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Case filed against Equatorial Guinea for sending US deportees to nations where they face persecution

Rights lawyers have filed a case against Equatorial Guinea before Africa’s top human rights body. They accuse the nation of forcing deportees from the United States back to their home countries in violation of their rights.

 

Exclusive: Inside an African hotel where asylum seekers deported by the US are imprisoned

Under an opaque $7.5 million deal with the Trump administration, Equatorial Guinea’s all-powerful president has turned a hotel owned by his family into a prison for asylum seekers deported from the United States.

 

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In Congo displacement camp, fighting Ebola with sand, oatmeal and one thermometer but no water

There is one handwashing station and one infrared thermometer to fight the Ebola epidemic in this camp for 10,000 displaced people in Bunia, a city at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo.

 

Young men storm a Congo hospital treating Ebola patients to demand bodies of their kin

A local hospital official says that angry young men stormed a hospital treating Ebola patients at the heart of an outbreak in eastern Congo, demanding the bodies of their relatives.

 

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Congo curtails funeral wakes in Ebola outbreak as WHO upgrades risk assessment

Authorities in northeastern Congo have banned funeral wakes and gatherings of more than 50 people to curb a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak.

 

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Residents burn an Ebola treatment center in Congo as anger grows over the outbreak

People have set fire to an Ebola treatment center in one of the towns at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo as fear and anger grows over a health crisis authorities and aid agencies are struggling to contain.

 

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Ebola fears surge on the ground in Congo over rapid spread of a rare type

Healthcare workers in eastern Congo say they are underprotected and undertrained as a rare Ebola virus spreads rapidly in one of the world’s most remote and vulnerable places.

 

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WHO chief concerned over ‘scale and speed’ of Ebola outbreak as Congo reports 134 dead

The World Health Organization director-general has expressed concern over the rapid spread of a rare type of Ebola in eastern Congo.

 

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Congo opens more centers to treat rare type of Ebola that has killed nearly 120

Congo will open three treatment centers for the Ebola virus in the eastern Ituri province, and the World Health Organization is sending a team of experts to the country, following an outbreak that has killed nearly 120 people.

 

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US sends drones to Nigeria to join troops sent for intelligence and training

The United States is deploying MQ-9 Reaper drones after about 200 troops arrived last month to support Nigeria as it faces a growing security crisis.

 

Secretive deal leaves deportees from the US stuck in Equatorial Guinea with ‘no more hope’

Accounts are emerging from people deported from the U.S. to the African petrostate of Equatorial Guinea in a multi-million-dollar, third-country deal with the Trump administration.

 

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The US deported a gay asylum-seeker to a third country where homosexuality is illegal

A woman who sought asylum in the United States after fleeing a country where homosexuality is illegal says the Trump administration’s third-country deportation system sent her to another one.

 

US will send troops to Nigeria to train the military to fight extremism

Nigerian authorities say the United States is sending troops to Nigeria to train the West African country’s military in combating extremism as a multifaceted security crisis spreads in the north.

 

Refugee firefighters in Mauritania battle bushfires to give back to the community that took them in

Bushfires are deadly, they can break out in the blink of an eye and last for days in the vast desert of Mauritania.

 

Takeaways from AP report on sexual violence in Mali

Multiple women have told The Associated Press they survived or witnessed alleged rapes and other sexual assaults committed by a new Russian military unit in Mali.

 

Girls and women fleeing Mali describe sexual violence by Russian forces

Women and girls from Mali are alleging rape and sexual assault by Russian fighters with Africa Corps, a new military unit under Moscow’s control.

 

Rwanda-backed M23 offensive in Congo’s South Kivu kills over 400 civilians

More than 400 civilians have been killed since the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group escalated its offensive in eastern Congo, officials said.

 

Bomb explosion kills over 30 in eastern Congo after army clashes with pro-government militia

A bomb explosion has killed more than 30 people and wounded 20 others in eastern Congo. The blast followed a clash between the Congolese army and a pro-government militia in the town of Sange on Sunday evening.

 

Takeaways from AP’s investigation into Russia’s Africa Corps in Mali

Refugees from Mali have told The Associated Press that a new Russian military unit, Africa Corps, is committing abuses like rapes and beheadings.

 

As Russia’s Africa Corps fights in Mali, witnesses describe atrocities from beheadings to rapes

The Associated Press has spoken to over 30 refugees from Mali who say they witnessed beheadings, rapes and other abuses committed by Africa Corps, a new military unit under Russia’s direct command.

 

A West African bloc delegation says talks with Guinea-Bissau coup leaders will continue

A delegation from the West African regional bloc known as ECOWAS has made no headway in talks with coup leaders in Guinea-Bissau but said at the end of its visit that discussions would continue later this month.

 

Takeaways from an AP report on a Europe-funded program returning African migrants

The European Union has given a U.N.-affiliated organization hundreds of millions of dollars to help African migrants return from failed journeys to Europe and support them back home.

 

Thousands of Africans returned home through an EU program. Many say they’ve been abandoned

The European Union has given a U.N.-affiliated body hundreds of millions of dollars to help thousands of African migrants return from failed journeys to Europe and support them back home.

 

Guineans vote ‘yes’ in referendum that could allow leader of country’s junta to run for president

Over 90% of Guineans have voted ‘yes’ in a constitutional referendum that could allow the country’s junta leader to run for president.

 

Guinea counts votes in a referendum that could allow junta leader to run for president

Vote counting was underway in Guinea in a referendum on a draft constitution that could allow the junta leader to run for the presidency. Gen.

 

Guinea reaches final day of referendum campaign, with opposition missing

As Guinea reaches the final days ahead of the key referendum which could open the door for the coup leader to run for president, Conakry, its capital city, is buzzing with campaign events.

 

Congo has announced a new Ebola outbreak. Here’s what to know

Congo’s authorities have announced a new Ebola outbreak that has killed more than a dozen people in a southern province.

 

Mali files ICJ case against Algeria over the destruction of a military reconnaissance drone

Mali’s transitional government has filed a case against Algeria at the International Court of Justice.

 

Sexual violence against children and women has surged in Congo, charity says

Save The Children has reported a significant increase in sexual violence against children and women in Congo.

 

Madagascar welcomes home skulls of Indigenous warriors taken by French colonial troops 128 years ago

Madagascar has received three skulls of Indigenous warriors returned from France, including one believed to be of a king killed by French troops 128 years ago.

 

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