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skynewsafrica Islamic sect in Nigeria says govt wants to kill leader El-Zakzaky in prison

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Islamic sect in Nigeria says govt wants to kill leader, El-Zakzaky...

Skynewsafrica - January 6, 2020

NIGERIA By Samuel Luka Nigerian government have been accused of plotting to keep the country's leader of...

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300 peace monitors to provide early warning signs in Nigeria

December 21, 2018

Ex-Burkina Faso president's brother faces extradition from France

Ex-Burkina Faso president’s brother faces extradition from France

December 6, 2018

First charges against Hong Kong anti-government protester

First charges against Hong Kong anti-government protester

July 5, 2019

Equities, yuan plunge as Trump escalates trade war with China

Equities, yuan plunge as Trump escalates trade war with China

August 26, 2019

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Mnangagwa begs 'senior brother' Putin to help him develop Zimbabwe

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Mnangagwa begs ‘senior brother’ Putin to help him develop Zimbabwe

[Photo]: Nigeria's Armed Forces Remembrance Day

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[Photo]: Nigeria’s Armed Forces Remembrance Day

Kenya attack death toll hits 21, Al-Shabaab cites Trump as motivation

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Kenya attack death toll hits 21, Al-Shabaab cites Trump as motivation

sky news africa In the year up through July 2015, some 175,000 migrants were plucked to safety in the Mediterranean from smugglers’ boats and brought to Italy. From August 2016 through July 2017, the number was even higher — about 183,000. In the last few years, Italian authorities have made it difficult for humanitarian rescue ships operating in the central Mediterranean Sea. Some of the charity boats have ended up impounded in Italian ports for technical reasons. And when anti-migrant leader Matteo Salvini was Italy’s interior minister in the previous government, humanitarian rescue boats were sometimes kept at sea for days or weeks at a time with migrants aboard while waiting permission to disembark. Commenting on the latest figures, Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese said many of those setting out from Tunisia in small boats and reaching Italy are Tunisians determined to escape economic hardship in their homeland, not refugees fleeing conflict. She and Italy’s foreign minister will visit Tunisia on Monday, along with two European Union commissioners, to try to boost solidarity with Tunisia and its “young democracy,” Lamorgese said. While thousands of migrants, many from sub-Saharan Africa, still set out for Europe from lawless Libya, where human traffickers have been based for years, according to Italy’s latest figures more migrants reached Italy by sea from Tunisia than from Libya. Italy has a repatriation agreement with Tunisia that allows Italian authorities to relatively quickly send back to Tunisia those found ineligible for asylum.

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Migrants increasingly reaching Italy by sea from Tunisia