Africa
Kenya’s arrest warrant is milestone in Agnes Wanjiru case but lengthy UK process awaits | Kenya
In the spring of 2012, David Cameron was prime minister and British troops were still fighting in Afghanistan under the stewardship of the then defence secretary, Philip Hammond. Before deploying, soldiers from the UK would be flown 3,000 miles south-west of Helmand province, to Kenya, for hot weather training. They would train at Batuk, the […]
Kenya’s Turkana people genetically adapted to live in harsh environment, study suggests | Global development
A collaboration between African and American researchers and a community living in one of the most hostile landscapes of northern Kenya has uncovered key genetic adaptations that explain how pastoralist people have been able to thrive in the region. Underlying the population’s abilities to live in Turkana, a place defined by extreme heat, water scarcity […]
Eritrean man is second to be deported to France under UK’s ‘one in, one out’ deal | Immigration and asylum
An Eritrean man has been deported to France under the UK government’s “one in, one out” deal with the neighbouring country. The man – the second to be deported under the agreement – was on a flight that left Heathrow for Paris at 6.15am on Friday, the Home Office confirmed after he lost a […]