Photo credit: Aljazeera Afghan migrants in Pakistan and Iran are living in fear of deportation. AMU reports that as the deportations continue, more than 3,300 Afghan nationals have been returned to Afghanistan on Thursday from Pakistan and Iran, the Taliban-run centre for refugees said. In a daily report, the commission said 622 families comprising 3,371 individuals were…
Photo credit: NBC News US Customs and Border Protection agents have shot two people in Portland, Oregon, just a day after an ICE officer shot and killed a mother-of-three in Minneapolis. The Daily Mail reports that Department of Homeland Security officials said Border Patrol agents were conducting a targeted vehicle stop at 2.19 pm outside Adventist…
A friend and I just finished talking about an act of great disrespect. One thing about the act is the fact that we keep on committing it. And the act? You know dodo is very sweet. We go out of our way to make a rhyme out of dodo. Mo de’Do!Mo de’Do!Mo de’Do!Mo je dodo…
This saying is apparent in “Ìyàwó BJ.” – a Yorùbá movie. Adédọ̀tun sends a lady to school. While she’s in school, he spends on the lady’s grandmother. However, before the lady, Téníọlá graduates, she gets into a relationship with a doctor. She then conveniently realizes that Adédọ̀tun is an illiterate. So, she gets married to…
Photo credit: AP News The US Department of Transportation said on Wednesday it is withholding $160 million in federal funds from the state of California for failing to cancel over 17,o000 improperly issued commercial driver’s licences held by non-US citizens. Reuters reports that the department first warned in September that it could take action. The…
Photo credit: the globe and mail Temporary foreign workers in Canada who are granted permanent residency tend to achieve greater economic mobility. They move up the economic ladder more quickly and secure wage increases in the years after settling, a new study has found. The Globe and Mail reports that the paper was published in December by…
Photo credit: the Guardian Authorities in the United Kingdom have severely restricted the right to protest. The Mirage reports that it contravenes their international human rights obligations, creating an environment in which peaceful dissent is increasingly treated as a criminal act, according to Human Rights Watch. A 47-page report, “‘Silencing the Streets’: The Right to Protest Under Attack…
