U.S. Deports Convicted Criminals to Eswatini, Sparks Outcry
The U.S. deported 5 folks whom it described as “legal unlawful aliens” to Eswatini. The deportees are initially from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Cuba, and Yemen, and had been convicted of significant crimes similar to homicide and youngster rape. In keeping with Homeland Safety official Tricia McLaughlin, their residence international locations had refused to take them again, prompting the US to ship them to Eswatini as a “protected third nation.” Eswatini confirmed the lads have been being held in remoted correctional items and posed no menace to the general public. The U.S. and Eswatini deliberate to collaborate with the UN’s immigration company to facilitate the lads’s eventual switch to their residence international locations. Trump’s immigration crackdown drew the criticism of Swazi pro-democracy activists who warned towards the nation changing into a dumping floor for overseas criminals. Issues have been additionally raised over whether or not Eswatini’s prisons may securely home such offenders. Comparable deportations had not too long ago been made to South Sudan, and discussions with different international locations like Rwanda and Benin have been reportedly ongoing.
France Withdraws Final Navy Base from Senegal After 65 Years
France formally handed again its final army base in Senegal, marking the tip of the nation’s 65-year army presence, leaving the French military with no everlasting camps in West and Central Africa. The pull-out comes after related withdrawals throughout the continent, with former colonies more and more turning their backs on their former ruler. President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, elected in 2024 on guarantees of radical change, for all overseas armies to depart Senegal by the tip of 2025. Throughout a handover ceremony in Dakar, Camp Geille and the French airfield at Dakar airport have been formally returned, with army leaders from each nations current. Faye has, nonetheless, insisted that Senegal will proceed to work with Paris, which is totally different from different former colonies, similar to junta-run Burkina Faso or Mali.
UNICEF Condemns Assaults That Killed 35 Youngsters in Sudan
Greater than 450 civilians have been killed in current “horrific assaults” in Sudan’s North Kordofan state, which the UN Youngsters’s Fund, UNICEF, has condemned within the strongest attainable phrases. Two pregnant girls, 11 women and 24 boys have been among the many victims of the violence over the weekend round Bara, together with the villages of Shag Alnom and Hilat Hamid. UNICEF fears that with dozens extra injured and lots of nonetheless lacking, the variety of youngster casualties may rise additional. UNICEF Govt Director Catherine Russell criticised the assaults as a terrifying escalation of violence, and a whole disregard for human life, worldwide humanitarian regulation, and probably the most fundamental ideas of humanity. Since April 2023, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Speedy Assist Forces (RSF) have been combating for management of the nation, and combating has intensified within the Kordofan area, which encompasses three states.
Former Nigerian VP Atiku Abubakar Resigns from PDP
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has formally resigned his membership from the Folks’s Democratic Social gathering (PDP), citing irreconcilable variations and a divergence from the social gathering’s founding ideas. Atiku tendered his resignation within the build-up to the 2027 basic election after admitting to the formation of a coalition social gathering, the Alliance Democratic Congress. Atiku, who served two full phrases as Vice President from 1999 to 2007 and was twice the social gathering’s presidential candidate of the PDP, described his exit as deeply emotional and regrettable. He expressed disappointment within the social gathering’s present trajectory, which he mentioned not aligned with its unique imaginative and prescient. Regardless of the painful determination, Atiku thanked the PDP for the help and alternatives it had given him. His resignation was formally acknowledged and stamped by the native ward workplace.
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Kenya Mourns 12-12 months-Outdated Bridget Njoki, Killed by Stray Bullet
Household, buddies, and Kenyans from all walks of life gathered to mourn the tragic lack of 12-year-old Bridget Njoki, who was killed by police in Kiambu County. Bridget was killed by a stray bullet throughout the Saba Saba protests on July 7, 2025. A bullet went by the roof of Bridget’s residence in Ndumberi, putting her within the head whereas she sat in her household’s lounge. Her mom, in a tearful tribute on the Ndumberi Catholic Church, condemned the extreme pressure utilized by police and demanded justice for all kids caught within the crossfire. Bridget’s loss of life, one amongst practically 70 reported throughout this yr’s protests, sparked nationwide outrage and renewed requires police accountability. The Kenya Nationwide Fee on Human Rights (KNCHR) has known as for an unbiased investigation into all deaths and accidents which have been related with protest-related police motion. The Unbiased Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) has since launched a probe into Bridget’s loss of life.
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