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South Africa seeks reimbursement for migrant deportations

South Africa says it has asked Nigeria, Malawi and Ethiopia to reimburse repatriation costs for their citizens. And the UN says healthy diet unaffordable for one in three people.

South Africa says it is asking Nigeria, Malawi and Ethiopia to share the cost of deporting tens of thousands of illegal immigrants to their home countries. The country's Department of Home Affairs says it spent nearly $18 million in the exercise, far exceeding the budgetary allocation. About 82,000 people were repatriated to their home countries since anti-migrant protests started.

And a UN report says one in three people can’t afford a healthy diet, despite a decline in global hunger in recent years. How are families across Africa coping with the affordability crisis?

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