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Photo credit: Bloomberg Many Americans with family ties to Canada are seeking to reclaim their Canadian citizenship.  BNN Bloomberg reports that they are spurred in part by shifting political and social conditions in the US. Immigration lawyers say they’ve seen increased interest from individuals who have Canadian parents or grandparents and are now looking to…

Photo credit: BBC Tanzania’s main opposition party has been banned from participating in this year’s election.  BBC reports that the party was banned some days after its leader was charged with treason. Director of elections at the Independent National Elections Commission, Ramadhani Kailma, said Chadema had failed to sign a code of conduct document that was…

Photo credit: Aljazeera Italy has sent 40 failed asylum seekers to Albania.  Reuters reports that they are to be held until repatriation to their home countries in vacant, Italian-run detention centres built for a stalled migration deterrent scheme.  Italy built a couple of facilities in Albania last year intending to use them to process asylum…

Photo credit: Times colonist Dino Osmanovic came to Canada under the federal Temporary Foreign Worker Program in 2021 with hopes of having his family follow him. Chek News reports that in January, limits were placed on temporary residents bringing their spouses and children to the country.  Now, Osmanovic is appealing to the federal government to…

If I’m not mistaken, he went into the Grammar School some years after I left the place. I never even knew him until I started living with my pals at 61, Ibadan Street, (East), EB. However, what made us click was his being an unspoilt child in spite of his being a last born. Thanks…

Photo credit: Euro News France is making plans to recognize a Palestinian state. Politico reports that French President Emmanuel Macron said it could do so as early as June.  Mr Macron said he hoped that by recognizing Palestine as a state, other countries would follow suit. He said, “We must move toward recognition, and we…

Photo credit: ABC News The Trump administration has classified over 6,000 living immigrants as dead, canceling their Social Security numbers and effectively wiping out their ability to work or receive benefits in an effort to get them to leave the country, people familiar with the situation have said.  Daily Mail.com reports that the move will…