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Labour Party wins UK election!
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…
Option B for Kenyan activists?
Photo credit: Aljazeera After violence and looting marred demonstrations, which they fear could defeat the movement’s purpose and eventually force President William Ruto to resign, Kenya’s anti-government activists are shifting to another strategy. Reuters reports that the activists believe violence was the work of forces loyal to politicians who sought to discredit legitimate demonstrators or…
Israel seizes largest chunk of West Bank land…
Photo credit: the National The UN and Palestinians have criticized Israel for its seizure of the largest expanse of land in the occupied WestBank in more than three decades. About 4.9 square miles of the Jordan Valley was declared “state property” in June. thereby denying Palestinians thereby private ownership and usage rights, group, a according to the…
Canada seeks deportation of 5 more alleged members of Iranian regime!
Photo credit: Yahoo News The authorities in Canada have launched deportation proceedings against five more suspected members of the Iranian regime. Global News reports that they are alleged to be in Canada while holding senior positions in Iran’s repressive regime.
Ukrainian family flee to UK again!
Photo credit: BBC For the second time, a Ukrainian family have been forced to flee to the UK after fighting for their city intensified. The BBC reports that the family members comprising Yulia Brazhnyk and her children, Maks and Serhil, from Kharkiv, originally stayed in Ramsbury, Wiltshire, in 2022 and stayed with Sarah Kinch. They…
Lagos baff taya! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: the Cable E be like joke at first wen rainwater dey pour for Lagos on Wednesday. But before person sabi, de water don boku everywhere. E reach so stay passenger for moto and dia driver sef com dey for awol as wetin den tink asy na joke don become big tin. Dem no…
US expels Chinese migrants!
Photo credit: Los Angeles Times While the Department of Homeland Security says it plans more such charter flights, the US has expelled 116 Chinese migrants. It is the first such large flight in five years. The flight comes amid intense political debate ahead of the presidential election. The department said it was working with China…