Disaster management agency says more than 80,000 people have fled to temporary government shelters. Flash floods and a landslide on Indonesia’s Sumatra island have left at least 19 people dead and seven others missing, officials have said. Mud, rocks and uprooted trees rushed down a mountainside and engulfed villages in …
Read More »Biden’s Armageddon Moment: When Nuclear Detonation Seemed Possible in Ukraine
President Biden was standing in an Upper East Side townhouse owned by the businessman James Murdoch, the rebellious scion of the media empire, surrounded by liberal New York Democrats who had paid handsomely to come hear optimistic talk about the Biden agenda for the next few years. It was Oct. …
Read More »Herbert Wigwe, wife, son laid to rest as mourners pay final respect
The trio’s remains were buried in a private interment following a funeral church service on Saturday, March 9, 2024. The burial marked the end of a week-long funeral rites to celebrate the life and achievements of the accomplished banker and his wife and son. Mourners, including friends, associates, and well-wishers …
Read More »Israel hits landmark residential tower in Rafah as Gaza truce talks stall
Israeli forces have struck one of the largest residential towers in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, residents said, stepping up pressure on the last area of the enclave it has not yet invaded and where more than a million displaced Palestinians are sheltering. The 12-floor Burj al-Masri building, located …
Read More »UN chief urges ‘genuine, credible’ political solution in Syria, as conflict approaches thirteenth anniversary
March marks the thirteenth anniversary of the conflict in Syria, with systematic atrocities and untold suffering of civilians. According to UN estimates, 16.7 million people, equivalent to 70 per cent of the total population, will require humanitarian assistance in 2024. Roughly half the pre-war population remains displaced inside or outside …
Read More »Europe and U.S. Plan to Supply Gaza by Sea, but Aid Groups Say It’s Not Enough
A day after President Biden announced plans for maritime aid delivery to the Gaza Strip, European leaders said Friday they would deliver aid by ship as early as the weekend. But aid groups and Gaza officials criticized shipments by air or sea as too cumbersome, urging that vastly more food …
Read More »Bandits continue reign of terror in Kaduna, gun down worshipers inside mosque
According to locals, the attackers struck around 2 pm on Friday, March 8, 2024, as worshippers gathered for prayers. A community leader, Hudu Kwasakwasa, who confirmed the incident, said the bandits opened fire on the worshippers at the Juma’at Mosque and abducted others. He said the salat (prayer in Arabic) …
Read More »Canada lifting freeze on UNRWA funding after weeks of protests, criticism
Montreal, Canada – Canada has announced it is lifting a freeze on funding for the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), after facing fierce criticism for cutting assistance during Israel’s war in Gaza. In a statement on Friday, Canadian Minister of International Development Ahmed Hussen said the government is …
Read More »International Womens Day, 2024 – Inside Women Dominated Seaweed Farms in Kenyas Indian Ocean Waters
Seaweed farming using the off-bottom seaweed farming approach—tying algal fonds or seaweed seeds to ropes attached between wooden pegs driven into the ocean sediment. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (mwazaro beach, kenya) Friday, March 08, 2024 Inter Press Service MWAZARO BEACH, Kenya, Mar 08 (IPS) – As the world celebrates …
Read More »Middle East Crisis: More Nations Join U.S.-Backed Effort to Send Aid to Gaza by Sea
Britain, the European Union and the United Arab Emirates will join the United States in opening a maritime route for humanitarian relief to Gaza, officials said on Friday, adding momentum to a complex and untested effort to bring urgently needed aid to the territory by sea. Ursula von der Leyen, …
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