Africa Free-Trade-Area-agreement Kigali March 2018

ECOWAS peacekeeping force is welcome step, yet full of challenges — African analysts

The plan recently agreed by West African leaders to set up ECOWAS peacekeeping force is “a welcome development,” African analysts say but they are skeptical of success because restoring peace and order will not be easy. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) agreed at a summit this week to establish a regional standby […]

UK PM vows first migrant flights to leave for Rwanda within weeks as parliament passes controversial bill

The United Kingdom’s first deportation flights could leave for Rwanda in 10-12 weeks, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Monday (22 April), only hours before the controversial government bill finally secured the approval of the upper house of parliament. The Rwanda deportation scheme, criticized by human rights experts and groups supporting asylum seekers, had […]

Algerian army kills Sahrawi miners near Tindouf

An Algerian air strike killed three Sahrawis from the Polisario-run camps near Tindouf as they were desperately digging for gold, a civil society Sahrawi group FORSATIN reported. The group was seeking a source of revenue amid harsh conditions in the camps and repression by Algerian security services and the Polisario militias, said FORSATIN which backs […]