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Sudan’s region where food is rotting amid famine and war!
Photo credit: BBC Could you believe there’s a place in Sudan where it’s almost possible to forget that a devastating war is going on? Welcome to Jebel Marra mountains, where wrapped in bright colours and wearing in plastic sandals, women set off each morning on donkeys with children in tow to tend the fields. The BBC reports that…
IOM prepares aid for Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa approaches!
Photo credit: Jamaica gleaner Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a Category 4 storm as it churned northwest through the Caribbean Sea on Sunday. It is taking a direct aim at Jamaica, according to the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Centre (NHC). Meanwhile, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is sending a shipment of relief items…
Malaysia deports 90 Indonesians, including migrant women!
Photo credit: Jakarta Globe Malaysia has sent home 90 Indonesian migrant workers over the weekend. Jakarta Globe reports that Malaysian authorities claimed they violated work and residency permits. Fanny Wahyu Kumiawan, head of the Riau Office of the Indonesian Migrant Worker Protection Agency (BP3MI), the deportees included 60 men and 30 women, along with two children. The largest…
Early History of Saint Luke’s United Church! by Dr Peter Kopplin
As you stroll leisurely along Carlton Street to the church on Sunday, you may have noticed these numbers etched into the Credit Valley Stone. They are about two paces east from where the garden fence and the wall meet. They are not secret codes to treasure although treasure may lie inside. Rather they are the…
Somalia at a crossroads!
Photo credit: Horn Observer Somalia has been mired in civil strife since the central government collapsed in 1991, after a series of uprisings against the then-military dictatorship. Time reports that successive Somali national governments have tried ever since to build up the state’s capacity, strengthen democracy, and extend its territorial control. However, none of them has…
U of T assists researchers facing US funding costs!
Photo credit: Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto The University of Toronto has established an emergency fund to support its researchers who face unexpected funding losses due to cuts and policy changes at US federal research agencies. Toronto Today reports that the measures come after significant cuts to agencies like the National Institute of…
Obama honours Fela in new podcast series!
Photo credit: Toptipz Former US President Barack Obama has described Fela Kuti, the best musician to come out of Africa, as a “musical genius from Nigeria” who revolutionized music and activism. Obama’s tribute is part of a 12-episode podcast series, “Fela Kuti: Fear No Man,” produced by Higher Ground, his media company co-founded with Michelle Obama….