State mum as seafarers union raises red flag over abuse of Kenyan workers in high seas that includes unpaid wages, illegal detention
However, despite these efforts, SUK Secretary General Atie Ramadhan says many seafarers remain trapped in poverty, facing exploitation and earning below standard wages.
Pope’s tour of Algeria draws praise as ‘land of peace and coexistence speaks to the world’
In his first remarks in Algiers, Leo tied his current appeal for peace to the country’s struggle for independence from France, obtained in 1962. Hundreds of thousands of people died in the revolution during which French forces tortured detainees, disappeared suspects and devastated villages as part of a strategy to maintain a grip on power.
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