London’s “tent city”

Photo credit: Daily Mail One of the most famous shopping thoroughfares in the UK, where top retailers are based, Tottenham Court Road in London has been transformed into a shanty town. The Daily Mail reports that long lines of tents have sprung up housing homeless migrants. A ramshackle “village” of tents clustered along the central London street close…

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Over 200 Kenyans fighting for Russia!

Photo credit: Streamline Kenya has officially acknowledged that over two hundred of its citizens are currently fighting alongside Russian military forces in the conflict against Ukraine. Yeni Safak reports that active recruitment networks continue to target Kenyan nationals for enlistment. The Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi confirmed the development on Wednesday. He noted that some recruits previously…

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Settlers arrested after West Bank clashes!

Photo credit:Thisnis Beirut Israel’s police and military said that security forces arrested several Israeli settlers after violent clashes near the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarem, during which Palestinians were injured and property was destroyed. The Japan Times reports the military as saying it dispatched troops after “masked Israeli civilians attacked Palestinians and set fire to property…

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Tanzania frees opposition leaders!

Photo credit: Bloomberg Following the deadly election protests that followed the disputed presidential elections, the police in Tanzania have released several senior opposition leaders who were detained, according to the main opposition party, Chadema. Al Jazeera reports that four senior Chadema officials arrested last week for their alleged role in the protests were released on bail on Monday, according to the party.. The unrest came when…

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Millions of refugees face freezing winter with less support warns UN!

Photo credit: UNHCR Millions of refugees and displaced persons worldwide are risking cold weather with far less assistance than in previous years, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). The organization’s Dominique Hyde said, “Humanitarian budgets are stretched to breaking point, and the winter support that we offer will be much less this year. Families will have…

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