Rwanda readies hostel that once housed genocide survivors to host migrants from Britain
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged the deportation flights would begin in July but has refused to provide details or say about how many people would be deported.
Video sharing app TikTok is on the verge of being banned in US after Congress passed bill to outlaw it
TikTok users and content creators, however, needed a place to go – and the ban provided a multi-billion dollar opportunity to snatch up a big market. Within months, Google rolled out YouTube Shorts and Instagram pushed out its Reels feature. Both mimicked the short-form video creation that TikTok had excelled at.
Dear COP29, it’s time to put women-led climate solutions on the agenda
It’s way past time to make gender equity an integral part of global climate policy and investing. This isn’t about PR, CSR, or even ESG. This is about basic common sense. Women are more likely to be affected by the impacts of climate change than men, meaning they are more likely to see and feel it coming, learn how to adapt, and care for others during extreme weather and natural disasters.
Prospect of Trump recapturing White House prompts US allies to review foreign policies
Some foreign leaders have contacted Trump directly despite the risk of irking his election rival, Democratic President Joe Biden. Saudi’s crown prince recently phoned Trump, a source with knowledge of the conversation said; while Hungary’s prime minister and Poland’s president met him in person in recent weeks.
British prime minister faces searing criticism by human rights groups after parliament passes deportation law
Michael O’Flaherty, the Council of Europe’s commissioner for human rights, criticised the legislation for preventing asylum-seekers from asking the courts to intervene when they are they are threatened with being sent back to the countries they are fleeing.
World Bank suspends $150m funding for Tanzania tourism project citing extrajudicial killings, sexual abuse in parks
At least $100 million has already been disbursed for the project, which started in 2017. The suspension of World Bank financing took effect April 18. The Oakland Institute, a California-based rights watchdog whose work focuses on marginalized communities, for years led calls for the World Bank to stop funding the project known by the acronym REGROW, documenting serious rights abuses suffered by Indigenous communities in the area.
58,000 malnourished Haitian children face death as gang violence cuts off capital by air, sea and land
Haiti’s gangs, many of which have grouped together under an alliance known as “Viv Ansanm” (Living Together), have said their siege on the capital was a battle to oust Henry, but since his announcement there has been little let-up in attacks.
Climate rage: Weather wreaks havoc across East Africa with Burundi particularly hit hard
Between September and April 7, some 203,944 people were affected by flooding, with 19,250 homes and 209 classrooms destroyed. The number of people internally displaced by flooding rose by 25 per cent, reaching over 98,000, according to Violet Kenyana Kakyomya, the UN resident coordinator in Burundi.
Poll race tightens for South Africa President Ramaphosa as ANC loses another court case vs Zuma’s Umkhonto Wesizwe
The MK Party was formed late last year and was given added importance ahead of a national election in May when former ANC leader Zuma joined. MK takes its full name – uMkhonto weSizwe – from the now-disbanded military wing set up by the ANC and Nelson Mandela in the 1960s. The MK Party’s logo showing a man holding a spear and a shield is similar to the old military wing’s logo.
New law: UK Parliament finally gives PM Sunak nod to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda
The government plans to deport to Rwanda some of those who enter the United Kingdom illegally as a deterrent to migrants who risk their lives in leaky, inflatable boats in hopes that they will be able to claim asylum once they reach Britain.
