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Faye exempts self from anti-corruption law!

Photo credit: Britannica Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has vowed to return financial accountability to Senegal after his predecessor had left billions of dollars in hidden debt. Africa News reports that Faye himself is exempt from the new transparency law. Senegal’s government has presented an amendment that will expand the 2014 asset declaration law for top public officers….

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Elephants and Crickets by Adewale Sobowale

Elephants and Crickets! May foolish remain unwise, for, wise to keep them cheating! Little do we know elephants we carry on bald heads! Yet, we go using feet cricket holes to search! How many are they – money-miss-road; corruptly influential; spoilt brats – fleecing our resources; greedily appropriating commonwealth; rendering essential commodities unbuyable? They patronise…

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Adua by Adewale Sobowale

On this land where We never earned, Yet, given were we Benefits aplenty! Afore then, despite Not being right, In coming in, we Were relatively forgiven! Treated were we Like human beings, Given human rights Without a fight! Our eleda pray! Our children pray! Our wombs pray! Man and woman pray! This land is blessed!…

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Palestinians starve as Israel locks aid groups out, say NGOs!

Photo credit: Strait Times Israel is continuing to starve Gaza while banning nongovernmental organizations from delivering aid unless they hand over details of their Palestinian staff, more than 100 NGOs have said in a joint statement.  Politico reports that most humanitarian groups have not been able to deliver any aid since March 2, despite Israel’s claims that there…

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Immigration status may not matter in Canada’s criminal code!

Photo credit: Slaferek Law When Parliament resumes, a conservative MP, Michelle Rempel Garner, says her party will introduce legislation to end consideration oof immigration status when a judge is sentencing a convicted criminal who is a non-citizen. Vancouver Sun reports that the MP said the practice has essentially resulted in a two-tier justice system that allows non-citizens…

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