The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Saturday July 30th, 2022 – Paperback Book Day
One of the things that led to lighter books being developed was the commonality of the railway. The railway was indeed a faster form of travel across vast distances, but one could still easily spend a week or more in a carriage as it covered the great expanses of countryside. While books were a fine way to pass the time, they were dearly expensive and quite large and heavy, making them both risky to carry and inconvenient to read while on the road. So it was that the first paperback books were aimed at railway passengers.
Takeaways from Osun Governorship Polls by Kola King
The victory of Senator Ademola Adeleke of the PDP is a clear indication that the electorate holds the ultimate power to hire and fire their political leaders.
The Osun State gubernatorial election which took place last Saturday in which Senator Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) emerged victorious over the incumbent Governor Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was symbolic in many respects. If anything it was a dress rehearsal for the 2023 presidential elections. It was a high-stakes election that was billed to consolidate the position of the APC. Also, the election was symbolic in the sense that the APC needed a win to confirm its grip on the southwest ahead of the 2023 general elections. Besides the standard bearer of the APC Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu needed victory as bragging rights and to demonstrate to the party that he has what it takes to deliver to his core constituency, having delivered Ekiti State gubernatorial elections last June.
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Mourning by Gordana Mudri
Who will stop this madness?
While hatred hits into the walls and fear crawls through the streets, bloody rain waters the earth. Through the shadows of deserted streets, quick steps perishing. The laughter dies in the arms of the fallen lovers. And no one gives a hand, fearing of a snake bite. Eyes staring into the darkness, and every shadow is a murderer, every voice is a curse. And there are no more brothers or friends. We are damned sleepers in the eyes of sleepers, stamped by mistrust.
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Concerted Efforts Against Trafficking in Persons by Rene Wadlow
On 30 July, there should be a world-wide concerted effort against trafficking in persons. The United Nations General Assembly in Resolution A/RES/68/192 in 2012 set out 30 July as a day to review and reaffirm the need for action against the criminal global networks dealing in trafficking of persons. The traffick in human beings reveals the hunger of the global economy for human labor and the disrespect for human dignity. Drugs, guns, illegal immigration are the nightmare avenues of how the poor world becomes integrated into the global economy. These are intricate networks and are intertwined with interests in business and politics.
A recent U.N. Report presented to the Commission on the Status of Women highlighted that human trafficking is one of the fastest growing criminal industries and one of the crucial human rights crises today.
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Tang & Ram #41 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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