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UK-Rwanda migration deal
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.
A resident in KwaZulu-Natal's main city Durban, gives a first-hand account of the impact of the devastating floods.
And 300 lawmakers have been sworn into office in Somalia in an important step towards creating a new government.
Photo: A group of migrants arriving in the UK. Credit: Getty Images.
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