Tag: Guardian Africa
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Image: Guardian Africa 📍 Nigeria (approximate area) · ⚔️ Nigeria · 📍 Guardian Africa Ladidi Shaibu’s two siblings both gained asylum before the Trump administration’s changes to immigration policy. But instead of being allowed to join them, she is being deported to UgandaGrowing up and living with albinism in rural Nigeria was tough for Ladidi…
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Image: Guardian Africa 📍 Sudan (approximate area) · ⚔️ Sudan · 📍 Guardian Africa Foreign Office failed to act on warnings of genocide due to ‘pressure’ from emirates, Yale human rights investigator will tell a parliamentary select committeeThe British government had received intelligence that Ethiopia appeared to be supporting a genocidal militia in Sudan’s civil…
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Image: Guardian Africa 📍 Somalia (approximate area) · ⚔️ Somalia · 💥 Guardian Africa Abdiqadir Salah was pierced by shrapnel in a bombing that killed 12 in Somalia. But as the US denies civilians were hurt they face no hope of compensationRead more: Killed walking home from school: why did Somali children become targets of…
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Image: Guardian Africa 📍 Somalia (approximate area) · ⚔️ Somalia · 🚀 Guardian Africa Six months ago, at least 12 people, including eight children, died during a US attack. The US has never admitted the civilian deaths. Here, the Guardian pieces together what happened that dayExplainer: Why is the US bombing Somalia – and who…
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Image: Guardian Africa 📍 Latin America (approximate area) · ⚔️ Latin America · ⚔️ Guardian Africa 🆕 New conflict detected Cases reported in 83 countries, with at least 10,600 students and staff killed, injured, abducted or arrested, GCPEA saysAttacks on education globally have surged by 40% with more than 8,556 recorded incidents and 10,600 students…
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Image: Guardian Africa 📍 DR Congo (approximate area) · ⚔️ Congo · 📍 Guardian Africa Amazon and Sony among firms that may have sourced coltan, used in phones, from supply chains controlled by the M23 rebels, says Global WitnessLeading global brands including Amazon, Ericsson and Sony are “likely” to have sourced minerals linked to a…
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Image: Guardian Africa 📍 Africa (approximate area) · ⚔️ Africa · 📍 Guardian Africa 🆕 New conflict detected Cities see surge in attacks and extortion demands at clinics in townships, leaving patients and staff vulnerableThe three gunmen showed up just 10 minutes after the security guards had arrived for the early morning shift. Tshiamo Nere*…
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Image: Guardian Africa 📍 Mogadishu · ⚔️ Somalia · 📍 Guardian Africa More than 6.5 million Somalis have been pushed to the brink of severe hunger as the climate crisis, fighting and cuts in aid leave a trail of despairFor three years, Zeynab Ibrahim watched as her little town shrivelled up and died. The rains…
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Image: Guardian Africa 📍 Nigeria (approximate area) · ⚔️ Nigeria · 📍 Guardian Africa Families have been left in despair after 39 pupils and seven teachers were kidnapped from classrooms in Oyo state, a part of the country previously considered relatively peacefulSitting on a wooden bench under the tree near her home, Aduke Balogun’s gaze…
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Image: Guardian Africa 📍 Mogadishu · ⚔️ Somalia · 🪖 Guardian Africa Violence flares before protests on Thursday over president’s decision to remain in office after his term expiredFierce clashes have taken place between government troops and militias allied with the opposition in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, damaging property and forcing some civilians to flee.In the…