Tag: Africans communities in Canada

‘They need our backing’: Ontario’s Nigerian community reflects on #EndSARS police protests

By Nick Westoll | Globalnews.ca

With thousands of residents across Nigeria demonstrating against police brutality and the widely condemned Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) over the past few weeks, expats and community members who live in Canada are rallying to support friends and loved ones who are protesting overseas.

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Nigerians in Toronto worry for the safety of relatives as police, protesters clash back home

By CBC News 

The Nigerian community in Toronto is watching with growing worry and anger as violent clashes between police and protesters continue to escalate in Africa’s most populous nation.

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Demonstrators in Sudbury demand fairness for migrants

By Jim Moodie | Sudbury Star

When the recent high school grad began exploring funding options to attend Laurentian University, however, it “felt like there was this big, huge wall,” she said. That’s because Adeoti hails from Nigeria and, despite having lived in Canada for three years, has not yet secured permanent residency.

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Oseodeyo Kwateng Amanin | Meet Ghana’s Montrealhene in Canada

bY John Vigah | GhanaWeb

When he stepped on Canadian soils as far back as February 1987, it never crossed his mind that a few years later, he was going to lead Ghanaians in that gorgeously beautiful country – situated at the northern part of North America.

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