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Save lives, UN agencies appeal, after yet another tragedy in the Mediterranean

Three UN agencies on August 10 appealed for greater access to safe and regular pathways for migration and asylum in the European Union after another deadly shipwreck claimed dozens of lives in the Mediterranean. The International Organization for Migration (IOM); the UN refugee agency, UNCHR; and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) also called for coordinated search and rescue mechanisms. The tragedy occurred between...

UN reports says West Bank settler violence has displaced over 1,100 Palestinians since 2022

JERUSALEM—Violence from Israeli settlers has displaced over 1,100 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since 2022, according to a UN report released in September, with officials describing the exodus as unparalleled in recent years. The report documented about three settler-related incidents each day in the West Bank—the highest daily average since the UN began documenting the trend in 2006. The...

UN votes overwhelmingly to condemn U.S. economic embargo on Cuba for 31st year and urges its lifting

UNITED NATIONS—The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Nov. 2 to condemn the American economic embargo of Cuba for a 31st year after its foreign minister urged, “Let Cuba live without the blockade!” The vote on the resolution in the 193-member General Assembly tied the record for support for the Caribbean island nation: The vote was 187 in favor, with the United...

Junior doctors in England launch fresh strike over pay dispute

Junior doctors in England staged a strike in the run-up to Christmas in an attempt to force the government to make a fresh effort to improve their pay and working conditions. The two-phase nine-day strike, which started on Dec. 20 at 0700 GMT (1:00 a.m. CST), is the longest industrial action by the junior doctors yet. UK health bosses say the...

UK bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda ‘undercuts human rights:’ UN rights chief

The United Kingdom’s legislative moves to facilitate the prompt removal of asylum seekers to Rwanda run contrary to the basic principles of the rule of law and risk delivering a “serious blow” to human rights, the UN rights chief warned. “You cannot legislate facts out of existence,” said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, calling on the UK...

Africa: In the line of U.S. fire?

ASKIAMand Saeed Shabazz Is Africa next war on terror target?Bush dismisses Black America as he targets West African OilU.S. covets Africa's black goldSouth Africa wants proof of Africa-Iraq nuclear connection Attacks on Kenya could herald new terror power plays in AfricaWASHINGTON (FinalCall.com)–As Kenya’s President Daniel Arap Moi and Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Meles Zenawi rushed here for security talks with President George...

The Diaspora returns to Africa

ACCRA, Ghana (Finalcall.com) - Meeting and greeting many African Americans in a hotel lobby, some even from your own hometown, may seem like no big deal in the U.S., but what are the chances of bumping into each other in a hotel lobby in Ghana, West Africa? According to reports of the 446,000 tourists pouring into Ghana in 2005,...

Libya peace talks were doomed from beginning

(FinalCall.com) - The recent African Union peace negotiations in Libya were doomed from the beginning. The Transitional National Council's (TNC), a Western powers creation, unwillingness to respect the African Union as a legitimate peace broker tells it all. A few short months ago the world community questioned the legitimacy of the Libyan rebels fighting against Col. Gadhafi and his...

Al-Shabaab, Kenya, oil and raping Somalia

-Contributing Writer- (FinalCall.com) - The recent massacre at an upscale shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya has yet by the majority media to be put into context. Though the wholesale killing of innocent civilians is never warranted, this time by members of Somalia's al-Shabaab militants, this was not an isolated attack.   According to The Guardian, “Unlike Uganda's internationally (AMISOM)...

An African Giant Passes Remembering Ghana’s President Jerry John Rawlings

Another African tree has fallen with the death of former President Jerry John Rawlings, 73, who led Ghana’s successful transition to a stable democracy from military rule. “It is with great sadness that I announce to the nation that the first president of the Fourth Republic, His Excellency Jerry John Rawlings, has joined his ancestors,” said Ghana President Nana Addo...