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Rights Group Denounces Israel's Plan to Deport Migrants
Nearly 35,000 Eritrean and Sudanese refugees have been given three months to leave Israel
Israel tells African refugees and asylum seekers to leave the country voluntarily or be forcibly repatriated but a human rights group says it will fight the plan.
Plus a presidential order from the outgoing Liberian President Johnson-Sirleaf means top officials of state-owned enterprises will lose out on bonuses.
And single mothers on the continent speak of overcoming the challenges of bringing up children on their own.
(Image: Israeli policemen and immigration officers escorting African asylum seekers. Credit:AFP/Getty Images)
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