Photo credit: Aljazeera Over 40 percent of Sudan’s population is being faced by acute hunger, according to a report by a global hunger monitor, the three-year civil war having created one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. Al Jazeera reports that nearly 19.5 million Sudanese people are facing such dire circumstances, the United Nations-backed Food…
Photo credit: Washington Post Dozens of boats carrying activists and aid for Palestinians set sail from Turkey’s Mediterranean coast on Thursday in the latest attempt to break Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza – just weeks after Israel intercepted a previous flotilla and detained two activists. The Associated Press reports that more than 50 vessels departed from…
Nigeria has no business being in this sorry state. At the last count it was said that two-thirds of the states in Nigeria could not even pay their workers’ salaries. Now, the federal government has thrown away the controversial subsidy. Petrol (PMS) is now sold for a whopping one hundred and forty five naira! For…
Those ruling us have a lot of compassion. In fact, their love of humanity definitely knows no bounds. That’s why the Kano State government has budgeted a whopping sum of 345 million naira to feed the foodless during the thirty day Ramadan that’s expected to commence on Thursday. The Northern States have generally been consistent…
Photo credit: The Economic Times Oil prices edged up Thursday as investors awaited a meeting between US President Donaald Trump and Chinese President XI Jinping later in the day, as traders focused on the Iran war. Business Standard reports that Brent crude futures were up 13 cents, or 0.12 per cent, to $1o05.76 a barrel by 0015 GMT,…
Photo credit: Arise News Under a continuing US blockade, Cuba has absolutely no reserves of diesel or fuel oil, said the country’s energy minister “We have no fuel oil, no diesel,” Vicente de La o Levy was quoted as saying by local media. “We have absolutely no fuel (oil), and absolutely no diesel,” Energy Minister Vincent…
On Friday night, the past and present will merge at the S|t. Lawrence Centre for the Arts. Toronto Today reports that 110 Indigenous youths will don colourful costumes and express themselves through traditional dance with a modern twist. These dancers travelled to Toronto from all over the country this week to participate in Canada’s largest…
