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Vultures are disappearing across parts of Africa for several reasons, but belief-based trade has become one of the most worrying and difficult to address. In parts of West Africa, demand for vulture heads, feathers, and other body parts is putting pressure on birds beyond the places where they are openly sold. European Wildlife reports that the…

Eight years ago, a 17-year-old boy stood in front of over 200 FIFA officials and delivered a speech. “My name is Alphonso Davies,” he said. “My parents are from Liberia and fled the civil war. It was a hard life, but when I was five years old, a country called Canada welcomed us in. My…

Photo credit: BBC I learned some so-called Nigerian youth have given South Africans living in Nigeria a 30-day ultimatum to leave Nigeria. I don’t believe we’re in the era of an “eye for an eye”. In  fact, that system is rather obnoxious and outdated. While trying to understand where the youth are coming from, I can’t…

Photo credit: SACBC Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus criticized remarks by conservative Catholic Bishop Athanasius Schneider, who called migration to Europe an “invasion”,  saying such language dehumanizes people fleeing conflict and hardship. Borkena reports that in a social media post, Tedros said he read the bishop’s remarks “with a heavy heart,” arguing that calling human beings “invaders” takes away their “faces,…

Photo credit: Vatican News Working with humanity and welcoming everyone who crosses the Mediterranean: These are principles guiding the Italian Red Cross, which officially took over the management of the Contrada Imbriacola hotspot in Lampedusa on 1 June 2023. Since then, more than 182,000 migrants have passed through the centre after crossings that are often fatal. It remains the…

Photo credit: STV News Working with humanity and welcoming everyone who crosses the Mediterranean: These are principles guiding the Italian Red Cross, which officially took over the management of the Contrada Imbriacola hotspot in Lampedusa on 1 June 2023. Since then, more than 182,000 migrants have passed through the centre after crossings that are often fatal. It remains the…

Photo credit: CBC Mahak Bhateja says Canada’s culture helped her adjust to her new home after she moved from India. CBC News reports that the Toronto resident said, “One thing I really like about this country is the people are very welcoming and they were very supportive.” Bhateja’s experience is backed by the findings of…