and Fabiano Leitão, who has provoked him for years, is readyWhen Jair Bolsonaro was Brazil's far-right president, the guerrilla trumpeter Fabiano Leitão would stalk him around the capital, Brasília, to taunt him with renditions of the anti-fascist anthem Bella Ciao.In March, when Bolsonaro was charged with plotting a coup, Leitão changed his tune and began provoking the ex-president by serenading him with Chopin's Funeral March. "It symbolises his political demise, which is what we want to see," said the 46-year-old musician. Continue reading...
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