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What's Happening Canadian Minister of International Development, Ahmed Hussen, has announced a series of projects within Mozambique that would receive a total of 65.8 million CAD (48.6 million USD) in funding "that clearly demonstrate Canada’s commitment to supporting Mozambique on its path to sustainable development." The funding was announced as a part of Minister Hussen's trip to both Mozambique and Madagascar,...

The Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs has announced that the Canadian embassy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti will close to all but essential employees. https://twitter.com/melaniejoly/status/1768299275283292264 This most likely means that consular services will still be available to Canadian citizens while the crisis continues. However, according to the embassy's website: "The Embassy of Canada to Haiti, in Port-au-Prince, is closed temporarily to the public due to...

What's Happening After halting funding to the UNRWA, the UN organization in charge of humanitarian operations within Gaza, Canada has announced that they are reinstating funding to the UNRWA after reviewing an 'interim report' done by the UN's Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) on allegations made against the UNRWA by Israel. The Israeli allegations claimed that 190 UNRWA staff were...

What Happened: Palestinian Canadian activists and human rights lawyers are suing Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Jolie for the exports of military equipment to Israel. They are suing based on the grounds that they violate Canada's obligations under domestic and international law. The lawsuit requests that a federal court order the Canadian government to stop issuing export permits for military equipment...

What's Happening A police officer of the Alberta Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has received three charges in connection to an ongoing investigation, which accuses the officer of leaking information to the Rwandan government. Constable Eli Ndatuje has been charged with with breach of trust, unauthorized use of a computer and breach of trust with respect to safeguarded information, with an...