Diplomatic failings and ‘elite bargains’ prolonging Libya turmoil: Analysts | Corruption News

Diplomatic failings and ‘elite bargains’ prolonging Libya turmoil: Analysts | Corruption News

After weeks of tension that saw the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) shuttered, salaries go unpaid and cash vanish, the country’s two rival governments appeared ready to accept a United Nations-brokered agreement to resume operations,  before once more reverting to a deadlock familiar to many in the country. The internationally…

Report: Israel trying to recruit African migrants for Gaza war | Israel-Palestine conflict

Report: Israel trying to recruit African migrants for Gaza war | Israel-Palestine conflict

NewsFeed Israel’s defence ministry is offering residency to African migrants if they join the war on Gaza, according to Haaretz. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls them ‘infiltrators’, so why is the government now trying to recruit them? Published On 17 Sep 202417 Sep 2024 Check out our Latest News…

How a beauty queen became the face of South Africa-Nigeria tensions | Social Media News

How a beauty queen became the face of South Africa-Nigeria tensions | Social Media News

Johannesburg, South Africa – Anita Odunyao Solarin, a 21-year-old Nigerian who has spent her entire life in South Africa, finds it safer not to disclose her West African roots. She does her best to assimilate with her peers and rarely volunteers her origins. This, she says, shields her from persistent…

UK PM Starmer seeks immigration lessons from Italy’s Meloni | Migration News

UK PM Starmer seeks immigration lessons from Italy’s Meloni | Migration News

Keir Starmer’s meeting with the far-right premier in Rome branded ‘disturbing’. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has met with his Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni, in Rome to discuss ways of tackling irregular immigration. Before the meeting on Monday, the United Kingdom’s premier said he wanted to “understand” the “dramatic reduction”…

Eight people die while attempting to cross English Channel to the UK | Migration News

Eight people die while attempting to cross English Channel to the UK | Migration News

About 20 people have lost their lives in two weeks while making the perilous journey on overcrowded boats. At least eight people have died overnight while attempting to cross the English Channel from France to the United Kingdom, according to French regional authorities. “Several migrants lost their lives,” the Pas-de-Calais…

‘Going backward’: How demonising migrants remains fertile ground in US | Donald Trump News

‘Going backward’: How demonising migrants remains fertile ground in US | Donald Trump News

Washington, DC – Farah Larrieux watched this week’s presidential debate between former United States President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, first from her home in the suburbs of Miami and then online as she headed to a late-night job. Within minutes of the event starting, Trump had trumpeted…

Biden slams Trump for attacks on Haitian Americans: ‘This has to stop’ | US Election 2024 News

Biden slams Trump for attacks on Haitian Americans: ‘This has to stop’ | US Election 2024 News

President Joe Biden has denounced election-season attacks on the Haitian American community in the United States, calling out Republican leaders for fear-mongering. Speaking on Friday at a White House brunch billed as a “celebration of Black excellence”, Biden warned that Haitian Americans were a “community that’s under attack in our…

‘I will die trying’: Gambian migrant deportees dream of return to Europe | Migration News

‘I will die trying’: Gambian migrant deportees dream of return to Europe | Migration News

Banjul, the Gambia – Ten years ago, Alagie’s life in Banjul wasn’t easy. Still, he had both his parents, a wife, a home, and a dream of making a better life for them all in Europe. Now the 34-year-old, who asked that his full name not be used to protect…