Africa
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High commissioner says refugees are not criminals as some affected Muslim-majority countries express disappointment
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Tristan Voorspuy, a former British soldier, had gone to inspect damage on his ranch when he was shot
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Major investigation provokes concerns that City regulators waved through deal at heart of court case
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Islamist Benghazi defence militia hits Libya’s biggest oil port and biggest refinery in sharp escalation of civil war
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Gervais Ngombwa, who claimed he was a victim in 1994 mass killing in order to gain refugee status, was actually ‘an active participant’, Iowa judge said
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Patchy data means it’s hard to get a true picture of the risks globally. But even some of the most restrictive nations are taking steps forward
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Thirty Britons were killed at a Tunisian resort in 2015, the biggest loss of British life to terrorism since 2005 London bombings
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Two years of attacks offered a warning - but sunbathers’ families say travel agents told them destination was “100% safe”
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Militia-run detention centres in Libya are ‘no more than forced labour camps and makeshift prisons’, Unicef says
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Rapid urbanisation has made an ordinary commodity suddenly precious: sand. As cities continue to voraciously need concrete, glass and asphalt, illegal sand mining has sparked a global wave of gang violence
Accra a century ago: life in Ghana before independence – in pictures