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  • Rwanda accepts seven people from US as part of deportation deal
    Donnerstag, 28. August 2025 13:58 Uhr

    Trump administration pushing controversial deal to send people to non-home countries including South Sudan and Eswatini

    Seven 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.

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  • Malawi set to run out of TB drugs in a month after US, UK and others cut aid
    Donnerstag, 28. August 2025 08:00 Uhr

    Gains in cutting deaths from tuberculosis at risk as health officials warn clinics forced to ration drugs and testing

    Malawi is facing a critical shortage of tuberculosis drugs, with health officials warning that stocks will run out by the end of September.

    It comes just months after the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed that the country had successfully reduced tuberculosis (TB) cases by 40% over the past decade.

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  • Attempt to partner African countries with Japanese cities triggers xenophobic backlash
    Mittwoch, 27. August 2025 07:01 Uhr

    Cities in Japan have received thousands of complaints amid confusion over scheme that was intended to foster closer ties

    An 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.

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  • Botswana’s president declares health emergency over supply shortages
    Dienstag, 26. August 2025 17:57 Uhr

    Duma Boko announces urgent funding package for medicines to be distributed with military oversight

    Botswana’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.

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  • Eswatini government faces court challenge over men deported by US
    Freitag, 22. August 2025 17:02 Uhr

    Group of NGOs claim deal was unconstitutional and violated the imprisoned men’s human rights

    A group of NGOs is challenging Eswatini’s acceptance of five people deported by the US, arguing the deal was unconstitutional and violated the imprisoned men’s human rights.

    The men from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Yemen and Cuba, who the US said were dangerous criminals, were flown to the small southern African country in July, as the Trump administration attempts to deport millions of migrants and asylum seekers.

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  • Beach returned to First Nation after 170 years following Canada legal battle
    Donnerstag, 28. August 2025 20:29 Uhr

    Stretch of Lake Huron shore was promised to Saugeen people in 1854 treaty with crown but was wrongly omitted from map

    A stretch of beach will be returned to a First Nation in Canada 170 years after it was mistakenly omitted from its reserve. The sandy sliver of land measures less than two miles long, but has nonetheless sparked an outsized battle, with a nearby resort town claiming the case sets a foreboding precedent for property rights in the country.

    Canada’s supreme court said on Thursday that it would not hear a challenge from the town of South Bruce Peninsula, which is contesting a lower court’s ruling that the Saugeen First Nation’s reserve was erroneously smaller than promised.

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