Photo credit: Aljazeera A crackdown by armed forces in Cameroon has killed at least four opposition supporters amid protests over the declared re-election win by President Paul Biya. Al Jazeera reports that protesters calling for fair results from the African country’s contested presidential election have hit the streets in several cites as 92-year-old Bya prepares for an eighth term. Biya’s election…
Photo credit: CBC A new report has found that the use of food bans in Toronto is creating new records. CBC News reports that the report found 4.1 million visits made between March 2004 and April 2005, which is an increase of hundreds of thousands from the year before. The annual Who’s Hungry report, released on Monday…
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…
Photo credit: Facebook We should congratulate the Attah of Igala on the occasion of the delivery of a brand new Rolls Royce Phantom bought for him by the Kogi State governor, Yayah Bello. To show that the governor has taste and to show his reverence for royalty, the car is white. This is a governor…
Photo credit: People’s Gazzette It’s always better to think about the consequences of actions before taking them. The case in reference is the Lekki massacre of peaceful protesters. The act resulted in the death and maiming of Nigerian youths. They were neither killed nor injured by a foreign army. The crime was committed by an…
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…
