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/ 6 December 2007

Angolan soldiers accused of ‘systematic’ rape

Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières said this week that Angolan soldiers have raped, beaten and tortured illegal Congolese migrant workers before deporting them across the border. The French humanitarian group said the rights abuses were occurring in the diamond-rich northern Angolan province of Luanda Norte.

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/ 19 September 2007

Spain to scare African migrants with video

Spain will try to scare off potential African migrants with television advertisements showing a young man apparently lying dead on some rocks and a mother grieving for her disappeared son. The Spanish government advertisements, which also feature Senegalese singer Youssou N’Dour, started showing on Senegalese television on Wednesday.