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Rishi Sunak’s government will discover next Wednesday whether its flagship immigration policy of sending asylum seekers to Rwanda is lawful. The supreme court will give its judgment after the Home Office challenged a court of appeal ruling that the multimillion-pound deal to send deported asylum seekers to the east African nation was unlawful If the...

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince on Friday called for an end to the war in Gaza, a stance later echoed in a declaration with African leaders attending a summit in Riyadh. “We condemn what the Gaza Strip is facing from military assault, targeting of civilians, the violations of international law by the Israeli occupation authorities,” Crown...

Regional weatherman has called on national governments and humanitarian organisations to enhance preparedness and emergency response in the wake of heavy rainfall. This is as per the latest warning by Nairobi-based IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) released on Wednesday The ICPAC report usually covers Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Somalia, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Sudan, Burundi...

Since 1991 when Eritrea gained independence from neighbouring Ethiopia, one of the world’s oldest countries and Africa’s second most populous country, has been landlocked. With Eritrea in control of the Assab port that had serviced Ethiopia for decades, access to ports became a major talking point in Ethiopia, and just a year after the end...

A devastating wave of El Niño-induced floods has left a trail of destruction across Somalia, with reports of 29 casualties and an estimated 850,000 people affected in nine regions. The disaster management agency released these grim statistics on Wednesday as the nation grapples with one of the worst flooding events in decades. The International Organization for Migration...

At least 29 people have been killed and more than 113,000 displaced following heavy rains and flash flooding in Kenya and Somalia. The Somali federal government declared a state of emergency Monday after floods caused the deaths of 14 people. Emergency rescuers were working to reach an estimated 2,400 people still trapped by flood waters...

400 farmers in Baki, Awdal region of Somaliland, have been counting losses as their farm produce and fruit trees were destroyed by heavy rainfall and strong winds that struck on 26 September. Haybe Ali Kiban was growing tomatoes, onions and peppers that were washed away by gushing flood water. He was also growing lemons and...

Uganda’s president has downplayed the US’ decision to expel the East African country from a major trade deal. Last week, Joe Biden announced Uganda and three other countries would be dropped from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa). The US had previously said it might take such action after Uganda passed a tough new...

Floods caused by heavy rains across parts of Somalia have displaced more than 113,000 people and “temporarily affected” hundreds of thousands, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) said on Monday. About 10 people have died in the aftermath of the rains, and the government has declared a statement of emergency,...

Muslim leaders and worshippers are on edge after a fire at the property of the Mercy Islamic Center. The same mosque was set on fire less than a year ago. Investigators say Jackie Little was behind the fire intentionally set on the third floor. Little was also tied to burning down the mosque inside the...