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Al Jazeera

South Africa protests turn violent amid rage over asylum ruling

Several cars torched and foreign-run businesses forced to shut in Johannesburg’s Soweto and coastal city of Durban.Anti-migrant protests in two cities in South Africa have turned ⁠violent, with the government blaming disinformation about a court ruling on asylum seekers.Violence erupted on Thursday in Johannesburg’s Soweto township and the east coast port city of Durban, with two dozens cars set ablaze and foreign-run businesses forced to close, police said.The unrest followed demonstrations demanding that refugee centres stop processing asylum applications.Acting National Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Puleng Dimpane on Thursday said 10 vehicles were torched in Johannesburg and 14 in Durban, where three people were arrested.In Soweto, a Reuters reporter saw residents carrying groceries out of a shop they said was owned by a person from Somalia, whom they chased away. Those residents fled after police arrived.In Durban, a Reuters reporter saw cars torched in the urban centre, where foreign-owned shops were also looted. AFP reporters in the city said police opened fire with rubber bullets to disperse protesters who reportedly set alight a business run by foreigners.The protesters are opposed to a July Constitutional Court decision that removes procedural barriers to seeking asylum, including for people who entered South Africa irregularly, lacked asylum transit visas, or missed reporting deadlines.On Thursday, the government’s Inter-Ministerial Committee on Migration held an urgent briefing to address overcrowding at asylum offices after implementing the ruling. A day prior, the committee said all its offices were overwhelmed by the number of incoming applications.Government spokesperson William Baloyi said ‌the violence was triggered by people spreading deliberately false information about the constitutional court ruling.Baloyi said the court decision had been widely misrepresented, and that it did not automatically grant refugee status, permanent residence or other legal rights to undocumented migrants.Months of protests by populist, anti-immigrant groups against undocumented foreign nationals, demanding they leave South Africa, have led tens of thousands to flee, some repatriated by their governments.Three decades since apartheid ended, South Africa remains deeply unequal and about a third of people are out of work. Migrants are often blamed for taking jobs, fuelling crime and straining public services, although such claims are not supported by evidence.

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Capital News

Rwanda urges global backing against FDLR threat, hails Kenya ties

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 8— Rwanda has called on the international community to support its efforts to address the threat posed by the FDLR militia in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as Kigali sought to rally diplomatic backing for its security concerns. Rwanda Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr Usta Kaitesi made the appeal while addressing diplomats accredited to Rwanda but based in Nairobi on Thursday, where she also highlighted the deepening strategic partnership between Rwanda and Kenya. Kaitesi said Rwanda was engaged in multiple diplomatic tracks to address the three-decade-old crisis in eastern DRC but maintained that the FDLR remained a central security concern for Kigali. “Rwanda remains committed to finding an end to this crisis with the support of the international community as a whole, who should demonstrate good faith in addressing our legitimate security concerns,” she told the diplomats. Kaitesi accused the DRC government of failing to neutralise the FDLR despite its commitment under the Washington Peace process to do so. “Despite the DRC’s commitment in the Washington Peace process to neutralize this group, it is disappointing to see that it still enjoys strong support and political cover by the DRC Government,” she said. Kigali regards FDLR as remnants of forces responsible for the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. She also raised concern over w...

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Google News — Business

Treasury Announces First Enforcement Penalty for Violation of Outbound Investment Security Program

Treasury Announces First Enforcement Penalty for Violation of Outbound Investment Security Program Thompson HineCongress Enacts First Law Restricting U.S. Investment in China Legis1U.S. Treasury Issues First Fine Over Outbound Investments in China’s Tech Sector The InformationUS issues first outbound investment fine over Chinese robotics AI deal South China Morning Post

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France 24

'Fighting for our future': France high school students vow no let-up

Over 70,000 people took part in demonstrations across France on Thursday demanding better education and less police brutality, as students protested nationwide despite government attempts to ease a crisis that has rocked the country for more than a week. Students have blocked entrances to hundreds of high schools, with squads of riot police deployed -- occasionally resulting in violent clashes. The interior ministry said 71,500 participated in protests across the country, with police detaining more than 500 people. FRANCE 24's Claire Paccalin reports from central Paris.

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Al Jazeera

How much worse can Yemen’s humanitarian crisis become?

For more than a decade, Yemen has been facing one of the most severe humanitarian crises in the world.The latest round of fighting between the government and the Houthis is worsening the suffering of millions of people.The United Nations migration agency says it is alarmed by the speed of the displacement.Abdusattor Esoev – Chief of Mission for the International Organization for Migration in YemenAmmar Al-Asaadi – Programme Manager at ZOA, an international relief and recovery organisation

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