Nigeria and nine other African countries have topped the Norwegian Refugee Council’s annual list of neglected displacement crises. It is the third year in a row African countries have topped the list of neglected displacement crises that is uprooting millions of lives. Nigeria is 10th on the list which is led by the Democratic Republic […]
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Children clambered up oiled banana stalks as teenagers wrestled for greasy coconuts in street fairs held around Yangon Thursday to celebrate Myanmar’s 70 years of independence. The national holiday saw roads blocked off with pop music and live commentary blasting from sound systems in a cross between a street festival and a public sports day. […]
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Following Nigeria’s President speech at the 72nd United Nations General Assembly session, UNGA17, the United Nations, on Friday, took action of providing an estimated 200 million dollars to help Rohingya Muslims refugees who have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar in “massive numbers” to escape a bloody military campaign. Recall that President Buhari had, during the […]
Read More Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari urged fellow leaders at the United Nations General Assembly to condemn Myanmar’s “ethnic cleansing” of the Rohingya people. Comparing the situation in Myanmar’s Rakhine province to the massacres in Bosnia in 1995 and Rwanda in 1994, the leader of Africa’s most populous nation declared: “The international community cannot remain silent.” More […]
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At least 20 people were killed when a boat carrying scores of wedding guests collided with a river barge at night in western Myanmar, authorities said Saturday, with more feared drowned as rescue workers renewed their search in daylight. Most of the dead were women, according officials, who said the boat sank Friday evening on […]
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