Canary Islands’ El Hierro declares emergency amid migrant, refugee influx
Photo credit: Aljazeera Authorities of El Hierro, one of Spain’s Canary Islands, have declared an emergency…
Biden under knocks!
Rights Advocates criticised President Joe Biden of the United States for referring to an undocumented immigrant as an “illegal”.He was accused of echoing the dehumanising rhetoric of his predecessor, Donald Trump. Rights advocates and progressive lawmakers have long condemned the use of the term “illegal” to refer to human beings who do not have immigration…
BAM BAM L’AYO! WE’RE OVERFED!! – Adewale Sobowale
When I was a kid, I can still remember situations when I refused to eat. It normally happened when I was annoyed. Whenever that happened, my mother wouldn’t utter a word. She would have her meal, and for what I then thought was an overkill, she would begin singing, Bamubamu la yoAwa o mo p’ebiNpo’mo…
Israeli attacks on Palestinian aid seekers continue
Israel has not relented in its efforts to fire Palestinian civilians. Al Jazeera reports that its cameras captured some Israeli forces firing a crowd of Palestinians awaiting aid distribution at the Kuwait Roundabout in Gaza City. The attack is noted to be the second since yesterday. It is also reported that an Israeli air attack…
US judge blocks new immigration law in Texas
A federal judge on Thursday blocked a new Texas law that would give police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S., dealing a victory to the Biden administration with a broad rejection of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s immigration enforcement effort. U.S. District Judge David Ezra’s preliminary injunction pausing a law that…
Lords checkmate Rwanda plan!
The U.K.’s Upper House has passed five amendments on the Rwanda bill. If the amendments are ratified, it would make it harder for the lower house to declare Rwanda a “safe” country. It would therefore require the government to comply with domestic and in international laws. The amendments would also severely affect the main purpose…
Sheffield United 0-6 Arsenal; Match Report
A breathless, brutal display of attacking football saw us equal our record away win the Premier League for the second time in a matter of weeks. Following a 6-0 win at West Ham late last month, and a 5-0 hammering of Burnley in our last away league game, we were at it again at Bramall…
Nigerians deploy different strategies to survive as economic hardship kontinu to bite
Di rising cost of living dey push Nigerians to di point wey be say dem no know wetin to do again. Wit inflation wey don almost hit di highest in thirty years for January, almost half of di population dey live inside poverty now. Di money wey dem dey earn dey below $1 a day….
Trump’s claims of a migrant crime wave are not supported by national data
When Donald Trump speaks at the southern border in Texas on Thursday, you can expect to hear him talk about “migrant crime,” a category he has coined and defined as a terrifying binge of criminal activity committed by undocumented immigrants spreading across the country. “You know, in New York, what’s happening with crime is it’s…
Canary Islands’ El Hierro declares emergency amid migrant, refugee influx
Photo credit: Aljazeera Authorities of El Hierro, one of Spain’s Canary Islands, have declared an emergency and asked the government in Madrid for help after a surge in migrants and refugees arriving by boat. Al Jazeera reports that Alpodio Armas, head of the governing council for El Hierro, one of Europe’s entry points for migrants and refugees…
90 million displaced persons at risk from climate threats, UN refugee agency says
Photo credit: Reuters Nearly 90 million forcibly displaced people are living in countries increasingly exposed to climate-related droughts, floods, and extreme heat, the UN refugee agency said, warning ahead of the COP31 climate summit that more funding is needed to help vulnerable communities adapt. Riyadh Daily reports that nearly three-quarters of the world’s forcibly displaced people…
Haitians rally behind Bukele, urge Salvadoran forces to do the needful
Photo credit: The Haitian Times Hundreds of residents in Port-au-Prince, Bellardere and Jeremie have taken to the streets to praise El Salvador’s strongman Nayib Bukele and call for forceful action against gangs that have seized communities and forced families from their homes. The demonstrations reflect the growing frustration with Haiti’s security crisis and a public appeal…
Ian Squire – Adewale Sobowale
He was a British medical practitioner who could have stayed in his country. At least, one of the most paying professions in the world is medicine. However, whoever a person is, if they fail to find self fulfilment, they are nobody. Ian was not satisfied with a normal medical practice. He therefore travelled to Africa…
‘Free Education’ – Adewale Sobowale
I’m not so happy seeing pretenders on the gubernatorial seat. I won’t ever suffer fools gladly. I can still remember vividly the promises of Mr Ibikunle Amosun on May 29, 2011. According to him, all pregnant women could be assured that their children would be treated like kings because he was going to adopt them….
Canada and UK diverge on immigration
Photo credit: National Newswatch Canada and the UK are taking opposite stances on immigration policy, with Canada easing and the UK tightening pathways to permanent residency. Business Insider Africa reports that while Canada is introducing new pathways to allow up to 200,000 temporary residents already living in Canada to gain permanent status, the UK is moving to double the…
