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Photo credit: United Nations The International Day of Persons with Disabilities was marked a couple of days ago. For most Africans, disability is real, not because the resources are not there, but because the systems constrain them. The continent is often described as struggling, weak, or dependent. For instance, Nigeria suffers from insecurity, hunger, unemployment, and a…

Spain received over 2.3 million applications for citizenship from descendants of people who fled the country during the rule of dictator Francisco Franco.  Euro News reports that it has overwhelmed the country’s consular services. Over 1 million people formally applied for Spanish nationality under the Law of Democratic Memory since the program launched in October…

Photo credit: Addis standard Ethiopia delivered a scathing diplomatic rebuke to Egypt on Wednesday, accusing it of destabilizing the Horn of Africa to maintain a “colonial” monopoly over the Nile River. AA reports that the statement marked the latest escalation in a bitter war of words that has intensified since Ethiopia officially inaugurated the Grand…

Photo credit: PRNigeria News The Nigerian authorities seem to be getting it right by nominating General Christopher Gwabin Musa for the post of Defence Minister. He retired as the Chief of Defence Staff in October this year.  He appeared before the Nigertan Senate on December 3, and every senator who contributed spoke well of him. While answering…

Photo credit: NPR President Donald Trump has said he doesn’t want Somali immigrants in the US. The AP reports that he said the residents of the war-ravaged country are too reliant on the US social security safety net and add little to the United States.  in the United states. Trump’s description of the immigrant community…

Egypt on Tuesday inaugurated the 24th Meeting of the Parties to the Barcelona Convention (COP24) in Cairo, convening ministers and representatives from 21 Mediterranean countries, regional and international organizations to advance efforts to protect the Mediterranean Sea from pollution. Daily News reports that the Local Development Minister and acting Environmental Minister Manal Awad said hosting COP24 reflects “deep…

Photo credit: Times of Israel Eman Hassan Lawwa was dressed in traditional Palestinian prints, and Hikmat Lawwa wore a suit as they walked hand-in-hand past the crumbled buildings of southern Gaza in a line of other couples dressed similarly. The 27-year-old Palestinians were among 54 couples to get married on Tuesday in a mass wedding in…