As he met with U.S. lawmakers Thursday, Liberal Senator Romeo Dallaire accused Prime Minister Stephen Harper of flouting international law for refusing to repatriate Canadian Omar Khadr from the controversial U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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More than half of Ottawa’s 600 confirmed street gang members were born outside of Canada, according to Ottawa police intelligence.
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Remy Maliragora had experienced more horror than most people do in a lifetime when he arrived in Canada in 1997, at the age of 16.
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Ottawa police are hailing the recent deportations of two alleged members of the Ledbury Banff Crips, including one man with convictions ranging from assault causing bodily harm to carrying a concealed weapon, as a “positive step” in the battle against the city’s street gangs.
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday named South African judge Navanethem Pillay as the world body’s new human rights chief, despite initial U.S. concerns about her background.
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KIGALI, Rwanda – After a sleepless night of earthquake tremors and goat calls in the muggy heat at a hostel in Kigali, Rwanda, I hustled to the nearest hotel with a poolside lounge, comfy beds and hot showers.
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When the pair set off on two BMW R 1200 GS Adventure motorcycles from John O’Groats last May, little did they know what amazing scenarios they would experience in the three-month road trip that took them through 18 countries all the way from Scotland to South Africa.
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During his visit to Kigali, Rwanda, last month, Dr. Murty Madugula was concerned to see children bringing home plastic containers filled with lake water – potentially laden with bacteria and disease – for use as drinking water.
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