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EU Plan for African Migrants 'Dropped'
North African countries oppose an EU plan for regional migrant holding centres
North African countries have opposed an EU plan for regional migrant holding centres. The 'Regional Disembarkation Platforms' were meant to be holding posts to process asylum applications.
Plus public outrage in Somalia at the rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl.
And could a female filmmaker be about to make history at Africa's largest film festival, Fespaco?
(African migrants queue outside a Red Cross tent. Credit: Getty Images)
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