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ANC fails to secure 50% in South Africa election!
Photo credit: VOA For the first time in 30 years, the ruling party in South Africa, African National Congress, is set to fall short of a majority of the votes cast after national elections. This marks the biggest political shift in the country. The party which of the respected Nelson Mandela had 41.04 % of…
U.S. plans sending migrants to Europe!
Photo credit: the conversation Authorities in the United States are planning to send some migrants from Latin America for settlement in Greece and Italy. CBS reports that this is a way of discouraging people in the region from travelling to the US/Mexico border. The plan would involve Greece and Italy welcoming migrants processed at Immigration…
Trump can’t enter Canada!
Photo credit: Aljazeera It’s no news that Donald Trump, the controversial former American President, has created a shameful record by becoming the first president to be convicted of felony crimes. A New York jury found him guilty of all 34 charges in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through a hush money payment…
Migrant assists gang in stealing £54m!
Photo credit: Evening Standard A Bulgarian migrant has ĥelped a gang in making away with £54m which is Britain’s ever benefit fraud. Daily Mail reports that the man, Stoyan Stoyanov, however claimed he was shortchanged after arriving in the UK. The gang, based in Eastern Europe, hijacked 6,000 identities 6to make claims for Universal Credit and…
Travel agent found guilty of defrauding students!
Photo credit; the Week A Yoruba proverb says, if a person’s punishment is imminent, wherever they maybe, they will travel to go receive it. So is it with Brijesh Mishra, a travel agent in Jalandhar, India who travelled all the way to Canada to meet his Waterloo. CBC News reports that Mishra pleaded guilty to…
Canadian lawmaker addresses legislature in Indigenous language!
Photo credit: the Guardian Sol Mamakwa a First Nations lawmaker in Ontario has addressed the province’s legislature in Anishininiimowin, an Indigenous language. The Guardian reports that it as being historic because it repudiates a centuries-long colonial “war” on Indigenous languages. Mamakwa who belongs to the New Democratic party is from the community of Kingfisher Lake…
Pledges for Syria are shrinking!
Photo credit: the national As the latest round of pledges for Syria is going South, main donors are saying that the conditions for a safe return are not yet met despite pressure from host countries. The National reports that at the annual conference for Syria in Brussels, the latest round of pledges represented a 22…