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Photo credit: the Punch Protesters in various cities in Nigeria were parading the streets in a protest tagged #Endbadgovernance. The protest is scheduled to last ten days. During the protest, several frustrated citizens voiced their anger over increasing hunger and “bad governance.” The demonstrators turned violent in some parts of the country, including Yobe and Kano…

Photo credit: the Conversation As mass protests have paralyzed Bangladesh in recent weeks, the military was deployed to the streets with a command to shoot at sight. The Conversation reports that there have been 266 people dead, and 7,000 people were injured. Over 10,000 people have been arrested. Meanwhile, a near-total communications blackout has cut…

Photo credit: Fox News Immigrants make up about 14% of the US population. When they start working, they pay taxes and spend on services, which is an economic benefit for the US. An analysis has found that dropping all immigration restrictions would double the world’s GDP. Research has also found that global poverty is 40%…

Photo credit: CNBC The Vice President of the US and Democratic presidential nominee, Kamala Harris, showed a spectacular change with her brilliant performance at her rally in Atlanta, Georgia. She challenged the former president and Republican Party nominee, Donald Trump. With her winning smile, she lambasted Trump and told the crowd her plans for the…

Photo credit: Aljazeera An Israeli airstrike hit Beirut’s southern suburb on Tuesday. The Israeli army said it was a retaliatory attack for a cross-border attack three days earlier. CBC reports that the Israeli military claimed to have killed Hezbollah’s most senior military commander and head of its strategic unit, Fuad Shukr, in the strike. Shukr…

Photo credit: The Conversation The Democratic Republic of Congo has accused the Rwandan army of jamming satellite navigation systems, affecting civilian flights in the conflict-hit east of the country. BBC reports that DRC said that Rwanda was interfering with aircraft Global Positioning System signals through “jamming” and “spoofing”, a type of cybercrime involving the creation of false…

Photo credit: Hungary Today There have been allegations of failure to rescue and assist migrants in distress, maltreatment, and abuse of migrants at EU borders. FRA reports that investigations of these rights violations remain ineffective. The latest report from the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights identifies system gaps and obstacles to investigating such violations.  The…