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EFCC say Bello na wanted person!
A Nigerian proverb tok say Bello plenty for Ilorin. Dat one mean say if person dey look for pesin wey dem dey call Bello for de town, e go look taya. Na so e come be for de governor wey dey Kogi state of Nigeria before, Yahaya Bello, who EFCC don declare say den dey…
Spain urges Europe to recognise Palestine!
Pedro Sanchez, the Prime Minister of Spain and a long time supporter of Palestinian rights believes the recognition of Palestine as a state is a way of reaching a two-state solution. He also sees it as an end to the seemingly unending conflicts between the two states. However, he risks the Israeli state’s wrath. Israel’s war…
Volunteers rebury refugees!
Nearly ten years after some asylum seekers were buried on a field in Kato Tritos, Greece, a group of volunteers turned the abandoned and overgrown field into a burial ground that was inaugurated on Wednesday. MEMO reports that the volunteers spent months clearing the plot, uncovering and counting graves that had disappeared beneath tall grass…
Salvation Army shelters asylum seekers in Canada!
Asylum seekers have received a respite from the Salvation Army as the NGO has opened a new temporary shelter for them. CBC reports that the pop-up shelter which has 80 beds is to ease the pressure from a continued inflow of asylum seekers. It is located in downtown Winnipeg. The executive director of Winnipeg’s Center…
UN’s Libya envoy resigns!
Abdoulaye Bathily, the United Nations’ special envoy for Libya has resigned. Le Monde reports him as saying that the UN could not support the country’s political transition as its feuding leaders had put their selfish interests above finding a lasting solution. The Senegalese said, “I tendered my resignation to the secretary-General.” He painted a dull…
China calls for help on migrant issue!
Dai Bing, China’s deputy permanent representative to the UN has called on European countries to “address the issue of migrant refugees with an open and inclusive mindset, and to protect the right to life and human rights of migrant refugees.” CGTN reports that Bing made the remarks during an open briefing of the Security Council concerning the…
Refugees in Ireland being scapegoated!
There are concerns that refugees in Ireland are being “scapegoated and discriminated” against by anti-migrant forces. Irish Independent reports that they are being framed as a threat to women’s safety. The executive director of the United Nations Population Fund, Dr Natalia Kanem said this before the publication of a new report that gives evidence of the…