Photo credit: ABC News Moroccan voters are choosing a new parliament Wednesday in an election shaped by mounting frustration among young people, high unemployment despite a thriving economy, and demand for better schools, hospitals and housing. The Associated Press reports that voting centres across the North African kingdom will open from 8 am to 7 pm…
Some 150 Catholic priests and friars, a bishop and nuns from around the world marched to the Vatican and prayed Tuesday in front of St Peter’s Basilica to call for an end to what they called the “genocide” in Gaza. The Associated Press reports that the protesters carried a banner down the main boulevard leading to the Vatican…
Nigeria is a very interesting place. The people are so warm that almost nothing shocks them. The nation and the citizens are always reporters’ delights! They are newsmakers!! The last time I checked, the latest news was a debate on the selling of Nigeria’s national assets. Nigerians will normally select unselfish people into positions of…
I’ve always maintained that you don’t really need a certificate to qualify as a candidate for an election. It negates the principle of democracy. The basic principle of democracy is the most popular person winning a free and fair election. That’s why most of the western democracies don’t have educational requirements in their electoral laws….
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is erasing immigrants with final deportation orders from a searchable online database, leaving families and attorneys in the dark as they try to find out where someone has been taken. The Washington Post reports that the new policy also bars immigration officers from sharing information about a detainee’s location with…
Photo credit: BBC A man has been charged with crimes linked to the 1994 Rwandan genocide in the first case of its kind to be brought in the UK. ITV News reports that Dr Vincent Brown, formerly Dr Vincent Bajinya, who used to live in Kigali but now lives in Islington, London, will appear at Westminster…
Photo credit: Africa News Thousands of people have fled their villages in Cameroon’s Far North Region following retaliatory attacks allegedly carried out by suspected Boko Haram fighters, seeking refuge in the town of Waza. Africanews reports displaced resident Kassoum Saley as saying that Boko Haran attacks had forced residents to abandon their homes, taking what little they…
