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asked for the same treatment as ukrainians in the us in march president joe biden said the
u.s would welcome a hundred thousand ukrainian refugees granting temporary protected status
also known as tps to another 30 000 already in the us but while ukrainians fleeing the
war are met with great remarks of solidarity the same doesn't apply for all since fleeing
ongoing conflict many cameroonians in the united states are still in detention while
others are at the border waiting to be granted temporary protection status recently the ngo
human rights watch delivered a report saying some cameroonians experienced unfounded salem denial
and abuses in detention in the us while ukrainian asylum seekers are exempt from asylum restrictions
aimed at preventing the spread of kovid 19. hundreds of them are currently waiting in
the mexican city of tijuana to request protection in the united states the same can't be saved for
cameroonians who sought a sale a months before the ongoing ukraine russia conflict ever began
burundi burundi lifts ban on bbc after three years burundi's media authority has announced that it
would lift a nationwide ban on the british broadcasting corporation bbc nearly three
years after the broadcaster was forced to stop operating the east african country the national
communication council withdrew the license for the broadcasting giant in 2019 accusing it of
breaching press laws and unprofessional conduct the broadcast had met the conditions set by
the government as president everest dashimir had initiated the easing of restrictions on sanctioned
news outlet following the shimya's election western nations including the united states
and the european union have ease sanctions malawi malawi access tax on sanitary pads malawians no
longer have to pay tax on sanitary pads as a 16.5 percent levy has been axed in the spirit
of promoting girl child education the government has listened to the contribution that came from
the various stakeholders and has consequently removed duty and excise tax on sanitary paths
finance minister sustained guenghui has said girls who cannot afford sanitary pads often
miscool during their periods the minister also announced that value-added tax would no longer
have to be paid on cooking oil and tap water in a bid to help malawians with rising prices
and access to drinking water this comes as good news as many african countries are going through
an increase in standards of living and commodity prices democratic republic of congo democratic
republic of congo refugees returned from uganda after fighting hundreds of refugees from the
democratic republic of congo are crossing back to their villages from a ugandan border town
thousands had fled their homes earlier in the week after fighting that broke out between
congolese government forces and the m23 rebels in the rutsuru area of north kivu province
many were hesitant to be registered by the ugandan authorities and humanitarian agencies as this
would have meant they would be moved to designated resettlement areas making it more difficult to
return home lorries are now being allowed to pass through the border which had recently been closed
to transport and trade the rebels formed largely by congolese army deserters say they were fighting
for the rights of congolese ethnic tutsis earlier democratic republic of congo said some rwandan
soldiers were backing the rebels an allegation denied by kigali m23 rebels captured large parts
of north kivu a decade ago and were eventually routed and as part of the regional peace deal
disarmed and mainly moved into camps in uganda however in recent months they have been slowly
leaving the camps after complaints that the deal was not being honored south africa student jailed
for spending almost one thousand dollars daily on luxury goods after error put one million dollars
of student aid in her account a south african college student has been sentenced to prison
for going on a month-long spending spree with almost a million dollars of student aid dumped
into her bank account due to a clerical error the second year accounting student sibongile mani was
sentenced to five years in prison for stealing the funds from the national student financial
aid scheme a clerical error meant instead of a 96 monthly food allowance being deposited into
her account close to 1 million was transferred on june 1st 2017 judge twynette olivier found
mani guilty of stealing the funds and slapped her with a prison sentence and a stunning adonishment
manny spent close to one thousand dollars a day on handbags alcohol and clothing racking up charges
across the country before the fund noticed the error on august 13th and reported her great news
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