Uganda receives first US deportation flight under third-country agreementDozen people arrive under new deal but legal challenges expected with scheme criticised as 'dehumanising process'A flight carrying people being deported from the US has landed in Uganda, as Donald Trump's administration pushes on with its strategy of expelling migrants to countries they have no ties to.The deported people would stay in the east African country as "a transition phase for potential onward transmission to other countries", an unnamed senior Ugandan government official told Reuters. Continue reading...
News outlets falsely report Somaliland called for extradition of Ilhan OmarReports, based on X post from unofficial account, follow JD Vance's accusations and threats of finding 'legal remedies' Several news outlets have falsely reported that Somaliland's government called for the extradition of Ilhan Omar, basing their stories on a post from an X account that does not represent the state despite its claims to the contrary.Fox News, the New York Post, Sinclair Broadcast Group's the National News Desk and the Independent ran stories on the US representative. The reports centred on a post by @RepOfSomaliland in reaction to claims by JD Vance that Omar had committed immigration fraud, which echoed prior allegations against the Somali-born Minnesota Democrat that she has vehemently denied. Continue reading...
Interpol arrest warrant requested in Congo-Brazzaville for Jean-Guy Blaise Mayolas- Football federation president on the run with wife and son
- Conviction in absentia of wide-ranging corruption charges
Authorities in Congo-Brazzaville have applied to Interpol for an international arrest warrant against Jean-Guy Blaise Mayolas, the president of the country's football federation, Fecofoot, after he was convicted of embezzling $1.1m in Fifa funds.Mayolas is on the run with his wife and son after they were all sentenced to life imprisonment this month for embezzling funds provided by world football's governing body as part of its Covid-19 relief plan in February 2021. As the Guardian revealed last year, that included almost $500,000 earmarked for the Congo women's team. Continue reading...
Weather tracker: Thunderstorms drench UAE and Saudi ArabiaAbnormally strong jet stream triggers deluge in Middle East, while north Africa braces for 60-80mph gustsAn unusual weather pattern unleashed severe thunderstorms across parts of the Middle East last week, battering countries including the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. The Arabian peninsula - typically dominated by arid desert climates - received up to 150mm of rain in just a few days.The deluge was caused by an abnormally strong jet stream, which helped a deep area of low pressure to develop north of Saudi Arabia. This, in turn, drew moist tropical air from the Indian Ocean and triggered intense storms. Continue reading...
Cuba begins to free more than 2,000 prisoners as US eases fuel blockadeHavana makes a Holy Week 'humanitarian' gesture as Russian tanker is allowed to reach oil-starved island Cuban authorities have begun to free prisoners after announcing they would pardon 2,010 inmates, the second release in less than a month as the country faces heightened US pressure.More than 20 inmates emerged from La Lima penitentiary in east Havana on Friday, holding their release papers, crying and hugging relatives who had been waiting for them all morning. Continue reading...
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