So, we have helped the rich to celebrate their festival. I used the word “helped” advisedly because what benefit is there for a prisoner to be checking what time it is? Now, we all must go back to live our normal lives after the festivities. We have to wake up from fakery and go back…
Photo credit: AP News South Africa’s President promised Sunday to act on what he called concerns over illegal migration after a rise in anti-immigration protests and sentiment in Africa’s most advanced economy, with other nations claiming their citizens have been targeted in xenophobic attacks. The Associated Press reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa’s comments in a speech on…
Photo credit: Toronto Star Like with any major event in Toronto, a major influx of visitors can be expected in the city. The Toronto Sun reports that with the FIFA World Cup 2026 right around the corner, it’s understandable that Toronto residents and businesses are looking for ways to capitalize on the crowd and make some extra…
Photo credit: Chicago Tribune Eleven migrants died, and 53 others were rescued after a boat carrying irregular migrants capsized east of Malta on Sunday evening, in an operation involving Maltese and Italian authorities. According to the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM), Malta Vessel Traffic Services received a distress notification from a fishing vessel regarding a boat…
I hear Twitter says it neither knows Buhari nor the country he governs! In the Murtala/Obasanjo days, everybody that mattered knew Nigeria. In fact, if Nigeria coughed, the whole world would shiver. Those were the finest days of Nigeria’s foreign policy. The USA, UK, etc were all ‘begging’ to be in Nigeria’s good books. But…
Photo credit: DW Italy, Greece, Cyprus, and Malta have called for stronger European measures to prevent a repeat of the 2015 migration crisis, warning of continued pressure on Mediterranean emigration routes and the growing activity of human trafficking networks. The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reports that the appeal was made during a summit held in…
Photo credit: the Guardian The north-west Chinese province is the ancestral homeland of the predominantly Muslim, Turkic-speaking Uyghur people. SBS News reports that it is also the site of expanding facilities where hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs and mostly Muslim minorities are believed to be held in detention. “Uyghurs have been subjected to restrictions on religious activities for a long time, but in…
