That the Ogun State government has deemed it fit to officially recognize ADIRE, a traditional batik that has been made popular by the Egbas is great. However, I don’t see anything new in that. When Chief Olusegun Obasanjo was President, he hardly wore anything apart from ADIRE. Osoba and Amosun too tried to project the…
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…
Photo credit: Reuters Dozens of Indigenous protesters forced their way into the COP30 climate summit venue on Tuesday and clashed with security guards at the entrance to demand climate action and forest protection. The Telegraph Online reports that the protesters demanded access to the UN compound where thousands of delegates from countries around the world…
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…
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…
Photo credit: AP News The European Union has given a UN-affiliated body hundreds of millions of dollars to help thousands of African migrants return from failed journeys to Europe and support them back home. But migrants tell the Associated Press that promises by the United Nations-affiliated organization are not fulfilled, leaving them to face trauma, debt and…
Photo credit: Human Rights Watch A group of foreign ministers and senior officials from more than 20 countries have issued a joint statement condemning atrocities and violations of international humanitarian law in Sudan. AA reports that they expressed “deep alarm over reports of systematic violence against civilians.” They described the “deliberate targeting of civilians, ethnically…
