
Britain strikes deal with Rwanda over asylum seekers
Under the new plans, the UK will send asylum seekers to Rwanda to be processed there in a $150m trial.
Britain has agreed a deal with Rwanda to relocate some asylum seekers arriving in the UK to the central African country to be processed there.
Rescue and recovery operations are continuing in KwaZulu-Natal after floods and mudslides wreaked havoc in the South African province.
And a Kenyan hospital is one of three on the continent, to begin a trial of injectable antiretroviral drugs to treat HIV infected patients.
Photo: British Home Secretary Priti Patel (L) and Rwandan Minister of Foreign Affairs Vincent Biruta, shake hands after signing the agreement in the Rwandan capital, Kigali. Credit: AFP/Getty Images.
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