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A vigilante group in southern Mexico publicly displayed a troop of 19 armed, masked children, Wednesday, who have been recruited to act as “community police”, AP reported. The children appeared to range in age from about 5 to 15, and they carried shotguns and rifles. One day after the group revealed that it was using children as young as six as 'recruits' for armed defense patrols, Mexico's president said Thursday that drug cartels too are recruiting ever-younger kids. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said that because social programs are giving ...

A labourer uses a knife to rip out lining from a tyre at a rubber recycling workshop in the village of Mit al-Harun in Egypt's central Nile delta Gharbia Governorate, about 70 kilometres (43 miles) north of the capital, on January 14, 2020, according to AFP. Residents of Mit al-Harun have for decades eked out a living by recycling old tyres into new rubber-based products. From early morning, workers covered in soot and dust can be seen sharpening their knives to cut the huge tyres stockpiled on the village's roadsides ...

From dawn, before the sun starts to sear the earth, Biltamnu Sani is already hard at work, pounding away at the dusty soil in his perilous quest for gold. The mineral-rich earth of Zamfara State, northwest Nigeria, has provided generations of families with the means to make ends meet. Never easy, it is a work that today is fraught with danger, from the armed groups that rove the region and from the toxic lead that lurks in its soil. "I've been doing this since I was 12 years old," Sani ...

Some of the world’s most powerful people gathered for the annual World Economic Forum that kicked off today in Davos, Switzerland. The invitation-only event has been criticized as a gathering of the world’s elite. Many attendees use the opportunity to privately agree investments and business deals. About 3,000 people, of which 24% are women, from 117 countries, are gathering in the Davos ski town of the Swiss Alps for the 50th anniversary of the WEF. U.S. President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are among 53 heads of state ...

Despite or even in light of economic challanges, there are companies that are thriving in their commitment to their employees. These are the world's top places to work for in 2020, According to a Glassdoor survey of employees.

Intricately detailed Hong Kong protester figurines have become the latest must-have collectables as toy stores recreate the pro-democracy movement's street battles with police in their shop displays, AFP revealed. Stacked on shelves next to comic book superheroes, the models come in a variety of shapes and sizes, some holding make-shift shields and flags, others extinguishing tear gas rounds or playing instruments in protest orchestras. A local figurine enthusiast and his friend designed dozens of characters based on their own experiences of attending months of protests.

On Sunday 19th January the head of Tripoli's internationally-recognised government, Fayez al-Sarraj and his rival, renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar, gathered Berlin to attend the UN-backed gathering in the German capital. This is the first such event since 2018. After the summit, leaders agreed not to provide any additional military support to the warring parties while a ceasefire lasts. The participants also agreed to establish an International Follow-Up Committee (IFC) with the participation of all countries and international organizations that attended the conference. "We all agree that we should respect ...

He is founder of Egyptian Steel, Egyptian Cement, Egyptian Media, & Egyptian Contracting as per his Instagram bio, but he is also the ex husband of Lebanese diva Haifa Wehbe. Check out Ahmed Abou Hashima's smart looks that are suitable for his position and career!

Hundreds of people gathered in downtown Amman on Friday, January 17th, against the government's signing of the gas deal with Israel, which is set to start pumping natural gas to Jordan this year. The $10 billion deal is expected to provide 45 billion cubic meters of Israeli gas to Jordan over the next 15 years. Moreover, demonstrators chanted anti-Israel slogans and held banners including “The gas of the enemy is an occupation!” and “Down with the gas deal.” Jordanian security forces prevented the protesters from reaching the symbolic Al-Nakheel Square ...

Makoko is the perfect nightmare for the Lagos government – a slum in full view spread out beneath the most traveled bridge in west Africa’s megalopolis. Yet this city on stilts, whose residents live under the constant threat of eviction, has much to teach. Officially, the floating Lagos slum of Makoko does not exist. It does not appear on any city planning documents or maps. But that is about to change, thanks to a team of local volunteers and South Africa-based NGO Code For Africa. Using geolocalising technology, they navigate ...