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BC flooded as more rain is forecasted!
Photo credit: CTV News After days of heavy rainfall in British Columbia, there was a pause on Thursday. Chek News reports that the aftermath is now posing flood risks to many BC rivers that continue to rise. The minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness, Kelly Geene, said the Fraser Valley and parts of the Okanagan…
Canada lists four new terrorist entities!
Photo credit: Reuters The Government of Canada is taking action to counter terrorism and violent extremism. The Government’s website states it is paying special attention to the radicalization of young people online. As a result, it has added four new organizations to the Criminal Code list of terrorist entities. The measures will help in protecting Canadians and…
Burundian troops shelling civilians says Kagame!
Photo credit: CNN Burundian soldiers deployed to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo spend days shelling civilians, according to Rwandan President Paul Kagame. AA reports that the Rwandan leader was highlighting Burundi’s military involvement in the conflict in South Kivu province. However, there was no immediate reaction from Burundi. Burundi formally deployed its troops to Congo in 2023, ostensibly…
European nations agree to consider weakening protections for migrants …
Photo credit: AP News As sympathy for immigrants erodes around the world, European nations agreed on Wednesday to consider changes that rights advocates say would weaken migrant protections that have underpinned European law since WWII. The AP reports that the consensus coalesced as mainstream political parties across Europe have adopted tougher migration policies as a way to blunt…
Traffickers use videos of women to entice asylum seekers!
Photo credit: CNN People traffickers are posting promotional videos featuring innocent young British women flirting to entice male migrants to go to Britain. Daily Mail reports that clips of the women posted without their consent are being used by criminal gangs to advertise their services, providing irregular migration routes to the UK and Europe, it…
Why coups keep succeeding in West Africa! by Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: the Guardian In much of West Africa, democracy survives not because citizens defend it, but because soldiers occasionally tolerate it. And you can take that to the bank because it is the brutal truth behind the region’s expanding map of military rule. from Mali to Niger, Burkina Faso to Guinea, coup-makers do not need tanks…
Afghan asylum seekers rape 15-year-old!
Photo credit: The Guardian The day of reckoning came for Jan Jahanzeb and fellow Afghan Israr Niazal as they were jailed for the rape they committed last May. Daily Mail reports that the boys, both 17, raped a 15-year-old girl around Midlands Park A day after the rape, Jahaneb was in the park without a care…