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Morocco migrant boat sinking leaves 70 missing!
Photo credit: News Central TV According to authorities in Mali, a shipwreck off the coast of Morocco on December 19 left 70 people missing, including migrants from Mali. France 24 reports that the vessel was carrying about eighty people, and it sank while en route to Spain. However, eleven survivors were rescued. Twenty-five Malians were among the missing,…
Bloody Christmas in Ukraine!
Photo credit: NDTV Russia launched a “massive attack” on Ukraine’s energy sector on 25 December. NDTV World reports that Russian cruise and ballistic missiles also struck several residential areas in the Ukrainian cities of Kryvyi and Kharkiv. Several people were alleged to have been killed in the attacks. Air raid sirens rang out over Ukraine…
Bethlehem marks a subdued Christmas!
Photo credit: DW Bethlehem marked another sombre Christmas Eve on Tuesday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus under the shadow of the war in Gaza. CTV News reports that the excitement and cheer that typically descends on the Palestinian city in the occupied West Bank on Christmas were nowhere to be found: The festive lights…
IMF says high immigration is one of the reasons fuelling inflation in Australia!
Photo credit: Daily Mail A global financial agency has warned Australia that “stronger-than-expected” government spending and high immigration are fuelling inflation and stopping interest cuts. DailyMail. com reports that the International Monetary Fund warned about excessive government spending and population growth a few months before Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s upcoming election. As employment is at…
Nigeria’s panhandling economy!
by Adewale Sobowale I understand the Nigerian government has denied being responsible for the stampedes in which about 70 people lost their lives and quite a few were maimed. Did anyone remember to remind the Nigerian authorities that in a presidential system of government, the buck rested on the table of the chief executive? The…
Canada Border Agency launches app to track migrants!
Photo credit: Toronto Star Canada Border Services Agency has launched a mobile app to track permanent residents, foreign nationals and refugee claimants who are required to report to border agents while awaiting deportations or final decisions on their immigration status in Canada. Toronto Star reports that the ReportIn app, uses facial recognition technology and location data to confirm identity…
Black-led groups call on Toronto to adopt ombudsman’s recommendations on shelter access!
Photo credit: CBC A coalition of mainly Black-led groups amended Friday that the city adopts recommendations from a report critical of its refusal to let refugee claimants access beds in its homeless shelter system in 2022 and 2023. CBC reports that the report by Ombudsman Kwamme Addo, released last week, found that the city’s decision to stop allowing…