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Photo credit: Reuters As Sierra Leone is trying to overcome its economic problems, thousands of unemployed young adults have turned to psychoactive drugs as an alternative to fill their days. Many of them are using “kush”, a derivative of cannabis mixed with synthetic drugs like fentanyl and tramadol and chemicals like formaldehyde. Trash-strewn alleys are…

Photo credit: BBC The UK’s general election promises to favor migrants as the new Prime Minister said he is going to stop the controversial Rwanda Plan. The plan is to fly thousands of asylum seekers from Britain to Rwanda. However, the new Prime Minister, in his first major policy announcement after winning the election, has…

Photo credit: the Guardian Hundreds of people protested against the influx of migrants to the Canary Islands on Saturday. The Guardian reports that the canary Islands have received over 19,000 migrants since the beginning of 2024. since it is located off the coast of north-west Africa, the destination has become attractive to people braving the perilous…

Photo credit: Aljazeera After scores of would-be migrants died when the boat they were traveling in capsized off Mauritania, Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has called on the youth to stay in Africa instead of attempting to flee through the dangerous Atlantic route to Europe. Almost ninety migrants died, and dozens were reported missing in the latest…

Photo credit: the Straits Times The authorities in Indonesia have deported 13 Taiwan citizens. The Straits Times reports that the 13 were suspected of serious crimes. They were suspected of taking part in cybercrime, money laundering, and drug trafficking.  The director general of immigration, Slimy Karim said, “After a thorough examination by immigration officers, the thirteen…

Photo credit: Xinhua The Anti-Illegal Migration Agency in the Eastern Region of Tobruk has deported over 7,000 illegal migrants during the first half of this year. Libya Review reports that a total of &,525 illegal migrants were deported. 239 of them were injured, eleven were suffering from HIV/AIDS. The injured included 134 Egyptians, 85 Sudanese,…

Photo credit: France 24 The Labour Party has won enough seats to have a majority in Parliament in the UK’s 2024 general election. This means the Labour Leader, Keir Starmer, will become the British prime minister and form a majority government. It ends the Conservative Party’s 14 years in government. The Prime Minister-designate says his government will…