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Western Cape High Court acting Judge Alma de Wet has ordered that the Cape Town Refugee Reception Office, which has been closed since 2012, be reopened.
A judge will oversee the process of reopening of the Cape Town Refugee Reception Office, according to a draft order agreed between lawyers for both sides, in a case brought by refugee organisations against the Department of Home Affairs.
Rights group in court to force Home Affairs to reopen CT refugee office In 2017, the Supreme Court of Appeal ordered the department to reopen the office by March 2018, but since then the department has missed several deadlines. FILE: The entrance to the Maitland Refugee Reception Centre in Cape Town. Picture: EWN
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CAPE TOWN - An organisation for refugee rights is back in court to get Home Affairs to reopen of a fully functional refugee reception office in Cape Town.
The Scalabrini Centre and the Somali Association of South Africa, represented by the Legal Resources Centre, were in the Western Cape High court on Wednesday.
Before passing away, Sheikh Nur Barud was in hospital getting treatment for coronavirus By Mohammed Dhaysane | 17.02.2021
MOGADISHU, Somalia
Sheikh Nur Barud Gurhan, one of Somalia s top religious scholars, has died of coronavirus in the capital Mogadishu, a colleague said Wednesday.
Sheikh Bashir Ahmed Salad, head of the Somali Association of Ulema, confirmed that Gurhan died from COVID-19 late Tuesday night. I can confirm that the sheikh has died in Demartini hospital after he contracted the coronavirus disease. He was also suffering from diabetes before COVID-19, Salad told the media.
Top political leaders also confirmed his death and offered condolences. Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed extends his condolences to the family, relatives and the Somali people at large on the death of Sheikh Nur Barud Gurhan. He was one of the pillars of the Somali Ulema, a statement from the Somali presidency said.