Since November, more than 80,000 Nigerians have been forcibly displaced due to ongoing violence in the north-east, adding to two million people already displaced by violence, or forced across the country’s borders as refugees, the UN humanitarian coordination office (OCHA) said on Tuesday. Source: Nigeria: Armed conflict continues to uproot thousands, driving up humanitarian need
Since ten years ago, I have kept this blog about current news I stopped updating in October 2017 for lack of time to stay on top of them. Lots of things have happened since then. My mom got seriously ill and passed away. I have taken care of her till the end. I feel very […]
Barcelona used to be a friendly city and now is the stage of the most absurd and incomprehensible chaos.
Pope Francis has been brave in his visit to the Central African Republic where there were many security concerns. He has made an appeal to peace and has talked about forgiveness and reconciliation and the power of prayer to people who have suffered the horrors of war and violence. He celebrated an advance of the […]
The terrorists have created chaos, fear, incredible pain, and destruction on lives among ordinary people who were having fun as is common in the beginning of the occidental weekend. A concert, a dinner, a football match have become scenes of panic and death. The terrorists want to disrupt the normal way of life in Occident and spread fear among the people.
The first advice I got when I arrived was: don’t step on the dirt, only the asphalt or the concrete. the place had been sown with landmines and nobody on my side of the city had the map of where those lethal devices were placed. Take a shortcut to go from one place to another was a creepy risk. Today thousands of refugees risk their lives fleeing from the war in Syria, crossing the Mediterranean, trying to reach Germany.
Despite dangerous sea conditions, the United Nations refugee agency today reported that the number of refugees and migrants arriving on Lesvos continues to be high, at an average of 3,300 people per day so far in November.
Russia vetoed in the Security Council of the United Nations a resolution to establish an international tribunal to prosecute persons responsible for the shooting down of Malasia Airlines flight MH17 and the death of 298 people, on 17 July 2014 in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, an area controlled by the pro Russian rebels against Kiev. The […]
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