Photo credit: Get in Canada The federal government is cutting the number of spots available in its refugee, humanitarian and permanent residency streams. CTV News reports that the updated immigration levels plan released this week shows 49,000 spaces available for refugees seeking permanent residency in 2016, down from about 58,000 this year. The Canadian Council for Refugees…
Photo credit: infomigrants Amnesty International has slammed Tunisia for committing “widespread human rights violations” against irregular migrants, including rape and torture, and condemned the EU’s “cynical” cooperation with Tunis to curb irregular migration. Asharq Al-Awsat reports that in a new report based on research between February 2023 and June 2025, Amnesty said it had interviewed…
Photo credit: Facebook Wole wole ki lori? Tanwiji yanmu yanmu! I can’t but remember; Oh yes! Wole wole; Of my childhood which seems to be many eons away! People were emasculated hearing; without seeing; almighty wole wole! Neatly dressed; White shirt dripping with starch; Brown shorts; Well-polished brown shoes head crowned with a colonial bonnet!…
Photo credit: ABC News The German government has on Wednesday banned a Muslim group over accusations of violating human rights and the country’s democratic values. The Canadian Press reports that raids were also conducted against two other Muslim groups. According to the Interior Ministry, Muslim Interaktiv represented a threat to the country’s constitutional order by promoting antisemitism…
Photo credit: Reuters The African Union’s observer mission has declared that Tanzania’s election failed to comply with democratic standards. President Samia Suluhu Hassan was declared the landslide winner of the election, while opponents accused the government of fraud. There were protests over the exclusion of her main challengers. The mission said, “At this preliminary stage, the Mission concludes…
The mosquito sat still on the wall. I saw it immediately NEPA brought back light. Both of us had spent the last four hours of the sweaty night playing hide and seek. I knew it was inside the room.It could not hide its hum. That’s why it’s a mosquito, a useless being, without an iota…
Patriotism must rise above politics, Canada’s opposition knew where to draw the line, it doesn’t appear Nigeria’s know where to. Donald Trump mocked Ca\nada earlier this year by hinting that Canada might as well become America’s “51st state”. However, he got a response that no one could mistake. Then Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his…
