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KENYA/FREED SLAVES
A unique community of descendants of freed slaves is seeking official recognition, from Kenya’s government, as an ethnic group.

BIDEN-MIGRANT INFLUX
The Biden administration announced last week it would start allowing some migrants in the program to enter the U.S. The government claims the process is ..

Sudan ratifies international treaties against torture and enforced disappearance

CUBA/ARTS, POLITICS AND RIGHTS
“Homeland and Life” repurposes the old slogan “Patria o Muerte” (“Homeland or Death”) emblazoned on walls across the Caribbean country ever since Fidel Castro’s 1959 ..

Q&A: Yasmin Sooka on Report of Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan

Q&A: Activist Tun Khin on how Myanmar protests affect the Rohingya

UK/FARMERS
The National Farmers’ Union hosts its first post-Brexit annual online conference. Boris Johnson delivers a video message on the opening day.

MYANMAR/PROTESTS RETURNED TO THE STREETS
One of the victims was shot in the head and died immediately during the latest rally in the second-largest city of Mandalay, according to Frontier ..

US/PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT
The U.S. officially rejoins the Paris Climate Agreement.

NIGERIA/KIDNAPPING
It is unclear how many are still in the possession of the gunmen. One student died during the kidnapping, an official said.