Photo credit: Aljazeera Bishop Raphael Bahebwa is in hiding, fearing he could be attacked for speaking out for foreigners’ rights in South Africa. “I am in hiding now because they say they are going to kill me for speaking about the rights of foreigners,” he told Al Jazeera. Bahebwa has lived in South Africa for 26 years,…
Photo credit: San Diego Tribune Thousands of San Diegans of several faiths marched by Balboa Park on Sunday to call for the dignity of migrants and refugees as the Trump administration’s roundups of immigrants have recently reached new heights. The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that the afternoon event evoked vibes of a 1960s peace march. Musicians…
Although I’m not a particularly good dancer, I do enjoy great music. I love African music because it generally has meaning. That explains my love for the talking drum. It’s called the talking drum because it has messages embedded in it. One of the messages is, ‘To ba buru tan, iwo nikan ni o ku’….
The novel, ‘Cry the Beloved Country’ was written by Allan Paton in 1948 just before the inhumane apartheid policy was introduced in South Africa. I should think a quote from chapter 12 of the book is eminently relevant to our present situation in Nigeria. ‘ Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is…
Photo credit: BBC Every foreign criminal would be deported from Britain under Tory plans being unveiled by Kemi Badenoch’s party today. Daily Mail reports that all offenders convicted of “anything more than a parking ticket” could be evicted as part of the plans. The Tories estimate it would boost deportations from 6,000 to 40,000 people in a…
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Canada’s foreign policy is guided by establishing autonomy in strategic fields to limit superpower coercion, along with aspirations to lead middle powers. Canadian Press reports that Anand said Saturday in Canada’s annual address to the United Nations General Assembly that “Great powers are walking away from global economic integration. “In the face of this…
Photo credit: Reuters Germany and Syria began talks on the return of Syrians living in Germany, Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt told Rudlaw on Saturday, saying the two countries have yet to reach a final agreement. North Press Agency reports that Dobrindt told Rudlaw, “We have started talks with Syria after his [Syrian Transitional President Ahmad…
