Africa

UK Home Office plans next flight for deportees to Rwanda
The UK’s Home Office is planning a second flight to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda…

Ethiopia still gripped with violence, hate speech and aid crisis, UN investigators say
A probe into an alleged massacre of at least 200 people in Ethiopia’s Oromia region…

Migrants in Libya forced into rape for food: UN
Migrants detained in Libya face horrific abuse, with women especially facing sexual violence, and often…

Human rights activists accuse Moroccan authorities of trying to cover up Melilla deaths
Moroccan authorities say 23 migrants died and 140 police were injured when at least 2,000…

Calls for probe over migrant deaths in Moroccan-Spanish border
The death of at least 23 people trying to cross the border between Morocco and…

Somalia experiencing ‘worst humanitarian crisis ever seen’, says WFP
A UN humanitarian agency spokesperson has warned only a “massive” and immediate scaling-up of funds…

Child marriage prevails in South Sudan where girls sold for cows
Young girls are still auctioned off into marriage for cows in South Sudan — one…

More than 200 people killed in attack blamed on rebels in Ethiopia
More than 200 ethnic Amhara have been killed in the country’s Oromia region, said witnesses…

French tycoon Jacques Bouthier accused of sexual harassment
French insurance tycoon Jacques Bouthier has been accused by four Moroccan women, who were employed…

International Criminal Court drops case against slain Libyan general
The war crimes case against a commander of the self-styled Libyan Arab Armed Forces has…