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“Leave or return in a coffin”: The threat driving migrants out off South Africa
Photo credit: CNN For months, antti-migrant rhetoric had been building across |South Africa. Then it reached Kaunga Nyireda’s doorstep. CNN World reports that in early June, two men gave the Malawian gardener, who lives in a Johannesburg suburb, a chilling ultimatum: leave now or face death. “They asked me: When are you going to leave the country? We…
Agbado goes with akara by Adewale Sobowale
No wonder a former Nigerian president said the youths are lazy, the only thing h e didn’t realize is that their parents are even lazier. Most of the useful ideas that are coming from the Tnubu family stem from agriculture. Remember the agbado promise of the Nigerian president? The only thing is we’ve not seen…
Afghan migrants say Turkish border forces manhandle them in snowstorm
Photo credit: ny times Afghan migrants have accused Turkish border forces of beating, robbing and abandoning them in freezing weather near the Iranian border, leaving 11 people with amputations and at least 20 others dead, according to a BBC Afghan Forensiic investigation published by BBC’s Turkish service. Turkish Minute reports that the investigation was based on interviews with 12 Afghan…
“I refuse to let cancer take my education” Nathel Taylor
Despite a bone cancer diagnosis that prevented him from attending school physically and which has already robbed him of one leg, 17-year-old Caribbean Online Academy (OCA) graduate Nathel Taylor is defying the odds by completing his education virtually, while pursuing his dream to become a doctor. The Gleaner that Taylor, who hails from Spanish Town, St…
Carney unveils competitition for rebuilding PMs official residence
Photo credit: Firstpost Prime Minister Mark Carney triggered a national sprint Friday to redesign and rebuild 24 Sussex Drive, saying that the prime minister’s official residence is a national landmark that is now in critical condition. National Post reports that while speaking during a press conference in Ottawa at the dilapidated stone mansion that has been…
New plan to bring asylum seekers to Britain unveiled
Photo credit: the Guardian Organizations and community groups will be able to sponsor thousands of asylum seekers to Britain under a new scheme unveiled by Shabana Mahmood. Daily Mail reports that the Home Secretary is pressing ahead with plans to create new “safe and legal routes” for refugees. The plan was first floated in December. In…
Tanzania bans political rallies ahead of planned anti-government protests
Photo credit: the Washington post Tanzania’s government Friday banned political rallies ahead of planned protests against last year’s disputed election and the detention of an opposition leader. The Associated Press reports that Internal Affairs Minister Patrobas Katambi directed Police Inspector General Camillus Wambura to officially stop issuing permits for political activities across the country. Tanzania witnessed its first-ever posteelection protests in…