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…
I attended a church service today. If you see their service, you’ll definitely know they’re not worshipping the same God with Nigerians. Maybe they had done the collection of offerings before my arrival. But in Nigeria, churches would use every opportunity to collect money. Right from the normal offerings to the thanksgiving offerings. Some will…
Photo credit: CBC Migrants, refugees and their supporters marched through Toronto’s west end Sunday – the eve of Parliament resuming – calling on the Canadian government to provide permanent residency status for all, stop deportations and end exploitation. CBC reports that Migrant Workers’ Alliance for Change coordinator Sarom Rho says migrants are being blamed for…
Photo credit: The Globe Pakistani security forces killed five militants in an intense shootout and freed 23 hostages in the country’s restive southwest, the military said Sunday. It was unclear when the abductions took place. The Associated Press reports that the militants had established an illegal checkpoint near Kalat in Balochistan province overnight into Saturday, stopping…
