Posts Tagged Africa

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Military coup in Nigeria?… as ailing President Yaradua returns

Military coup in Nigeria?... as ailing President Yaradua returns

Feb 23, 2010
NewsRescue- Nigeria’s president, Musa Yaradua has arrived back in the capital Abuja three months after seeking medical treatment in Saudi Arabia, raising fresh questions over the leadership of Africa’s most populous nation.
He arrived in a Saudi jet accompanied by the presidential jet in the late hours of Tuesday night.
Reports reaching our desk [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

US to review hasty inclusion of Nigeria to terror watch list

January 23rd, 2009
Guardian- WITH the intensity of criticisms within the US government circles and outside, the Americans may soon review the inclusion of Nigeria on its terror watch list of countries of interest, according to a senior White House official.
Speaking at the US Foreign Press Centre in Washington DC on Friday afternoon, White House National [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

EU ‘grants’ Nigeria $1Bn; Nigeria rejects new ‘unfair’ trade deal with EU

EU 'grants' Nigeria $1Bn; Nigeria rejects new 'unfair' trade deal with EU

November 20, 2009
Related: NewsRescue- How The IMF-World Bank and Structural Adjustment Program(SAP) Destroyed Africa
NewsRescue-
According to the BBC, the European Union will give Nigeria the sum of 1 billion US dollars as a ‘peace and anti corruption’ initiative and trade and resource deal. Story(BBC) This not surprising at a time of increasing battle with the Russians [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Ancient ‘200,000BC’ Human Metropolis Found in Africa

Ancient '200,000BC' Human Metropolis Found in Africa

Ancient Human Metropolis Found in Africa
By Dan Eden for viewzone.
They have always been there. People noticed them before. But no one could remember who made them — or why? Until just recently, no one even knew how many there were. Now they are everywhere — thousands — no, hundreds of thousands of them! And the [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

African Civilizations of ancient America

BLACK CIVILIZATIONS OF ANCIENT AMERICA (MUU-LAN),MEXICO (XI)
Gigantic stone head of Negritic African during the Olmec (Xi) Civilization
By Paul Barton
The earliest people in the Americas were people of the Negritic African race, who entered the Americas perhaps as early as 100,000 years ago, by way of the bearing straight and about thirty thousand years ago [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Shell promises it will fight Nigeria if it hands fields to Chinese

October 29, 2009
NewsRescue- According to a new release on Reuters, Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSa.L) has promised to fight any possible efforts by the Nigerian Government to reallocate fields currently in its control to Chinese oil companies.
Related: NewsRescue- Shell settles Nigeria killings suit; $15.5 Million
“One thing you probably will have seen, and can be sure [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Female youth corps member strangled to death by her colleague, in Niger State, Nigeria

October 28, 2009

Tribune- A female member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Niger state, has been reportedly strangled to death by her male colleague . Nigerian Tribune learned that the deceased and her assailant were both from the South Eastern part of the country.
During the on-going service year, according to [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Conflicts in Africa- Introduction

Conflicts in Africa- Introduction

October 29, 2009
by Anup Shah, Global Issues

Despite decades of conflict, death and tragedy, coverage of issues in Africa has often been ignored, oversimplified, or excessively focused on limited aspects. Deeper analysis, background and context has often been lacking, so despite what seems like constant images of starving children in famines, news of billions in aid [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

What Maketh A Northerner? - North Nigerian

By Abubakar Suleiman
This is the story of my life. I am a black man and those that share my skin color know what a burden than can be. It is the shame of centuries of slavery for which even a decent apology is too much to expect and the pain of knowing that of all [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

‘Israeli Role In the Darfur Incidents’- Sudan Vision Daily

 'Israeli Role In the Darfur Incidents'- Sudan Vision Daily

SudanVision- The tragedy of Arab suffering that goes on in Southern Sudan has yet another act to be added. It seems as though this bleeding Arab country stands no chance of relieving those sufferings due to the separatist trends which had waged disturbances in that region for decades.
In addition to that disturbances started to spread [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

‘Youth Corper raped to death in Nigeria’; the questions…

'Youth Corper raped to death in Nigeria'; the questions...

October 7, 2009; Update: October 28,2009
NewsRescue- A major headline in many Nigerian daily’s has been the very sad story of an alleged gang-rape that resulted in the death of a Nigerian youth corper serving in Borno State in Northern Nigeria.
Unsubstantiated, inciting news report
This tale was reported by a new Nigerian newspaper, Next, and in their [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Nigeria Ekiti State Governor Torture Chamber (VIDEO)

Nigeria Ekiti State Governor Torture Chamber (VIDEO)

The video shows how journalists duly accredited by Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to observe the controversial rerun of Ekiti State gubernatorial election were assaulted, beaten, bitten and maltreated by Ekiti state officials.  The journalists had discovered paid agents who engaged in multiple thumb-printing of ballot papers on the eve of [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Colonization Of The Middle East. Dejavu?

Colonization Of The Middle East. Dejavu?

