Morocco migrant boat sinking leaves 70 missing!

Photo credit: News Central TV According to authorities in Mali, a shipwreck off the coast of Morocco on December 19 left 70 people missing, including migrants from Mali. France 24 reports that the vessel was carrying about eighty people, and it sank while en route to Spain. However, eleven survivors were rescued. Twenty-five Malians were among the missing,…

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S:L:S:F:M:R: – Adewale Sobowale

Looking back to the days of childhood, I’ve discovered there were things we did because we never knew better. But then, most unfortunately, our teachers, too, were hardly better than us in our crude innocence! An example was singing the song, ‘O My Home’. O my homeO my homeWhen shall I see my homeWhen shall…

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Seriously? – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: People Gazette Nigeria’s constitution is a clinical one. It’s made more so by so-called professional politicians. Let’s look at Governor Akeredolu’s death and his deputy’s swearing-in. Both happened on the same day. In fact, it was as if the House of Assembly knew the late governor would die anyway. The new governor who…

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Bloody Christmas in Ukraine!

Photo credit: NDTV Russia launched a “massive attack” on Ukraine’s energy sector on 25 December. NDTV World reports that Russian cruise and ballistic missiles also struck several residential areas in the Ukrainian cities of Kryvyi and Kharkiv. Several people were alleged to have been killed in the attacks. Air raid sirens rang out over Ukraine…

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Bethlehem marks a subdued Christmas!

Photo credit: DW Bethlehem marked another sombre Christmas Eve on Tuesday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus under the shadow of the war in Gaza. CTV News reports that the excitement and cheer that typically descends on the Palestinian city in the occupied West Bank on Christmas were nowhere to be found: The festive lights…

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