Full swing for the 2024 Vancouver International Film Festival, taking place from September 26 – October 6 Must See African Interest Films. Media Partner ,The Afro News Is proud to Sponsor. Black Tea Director: Abderrahmane Sissako After saying no on her wedding day, Aya leaves the Ivory Coast for a new life in the buzzing “Chocolate
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Changes to Temporary Foreign Worker Program Signal a Long Overdue Course Correction
on September 2nd, 2024
Trudeau tightens the TFWP in response to immigration challenges and high youth unemployment In response to growing immigration challenges and high youth unemployment rates, the Trudeau government is finally tightening its Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP). Beginning September 26, the government will halt the processing of Labour Market Impact Assessments for the Low-Wage stream of
Idris wants to Return to School in September!
on August 28th, 2024
Idris, who turns 15 in December, is an orphan who lives with his grandmother and a cousin in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa. His hope is to become a mechanic, but his grandmother cannot afford the fees (C$385 a year for the next three years). Both Idris’ parents have died. Raising two of
A Father’s Significance on D-Day
on June 7th, 2024
The birth of light that shines through you as the Sun rises with ultimate life responsibility the root of a family tree in the cosmos of a humanbeing. Being a man comes with enormous responsibility. To be a father is a divine blessing, a loving father is a gift no matter how the challenges are.
Finally, Zimbabwe Walking the Talk on Disability
on April 4th, 2024
CIVIL Society organisations in the disability sector in Zimbabwe are engaging in nationwide consultations on a disability Bill that has been on the cards for more than three decades. Now that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has accented to the proposals that is ready to go into Parliament, stakeholders have welcomed the move, given the country’s penchant
The 2024 Elevate Vancouver Autoshow
on March 24th, 2024
While the display showcase lineup was quite limited and only a handful of the known car makers and models were represented there were some wow moments to behold.
Israel-Hamas War: Saudi Arabia’s Challenges Amid the Conflict in the Middle East
on December 3rd, 2023
On Nov. 11 Riyad was the epicenter of the Arab world as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) hosted a joint summit of the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation for an emergency gathering on Gaza. Despite the summit taking place well over a month after the war began, the Crown Prince called
Most Zimbabwe Court Users Content: Survey
on November 29th, 2023
. . . but more work needed to improve accessibility Most of Zimbabwe’s court users are satisfied with the country’s judicial system, according to a survey by East West Management Institute that tracked In the survey, that tracked 785 court users – both male (336) and female (449) – found the overall user satisfaction rate
Zimbabwean Women with Disabilities Left Behind in Political Participation
on November 14th, 2023
Women with disabilities (WWDS) suffer multiple discrimination and exclusion resulting from their varied forms of disabilities and being women in a patriarchal environment that largely devalues them just because they are women, so says Professor Cowen Dziva, from the Local Development Research and Advocacy Trust Zimbabwe (Lodrat.) The intersection of disability and political participation is,
États D’âme au Moyen-Orient :L’impasse Egyptienne Face au Conflit Israélo-Palestinien
En réaction à l’assassinat du chef politique du Hamas Ismael Haniyeh, le président égyptien Abdel Fattah el-Sisi et ses homologues qatari et américain ont appelé, dans une déclaration commune, Israël et le Hamas à reprendre les négociations vers un accord de cessez-le-feu et de libération des otages. Israël n’a ni confirmé ni nié son rôle