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The Standard View: The Rwanda asylum plan is flawed and troubling

We don’t yet know whether today’s flight to Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, will take off with even one passenger on board. But the policy of sending asylum seekers 4,000 miles away to central Africa raises difficult questions for all of us.

Evening Standard

200,000 years ago, ancient humans developed language — what did they say?

How did people use language during the Stone Age? Early modern humans probably talked about many of the same things we talk about.

Inverse

Ethiopia Prepares for 3rd GERD Filling, Aboul Gheit Slams UN Security Council

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit criticized the international community as Ethiopia is expected to start the third phase of filling the Grand Renaissance Dam’s reservoir during the upcoming rainy season. Aboul Gheit said Sunday the international community, starting with the United Nations Security Council, has “failed” Egypt and Sudan.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Why are some asylum seekers being sent to Rwanda from the UK and how many people might go?

The UK's controversial Rwanda deportation plan was due to start today with the first flight leaving for the east African country with around eight asylum seekers onboard

Chronicle Live

Africa must forgo gas exploration to avert climate disaster, warn experts

Call comes after former UN climate envoy urged African countries to exploit their natural gas reserves

The Guardian - UK

Insights From Africa As China Stumbles in the Pacific

Investment, infrastructure, and influence building – what worked for China before may not again elsewhere.

The News Lens

Africa Oye 2022 in Liverpool's Sefton Park: line up and stage times

Everything you need to know ahead of this weekend's festival

Liverpool Echo

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Africa's domestic violence woes

In April, the beloved Nigerian gospel singer Osinachi Nwachukwu died at the hands of her husband. Accounts from relatives and friends indicate that, despite enduring severe abuse, she had stayed in her marriage because she hoped things would get better. And Nwachukwu's situation was hardly unique. Earlier this month, the…

Bangkok Post

Holiday warning as 45C European heat-dome could see temperature records tumble

A cloud of hot air from North Africa looks set to push the temperatures in Spain and France to new levels this June, with Iberian peninsula already experiencing low 40Cs this weekend

Daily Mirror

South Africa in contention for 2023 F1 calendar slot

Formula 1 could revive the South African Grand Prix as early as next year amid ongoing talks between series bosses and the event organisers at Kyalami.

Motorsport

What is Rwanda’s record on human rights?

Plans to send asylum seekers to the central African nation, which could be about to get underway, have been bitterly attacked as ‘unlawful’ and contested at the High Court

The Independent UK

Growing numbers of young Africans want to move abroad, survey suggests

Covid, climate, stability and violence contributing to young people feeling pessimistic about future, survey of 15 countries suggests

The Guardian - UK

Cairo Strengthens Cooperation With Nile Basin Countries in ‘Water Management’

Egypt is keen on cooperating with the Nile Basin countries in the field of water resources management, Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel Aty announced on Saturday. The Minister said that bilateral cooperation with the Nile Basin and African countries is one of the main axes of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

British scientists say it's unclear if monkeypox has peaked

British health officials say they cannot tell if the spread of monkeypox has peaked in the country

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Tory Party brands donor’s comments on immigration ‘unacceptable’

Maurizio Bragagni reportedly described London as ‘worse than any African metropolis’ in an online article for the Italian news site Saturno Notizie.

Reuters

Familiar faces in presidential race promise new ways to fix Nigeria

Two political veterans in their 70s are vying to be Nigeria's next president, promising pro-business policies to revamp Africa's largest economy by fixing its oil sector and curbing widespread security threats.

The Independent UK

Ethiopia says willing to resume dam talks with Egypt, Sudan

A senior Ethiopian official says his country is interested in resuming talks with Egypt and Sudan on a huge and controversial Blue Nile dam that will be Africa’s largest hydroelectric power plant

France 24

Africa 'already has shortage' of grain and fertiliser, AU head Sall warns

Senegalese President Macky Sall, who is the current chair of the African Union, granted an interview to FRANCE 24 and RFI in Paris. He discussed his meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin last week in Sochi, which focused on the issue of grain supplies stuck in Ukrainian ports. Sall said…

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The Guardian - UK

Knee problem forces Pope Francis to cancel Africa trip

Pontiff, 85, had planned to visit Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan in early July

France 24

Pope Francis cancels trip to Congo and South Sudan over health issues

Pope Francis canceled a planned July trip to Africa on doctors' orders because of ongoing knee problems, the Vatican said Friday, raising further questions about the health and mobility problems of the 85-year-old pontiff.

The Hindu

Stone ‘Swiss Army knives’ show early humans had long-distance social networks

Archaeologists have found that around 65,000 years ago, knives were made to a very similar template across thousands of kilometres and multiple environmental niches

The Independent UK

AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa

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The Conversation

65,000-year-old 'stone Swiss Army knives' show early humans had long-distance social networks

Humans are the only species to live in every environmental niche in the world – from the icesheets to the deserts, rainforests to savannahs. As individuals we are rather puny, but when we are socially connected, we are the most dominant species on the planet.

The Conversation

What Lesotho can teach Eswatini and South Africa about key political reforms

Two southern African countries, South Africa and Eswatini, are undergoing important reforms. South Africa is reviewing its electoral system while Eswatini is revisiting the powers of the monarch through a national dialogue.

The Independent UK

Comair collapse: British Airways’ South African partner ‘beyond rescue’

Failure to secure funding has taken around 40 per cent out of South Africa’s aviation capacity

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