Three men deported by US file legal case against Eswatini over detentionThe men, sent to Africa after completing criminal sentences in the US, are from Cuba, Jamaica and Yemen Three men deported by the US to Eswatini - rather than their home countries - have filed a case against Eswatini's government with the African Union's human rights body, claiming their detention was an unlawful violation of their rights.Two of the claimants, from Cuba and Yemen, have been in prison in Eswatini, formerly Swaziland, for eight months. The third, Orville Etoria, was repatriated to his home country, Jamaica, in September. Continue reading...
South Africa's president calls Trump's policy to offer refuge to white Afrikaners 'racist'US president is 'truly uninformed' for spreading claims of 'white genocide' in South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa tells New York TimesSouth Africa's president, Cyril Ramaphosa, has called Donald Trump's policy of allowing white Afrikaners to apply for refugee status in the US "racist", saying the US president was "truly uninformed" in a rare instance of direct criticism.Ramaphosa told the New York Times that last year's Oval Office meeting with the US leader, when Trump turned down the lights and played a video that he falsely claimed showed there was a "white genocide" in South Africa, was a "spectacle" and an "ambush". Continue reading...
Lewis Hamilton sets sights on racing in an African grand prix before retiring- British former champion hits out at former colonial rulers
- 'I'm hoping countries unite and take Africa back'
Lewis Hamilton has called for a movement to "take Africa back", claiming the continent is being "controlled" by European powers. On the eve of the new Formula One season in Melbourne, the seven-time champion outlined his ambition to compete in a grand prix on African soil.But the 41-year-old, F1's first black race driver, did not stop there. He suggested former colonial rulers still exerted undue power in the region and called for action to reverse that influence. "I've got roots from a few different places there, like Togo and Benin," he said. "I'm really proud of that part of the world. Continue reading...
'We thought we were doomed': Canadian fishers in dramatic rescue after ice shelf floats awayAnglers describe harrowing phone calls to loved ones once ice detached from shores of Georgian Bay in Ontario Kevin Fox thought the spring-like temperatures that had temporarily pushed the cold away from south-eastern Ontario meant a good day on for ice fishing, a popular winter pastime in the region.After shifting location because the wind and ice "didn't feel right" and the fish weren't biting close to shore, he and a friend joined nearly two dozen others far out on a sheet of ice in Lake Huron. They followed the familiar routine of anyone who spends a day on the ice: they drilled holes, dropped their lines and waited. Continue reading...
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