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Photo credit: Pindula News A court in Harare has fined an Egyptian national $200 for contravening the country’s immigration act. Magistrate Ruth Moyo found Ahmed Yehia guilty of staying in the country with an expired visa. The accused entered through Joshua Nqabuko Nkomo International Airport on April 28, 2024, and was issued a 30-day visa. …

Photo credit: Middle East Monitor An Israeli air strike on a UN school in Gaza has killed at least 20 people. Local journalists told the BBC that an Israeli warplane fired two missiles at classrooms on the top floor of the school in the Nuseirat refugee camp.  The Hamas media office said at least 27…

Photo credit: CMS Grammar School According to William Shakespeare, “The evil that men do0 lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones.”  Journalists also have a maxim – “When a dog eats a man, it’s not news, but when a man eats a dog, it’s news.” Rev. Babington Macaulay founded the C.M.S….

Photo credit: Vanguard News The authorities in Canada have given kudos to caregivers from abroad.  On the Government of Canada’s Website, the government says the hard work of caregivers from abroad makes a difference in the lives of those they care for. They care for children, seniors, and persons with disabilities. Since the Home Child…

Photo credit: Gondim Law Corp President Joe Biden of the United States has announced a new immigration law. The law, which was made by executive action, gives American immigration officials the power to deport large numbers of migrants without processing their asylum claims,  It has been described the most restrictive border policy by a Democratic president in…

Photo credit: Aljazeera Nine out of ten of the world’s most neglected displaced people are in Africa..  The Norwegian Refugee Council’s annual report says Burkina Faso is leading the table for the second consecutive year. Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, Niger, Honduras, South Sudan, the Central Arab Republic, Chad and Sudan follow it. Jan Egeland,…

Photo credit: Vanguard It was a long day in Nigeria as the main labour unions—the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress—began a nationwide strike on Monday. They effectively shut down the beleaguered nation, sealing the national grid and disrupting strikes because they could not negotiate a new minimum wage with the government. The…