The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) has accused the Israeli army of recruiting African asylum seekers to fight in the Gaza Strip in exchange for residency rights. Hamas claims this move highlights the moral crisis faced by the Israeli entity. In a statement on Sunday, Hamas alleged that the recruitment of African asylum seekers is an…
LAGOS – The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu over failure to direct the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to reverse the increase in the pump price of petrol. Joined in the suit as respondents are the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice…
UPDATE) THE Department of Justice (DoJ) said it has enough evidence and testimonies to build a strong case of qualified human trafficking against Alice Guo and her co-accused. Justice Undersecretary Nicholas Felix Ty, who heads the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking, said on Sunday the case would be filed this week before the appropriate court…
THE Philippine National Police (PNP) will file charges of obstruction of justice against individuals who helped Kingdom of Jesus (KoJC) leader Apollo Quiboloy evade arrest. Quiboloy is facing multiple charges, including child sexual abuse and qualified human trafficking. He surrendered inside the KoJC compound in Davao City a week ago following an assault by 2,000…
A woman in China was horrified after reportedly finding a human tooth inside a meat-filled mooncake she had bought from supermarket Sam’s Club in Changzhou, in eastern China’s Jiangsu. The woman took to Chinese video-sharing platform Douyin on Sept 5 to share a video of the unexpected discovery she said she had made while eating
The Order of St. George’s partners with The Studebaker Group, led by Johann Marx, and joint humanitarian programs include Non-Combatant extractions of at-risk individuals from Ukraine and Afghanistan. The order recognizes Johann Marx for his leadership in humanitarian and national security initiatives with the distinguished Medal of Merit and a Knighthood to be conferred in…
The UK is likely to become a less attractive place to do business in the coming years if Labour’s workers’ rights reforms are implemented in their current form, a new survey has suggested. Some 62 per cent of respondents to a survey by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) survey and recruiters Pertemps said they…
Natural disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions elevate the extinction risk for mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. These events may interact with human-related hazards, potentially intensifying their impacts. In a study published in the journal PNAS, researchers funded by FAPESP estimate that over 3,000 species of terrestrial vertebrates are...
Ice Age teens experienced puberty stages akin to today’s adolescents, with new research shedding light on their health and social roles, exemplified by the unique case of “Romito 2.” A groundbreaking new study on the timing of puberty in Pleistocene teens has bridged a knowledge gap about how early humans grew up…
African Development Bank (AfDB)] Junior is a young student at a technical college in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, getting set to resume studies at the University of Bangui. From childhood, he has restlessly pursued interesting and ambitious ideas. A recent one: building a humanoid robot called ”Mama Africa…