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  • Under Rwanda plan, asylum seekers who arrive on England’s coast would be sent to Rwanda. No one has been deported yet because of legal challenges
  • Legislation will now return to parliament’s upper chamber for votes on Wednesday. If passed unamended, it could become law as early as this week

Activists said lifting ban would hurt years of work against procedure often performed on girls under 5 in mistaken belief it would control their sexuality.

Following decades of the ‘Angola model’ – oil-backed loans to access Chinese funding for infrastructure – Beijing vows to help modernise Angola.

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Technology transfers have always been officially part of China’s belt and road plan, but analysts say those types of exchanges are being increasingly prioritised as Beijing bids to boost ties.

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From scene pioneers Burna Boy and Wizkid, to Gen Z upstarts Rema and Ayra Starr, these are the Nigerian artists setting our Spotify playlists on fire

Besides launching his first fashion collection with Loewe’s Jonathan Anderson, Federer has attended the Met Gala, performed with Coldplay, and supported the Springboks at the 2023 Rugby World Cup

Attack on airport occurred just hours after authorities in Haiti ordered a nighttime curfew following violence in which armed gang members overran the two biggest prisons.

You may not have heard of Chinese firm Transsion – but it is currently dominating the mobile phone market in Africa and the Middle East with three brands that have never been sold in China.

Authorities on the island nation off the coast of east Africa prevented the Norwegian Dawn from docking over the weekend over what they said were ‘health risks’, without elaborating.

Debuting at Berlin 2024, Black Tea, the first film about Africans in China made by an African filmmaker, exhibits a tone-deaf understanding of what the diaspora’s experience is like in the country.

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Herbert Wigwe, co-founder of Nigeria’s biggest bank, and five others were killed Friday in a helicopter crash in Southern California’s Mojave Desert.

Observers expect China to focus on trade and business dealings only in Mali, in line with usual policy of avoiding direct intervention in complex conflicts.

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Following efforts to build infrastructure in Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia that ended in disappointment, China’s fortunes seem to have changed thanks to popular – and expensive – clean energy projects.

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