How Libya holds the key to solving Europe’s migration crisis
7 July 2018 The European Union wants to set up migrant “reception centres” in North Africa to process the thousands of Africans trying to reach Europe. This has been rejected […]
SDC and SECO’ Urbanisation poses challenge for Swiss development aid
By Christina Stucky This content was published on June 29, 2018 A study claims that by 2050, thirty new air conditioning units will be installed in China every 10 seconds. This […]
Briefing On Human Rights and Religious Freedom – The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
July 6, 2018 House Foreign Affairs Committee Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Statement of Eric Goldstein, Deputy Director, Human Rights Watch Middle East and North Africa Division I wish […]
View from Turkey: It is payback time against the colonialists
İLNUR ÇEVIK @ilnurcevik Migrants rest at a makeshift emergency center at Barbate’s municipal sports center in the south of Spain, June 29. Instead of facing the reality of the […]
Malta detains second charity ship as death toll at sea rises
Governments say charity ships help human traffickers, charities say policy will cause more deaths at sea By Reuters – Jul 02,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Migrants look at the sea […]
One in 10 players at the World Cup were born outside the country they play for
WORLDLY CUP Morocco’s multinational squad. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni) Youyou Zhou June 14, 2018 The players on Morocco’s World Cup team will receive instructions in three languages: English, French, and Arabic. Fully 17 of the 23-person squad were not born in Morocco: eight in France, five in the Netherlands, two in […]
Four lessons from Egypt’s World Cup experience
Jun 30,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Mohamed A. El Erian LAGUNA BEACH — Egypt’s national football team rode to Russia for its first World Cup finals in 28 years on […]
Ethiopia, Eritrea and the hope for lasting peace
Source: Al Jazeera News By Hamza Mohamed Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – On Tuesday, as dawn broke with a hint of sunlight piercing through the thick rain-season clouds, residents in Addis Ababa […]
Mali: G5 force headquarters targeted in deadly attack
Source: Al Jazeera News At least two soldiers have been killed and several others wounded in an attack by unidentified fighters on the headquarters of an African military taskforce in […]
Three babies dead, 100 missing in migrant shipwreck off Libya
Source: Dawn The lifeless bodies of three babies were brought ashore in Libya on Friday, victims of a Mediterranean migrant shipwreck in which survivors say 100 people are still missing. Around 120 migrants were aboard the inflatable craft when it ran into trouble, according to survivors taken to Al-Hmidiya, east […]
More than 200 people killed in weekend violence in central Nigeria
Source: Reuters BY Joshua Inuwa JOS, Nigeria (Reuters) – More than 200 people were killed over the weekend in violence in central Nigeria’s Plateau state, the state governor said, making […]
South Sudan rivals agree to ‘permanent’ ceasefire
Source: Al Jazeera News South Sudan President Salva Kiir and his rival Riek Machar have agreed to a “permanent” ceasefire to take effect within 72 hours, raising hopes of a peace deal to end […]
The racist myth of the ‘physical’ African football team
Source: Al Jazeera News by James Yeku I love listening to white men, especially old white men, talk about black athletes during major global sporting events. I have been following […]
Six people with albinism will stand for election to fight stigma in Malawi
Source: The Guardian BY Charles Pensulo Being born with albinism can be a death sentence in Malawi. With 22 recorded murders in the past four years, dozens more people have […]
Study: East African converts to Islam are recruitment targets by extremist groups
Source: Religion News Service BY Fredrick Nzwili NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Christians who convert to Islam in East African countries often become targets for recruitment by extremist groups such as […]
Why Indonesia Shows the IOM Isn’t Necessarily Helping Migrants
As the U.N. migration agency faces criticism over its actions in Libya, researchers Cameron Doig and Asher Hirsch find parallels in its work in Indonesia. They warn against ‘blue-washing’ IOM […]
2 migrant rescue vessels suspend operations after Italian intervention
Source: CNN By Jay Croft, Valentina DiDonato and Nadine Schmidt Amid the ongoing controversy over immigration, the owners of two rescue boats say Italy has forced them to stop operating. […]
Dozens injured after blast hits rally attended by Ethiopian leader
Source: CNN Dozens were injured, and at least one person killed, in an explosion Saturday at a rally in Addis Ababa attended by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, officials said. […]
David Goldblatt, who documented apartheid South Africa, dies
Source: Al Jazeera News Renowned South African photographer David Goldblatt, whose work documented the abuses and divisions of apartheid, has died aged 87. “He passed away peacefully in the early […]
Kenya’s ‘rapper priest’ suspended by Catholic Church
Source: BBC News A Catholic priest in Kenya has been suspended from leading public mass for a year because he rapped during sermons, his superior has told the BBC. Father […]