Commentary Of all the things in the world, food is one of the few things capable of uniting the masses. A shortage of it, however, has the power to do the very opposite, driving people to the brink of madness. Julian Cribb, a distinguished science writer and author of “The Coming Famine,” warns that a…
UN Helicopter Carrying 8 Shot Down by Rebels in Congo’s East
DAKAR, Senegal—Congo’s army says rebels in the country’s east have shot down a United Nations helicopter carrying eight peacekeepers and U.N. observers. The helicopter shot Monday was among two carrying out reconnaissance for the U.N. mission in Congo, according to a statement from Congo’s army on Tuesday. Those on the helicopter were assessing the movements…
Nigerian Rail Service Suspended After ‘Terrorists’ Attack Train Carrying Nearly 1,000 Passengers
A group of suspected terrorist bandits attacked a passenger train headed to the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna from the capital Abuja late on Monday by detonating explosives on the rail track in order to trap the train, officials said. One of the passengers also confirmed the bombing on social media, saying attackers destroyed the engines…
Watchdogs Say Press Freedom Under Attack in Nigeria
BIRNIN KEBBI, Nigeria—Press freedom in Nigeria is under growing attack, according to media watchdogs and reporters interviewed by The Epoch Times. That’s the opinion of human-rights lawyer Yakubu Bawa, who spoke to The Epoch Times in his office in Jos. “Nigeria is fast becoming a hostile environment for press freedom,” Bawa said. “That this is…
Somali Female Lawmaker Among Scores Killed by Suicide Bomber
MOGADISHU, Somalia—A prominent Somali female lawmaker is among at least 48 people killed in a suicide bombing that hit a polling station in rural central Somalia, police and a local official said Thursday. The attack took place late Wednesday in the town of Beledweyne, the capital of Somalia’s Hiran region. Among its victims was opposition…
Nigerian Army Ignores Slaughter of Villagers 1 Mile From Its Base
Some 5,400 miles south of Mariupol in Ukraine, the world’s least reported genocide proceeded apace in the missionary town of Kagoro, Nigeria, on March 20. An estimated force of 140 armed men riding in 15 sport utility vehicles and carrying assault rifles entered villages surrounding Kagoro at night and began murdering local residents, according to…
Migration Crisis Simmers in South Africa as Attacks Mount
He’s wheeled out of the shack where he’s been cowering, pale jeans now washed with red-brown blood, as a crowd bays for more. The shivering young Mozambican migrant, bleeding from a head wound, is protected from further assault by a squad of police officers, as he’s loaded into an ambulance in Alexandra township in Johannesburg….
Death Toll From Migrant Shipwreck Off Tunisia Rises to 17
TUNIS—The death toll from a migrant shipwreck off Tunisia on Friday has risen to 17 people, most of them Syrians, as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, a civil protection official told Reuters on Saturday. He said the coastguard recovered five bodies on Saturday, after finding 12 on Friday. A search was still…
Sudan Group Says 187 Wounded in Latest Anti-Coup Protests
CAIRO—Nearly 200 people have been wounded in the latest protests to erupt in the Sudanese capital over deteriorating economic conditions following a military take-over, a doctor’s union said Friday. The Sudan’s Doctors Committee issued a statement saying that 187 people were wounded in clashes with police in Khartoum on Thursday, 70 of whom were likely…
Quebec Seniors Home Investigated for Alleged Mistreatment of Workers From Africa
Quebec’s labour minister says an investigation is underway into allegations that a private seniors residence in Lévis, Que., paid workers from Africa just $70 a week to work as orderlies for several months. The allegations were reported in an investigative report in Le Devoir published on Thursday, prompting Labour Minister Jean Boulet to ask the…
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