A Different Kind of December: Christmas on the Beach

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  Christmas on the Shore: A Holiday Wrapped in Sunlight There’s something quietly rebellious about spending Christmas on the beach. While the rest of the world pulls on wool sweaters, warms their hands around mugs of spiced cider, and braces for winter’s bite, you’re standing barefoot in warm sand, with the sun painting everything in gold. The ocean murmurs in the background like an easygoing caroler who only knows one verse but hums it proudly. Christmas ornaments sparkle in palm trees instead of pines. And the only frost you’ll see is the faint mist on the rim of a cold drink pulled from an ice chest. For many people, Christmas is tied tightly to a sense of tradition. Snow. Fireplaces. Cozy nights. A sense of retreat from the cold. I grew up with that version, too. But the first time I celebrated Christmas on the beach, everything I thought I knew about the holiday rearranged itself. It didn’t ruin my childhood nostalgia. It didn’t replace it. Instead, it carved out a warm, sun...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has given a matching order to its military standby force to restore constitutional order in Niger Republic.

 



This was announced by the President of ECOWAS, Omar Alieu Touray, while reading the resolution of the regional bloc on the Niger coup at an ECOWAS Extraordinary meeting in Abuja on Thursday, August 10, 2023.

ECOWAS also called on the African Union, partner countries, and institutions to rally behind its resolution aimed at freeing and reinstating the deposed democratically elected President of Niger, Mohamed Bazoum.

Recall that Bazoum was ousted on July 26, 2023, by a military junta headed by General Abdourahmane Tchiani, and the putschists have defiantly rejected every effort by ECOWAS to dialogue while continuing to hold the President and his family members in detention.

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