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Senegal: Court rules govt’s delay of presidential poll was ‘unlawful’

Senegal’s Constitutional Council, the country’s top election authority, ruled on Thursday that the president’s postponement of a presidential election scheduled for 25 February and its rescheduling for 14 December was unconstitutional. The Constitutional Council therefore voided the decree signed by President Macky Sall that postponed the presidential election, according to a judgement approved by seven […]

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UK court stops govt’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda

A British court has ruled that a government plan to send asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda — designed to deter migrants from crossing the English Channel is unlawful. Court of Appeal judges said Rwanda could not be considered a “safe third country” where migrants could be sent, but — in a partial victory […]