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The UN Refugee Agency, has welcomed Ethiopia’s ratification of the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa, known as the Kampala Convention.

Among those ordered arrested were Fr Flaviano Villanueva, who has been assisting families of victims of extrajudicial executions under the ‘war on drugs’.

Air pollution from burning fossil fuels contributes to an estimated 4.5 million deaths each year worldwide and estimated economic losses of US$2.9 trillion, or approximately 3.3 per cent of global GDP, says new research.

South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa should use his new leadership of the African Union to promote human rights across the continent, says Human Rights Watch.