Photo credit: Toronto Star Starting May 1, 2026, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada will introduce co-payment for supplemental health products and services for eligible people covered under the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP), meaning that refugee claimants will have to pay for some of their health-care coverage. FCJ Refugee Centre reports that the IFHP provides limited and temporary…
Photo credit: NPR Democracy comes with certain Human Rights. The rights include freedom of movement, freedom of assembly, freedom of association, freedom of thought, etc. Now, nobody gives another Human Rights. They are God-given. As soon as you are born, you assume your Human Rights. Some are even arguing that unborn babies have rights. But…
Photo credit: ABC News British Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived in the Chinese financial centre of Shanghai on Friday in his bid to boost business opportunities for UK firms in the world’s second-largest economy, just hours after US President Donald Trump signaled a possible opposition to any eal with Beijing and London. The AP reports…
Photo credit: the Hill A case that is bound to have far-reaching ramifications on how European countries respond to search and rescue operations of migrants taking risky voyages on the Central Mediterranean Sea will soon open in Crotone, Italy. The Maritime Executive reports that human rights groups have been critical of government efforts and policies that they contend impede…
Photo credit: Ena The IGAD region, of which Ethiopia is a vital component, is a dynamen and strategic region demographically, economically, and politically. The Ethiopian News Agency reports that the region is home to over 230 million people, most of them young, a demographic reality that carries both opportunity and risk. The region faces a…
I understand the police arrested a so-called pastor whose calling is sucking out cancerous elements from women’s breasts. Our police have time, don’t they? With all the problems on the ground, they’ve chosen to go and arrest a faithful pastor acting according to his god’s directions. Please, note the small letter g for god. I…
I hear some youths recently murdered another youth, a girl, in order to make money! I’m far from being surprised that the Nigerian Society has gone to this basest of levels. In a society where many are without the most basic means of sustenance not because they’re impossible to get, but because of the people’s…
