West Africa’s regional bloc, ECOWAS, said Sunday that the impending exit of three member states led by military juntas is disheartening after a nearly yearlong process of mediation to avert the unprecedented disintegration of the grouping. Source link
Forty years after India’s Bhopal disaster, local residents are still suffering from its aftermath. The gas explosion at a chemical plant caused toxic waste to contaminate the water in nearby areas, causing locals to develop numerous health issues. Today, second and third-generation victims of the gas leak are grappling with its effects. Activists are battling … Read more
The director of Amnesty Kenya was arrested last week along with others who took part in a march against feminicide in Nairobi. On Monday, the director was summoned to appear in court. Source link
A crowd erupts in cheers as a young Maasai woman pelts over the finish line, the latest participant in the “Maasai Olympics”, a re-imagining of a traditional coming-of-age rite in the rolling Kenyan grasses. Source link
Days after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen signed a long-pending trade deal with four Latin American countries, French farmers are back on the streets dumping manure. This time they parked the tractors near the tunnel in Calais which passes through the English Channel. Sophie Primas, France’s trade minister, said the deal with the … Read more
Robert Bendl, Footwear COF Sales at Gore, is retiring. After more than 40 years in the industry – 14 of them at Gore – the last day at the company came in mid-December. “On this occasion, I would like to thank you/all of you once again for the sometimes very long collaboration and support,” writes … Read more
The digital currency is setting new all-time highs. Despite this, the market, in general, remains extremely greedy. Bitcoin (BTC) surpassed $107,000, achieving a new all-time high that boosted the accumulated gain since the US elections to more than 50%. US President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to create a strategic bitcoin reserve has supported the currency’s recent … Read more
Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson was freed from prison in Denmark on Tuesday, his lawyer told AFP, and he will not be extradited to Japan. Watson was detained on a 2012 Japanese arrest warrant, which accuses him of causing damage to a whaling ship in the Antarctic in 2010 and injuring a whaler. Source link
Disgraced UK Royal Prince Andrew finds himself embroiled yet again in Scandal and has had to be reigned in by his older brother King Charles the 3rd yet again. In the latest controversy, a Chinese businessman with links to the prince, was revealed to have been barred from entering the UK over concerns of spying … Read more
