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Ghana hosts African and Caribbean leaders in push for slavery reparations

Ghana hosts African and Caribbean leaders in push for slavery reparations

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Leaders from across Africa and the Caribbean gathered in Ghana for what participants described as a landmark conference focused on reparatory justice for the legacy of the transatlantic slave trade. The meeting brought together heads of state, government officials, civil society representatives and members of the African diaspora to press for concrete measures aimed at […]

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Dozens of MSF staff accused of sexual abuse and exploitation of Sudanese refugees in Chad

Dozens of MSF staff accused of sexual abuse and exploitation of Sudanese refugees in Chad

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One of the world’s leading humanitarian medical organizations is facing fresh allegations of systemic abuse after a report accused dozens of its staff members of sexually exploiting Sudanese refugees in eastern Chad. The organization has confirmed that 18 workers were dismissed following internal investigations into what it described as “serious misconduct.” Scope of the allegations

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DR Congo Ebola outbreak risks becoming worst on record as contact tracing falters

DR Congo Ebola outbreak risks becoming worst on record as contact tracing falters

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Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo are warning that the country’s ongoing Ebola outbreak could overtake the devastating 2014-2016 West Africa epidemic as a major gap in contact tracing leaves tens of thousands of people unmonitored. The head of Africa’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention raised the alarm on June 16, describing

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At the Ebola Epicentre, a Cemetery Fills as Traditional Funerals Are Curtailed

At the Ebola Epicentre, a Cemetery Fills as Traditional Funerals Are Curtailed

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A cemetery at the heart of an Ebola outbreak is filling rapidly, as health authorities impose new burial protocols aimed at curbing the spread of the virus. With traditional ceremonies largely abandoned, families are learning to mourn their dead in ways that protect the living. A Changed Landscape of Grief For communities accustomed to gathering

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Former Nigerian Oil Minister Acquitted in UK Bribery Trial

Former Nigerian Oil Minister Acquitted in UK Bribery Trial

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A jury at Southwark Crown Court in London has returned a not guilty verdict for Diezani Alison-Madueke, the former Nigerian minister of petroleum resources, who had been accused of accepting bribes from oil tycoons during her time in office. The acquittal brings to a close a high-profile prosecution that had drawn attention to allegations of

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Nigeria: Court condemns lawmakers’ $80m SUV spending – but can the ruling be enforced?

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Photo: Gpop NL / Pexels Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court in Lagos said she had taken “judicial notice” of Nigeria ’s economic realities and the “widespread financial hardship”. Against that backdrop, she said, spending for lawmakers’ benefit showed a failure to put the national interest first. The fact that a high-level official

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Drought and floods drove them from their homes. But hunger and poverty have followed them to a Mogadishu camp

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Zeynab Ibrahim and her children outside their shelter in an IDP camp in Mogadishu's Kahda district. They have joined more than a million displaced people who now live in basic conditions in informal settlements around the city. Photograph: Nasir Bulle Zeynab Ibrahim and her children outside their shelter in an IDP camp in Mogadishu's Kahda

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‘Now people stop to ask their names and even stroke them’: Nigerians embrace dogs as pets

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Jackie Idimogu, an anti-animal cruelty campaigner and founder of My Dog and I, poses with her pets in Lekki, just outside Lagos. She says trying to shift Nigerians’ attitudes to dogs is ‘about progress, not rejection’ of tradition. Photograph: Sogo Oladele/The Guardian Jackie Idimogu, an anti-animal cruelty campaigner and founder of My Dog and I,

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Mozambique says five citizens killed in ‘xenophobic attacks’ in South Africa

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Photo: Rosa Cabecinhas and Alcino Cunha / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) South African police confirm two deaths of Mozambicans in Mossel Bay as anti-immigration violence sweeps country Mozambique said five of its nationals were killed in “xenophobic attacks” in South Africa at the weekend and efforts were under way on Tuesday to repatriate hundreds

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