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King Charles refers slavery reparations petition to privy council
Photo credit: The Guardian King Charles has referred a landmark slavery reparations petition from Jamaica to a high-level UK appeals court for legal advice, Jamaica’s culture minister announced in parliament on Tuesday. The Guardian reports that Jamaica’s Gender Minister Olivia Grange says the move is a “really big deal”. She told Jamaica’s MPs the monarch had confirmed that their…
Morocco votes for a new parliament after Gen Z protests…
Photo credit: ABC News Moroccan voters are choosing a new parliament Wednesday in an election shaped by mounting frustration among young people, high unemployment despite a thriving economy, and demand for better schools, hospitals and housing. The Associated Press reports that voting centres across the North African kingdom will open from 8 am to 7 pm…
Priests, nuns march to Vatican to demand end to “genocide” in Gaza
Some 150 Catholic priests and friars, a bishop and nuns from around the world marched to the Vatican and prayed Tuesday in front of St Peter’s Basilica to call for an end to what they called the “genocide” in Gaza. The Associated Press reports that the protesters carried a banner down the main boulevard leading to the Vatican…
GOing For Broke – Adewale Sobowale
Nigeria is a very interesting place. The people are so warm that almost nothing shocks them. The nation and the citizens are always reporters’ delights! They are newsmakers!! The last time I checked, the latest news was a debate on the selling of Nigeria’s national assets. Nigerians will normally select unselfish people into positions of…
Of Certificates and Elections! – Adewale Sobowale
I’ve always maintained that you don’t really need a certificate to qualify as a candidate for an election. It negates the principle of democracy. The basic principle of democracy is the most popular person winning a free and fair election. That’s why most of the western democracies don’t have educational requirements in their electoral laws….
Immigrants with final deportation orders disappear from ICE detainee locator
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is erasing immigrants with final deportation orders from a searchable online database, leaving families and attorneys in the dark as they try to find out where someone has been taken. The Washington Post reports that the new policy also bars immigration officers from sharing information about a detainee’s location with…