September 29, 2009
NewsRescue- It happened not too long ago. They held a meeting in Belgium at the invite of the very evil King Leopold II. The theme was- to colonize the dark Africa continent and ‘civilize’ them, because them ‘barbarians’ were not civilized.
This history of imperialism is all too clear, and decades of pillaging of [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Teaching Reverse Racism?- An objective assessment

Teaching Reverse Racism?- An objective assessment

September 20th, 2009
NewsRescue- According to an article in the Time magazine, a trend of many Afrocentric teachers in the United States, teaching ‘Reverse racism’, whereby students are made to appreciate the ‘Black’ race as the greater and best of the races, and pioneer roles of Blacks are markedly delineated, to create a sense of Back [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Trafigura oil company to compensate Ivory Coast’s 31,000 plus toxic poisoned

Trafigura oil company to compensate Ivory Coast's 31,000 plus toxic poisoned

September, 17, 2009
Earlier: NewsRescue- Largest class action ever brought before the British courts- Toxic waste dumping in Abidjan
Aljazeera- Trafigura, an international oil company, could be close to offering compensation to 31,000 people who said they became ill from toxic waste dumped in the west African nation Ivory Coast, the company’s officials have said.
Trafigura, along with Leigh Day [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Racism in Ghana and Africa; How I almost got killed

Racism in Ghana and Africa; How I almost got killed

September 2nd, 2009; NewsRescue
by Abeeb Mobolaji
Firstly, let me thank the Almighty for being here, alive and able to tell my story after my near death experience yesterday on the streets of Accra, capital of Ghana. Had I died, this tale may very likely have been told very differently.
I am a Nigerian and also a Ghanaian [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Pro-Nigerian environmentalist silenced in Obama US administration

Pro-Nigerian environmentalist silenced in Obama US administration

September 8th, 2009
Afrik- An adviser to US President on environmental issues has resigned following controversial comments made about the environmental situation in Nigeria’s Niger Delta.
Mr. Van Jones, said that western oil companies were deliberately killing blacks by virtue of their careless environmental practices in Nigeria. According to a report which appeared in the Washington [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Israel Responsible For Africa’s Wars and Woes- African Union Chairman, Gaddafi

August 31st, 2009
NewsRescue- The president of the African Union (AU), Muammar Gaddafi in a summit meeting Monday, declared Israel responsible for all the woes facing Africa, and called on member-states to cut diplomatic ties with Tel Aviv.
Israel is “behind all of Africa’s conflicts,”
Muammar Gaddafi said on Monday and demanded the closure of all Israeli embassies [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Ali Bongo of Gabon, USA, UK, France And The Treasure; Ali Bongo inherits fathers Nation

Ali Bongo of Gabon, USA, UK, France And The Treasure; Ali Bongo inherits fathers Nation

September 3rd, 2009 Update
French consulate torched as Bongo wins Gabon vote
Yahoo- LIBREVILLE (AFP) – Opposition supporters went on the rampage across oil-rich Gabon Thursday, torching a French consulate and attacking a prison, after the son of the country’s late leader was declared winner of a bitter presidential election .
Disturbances were reported [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

18 year old girl beheaded for rituals in Imo, Nigeria

18 year old girl beheaded for rituals in Imo, Nigeria

Update; August 31st 2009
NewsRescue- Although we can not verify, in a very touching, remarkable development, the very sister of the young man accused of this horrendous act, recently commented on this article, that- though he is her brother, he should be killed for it. Linda Uwakwe:
Kill him, he deserves it. He is my brother
We have [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

‘Elites’ meet in Nigeria to commence Obama era; Clinton, Rove, Bush, Mundell, Al Gore and others

'Elites' meet in Nigeria to commence Obama era; Clinton, Rove, Bush, Mundell, Al Gore and others

Jan 22nd, 2009
NewsRescue- A very strange meeting officially called ‘festival of ideas’, took place in Nigeria on the invite of Nduka Obaigbena and his ‘ThisDay’ Nigeria newspaper, just as Obama was being prepared for swearing-in (Jan 20th 2009). This very strange, higher echelons meeting was largely unreported by main stream news media, but NewsRescue picked [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

US Army Prepares for Nigeria’s Possible Break-up (2015)

US Army Prepares for Nigeria’s Possible Break-up (2015)

August 17th, 2009
NewsRescue- The article below and related articles raise pertinent questions- 1. Is the United States promoting a breakup, in what’s known as the ’tissue scarcity scare’ scenario, where the suggestion and promotion of a concept leads to its manifestation. Nigerians skeptical about the possibility of a breakup get reassured that best analysis from [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Boko Haram, the Nigeria extreme movement, resurrects

August 14th, 2009
In a statement dated August 9, 2009 and made available to Vanguard, the sect whose activities led to the lost of hundreds of lives in northern Nigeria recently declared that their leader Yusuf who was killed in controversial circumstances during the crisis, lives forever.
Boko Haram members and their late leader, Mohammed Yusuf
In what [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Locally built Armored carrier launched in Nigeria

August 13th, 2009; 234Next.com-
A Nigerian made armored car was on Thursday launched by President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua at the eagle square in Abuja.
It is the first home made armored car, with most of the materials used in its production sourced locally, while others were imported.
It was built by two Nigerian brothers who recently relocated from [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Nigeria, Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia to breakup soon?- Intel

Nigeria, Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia to breakup soon?- Intel

June 25th, 2009
Related: US Army Prepares for Nigeria’s Possible Break-up (2015)
NewsRescue- Indicators are pointing toward a possible breakup within the next few years of several African nations, which include- Nigeria, Somalia, Sudan and Ethiopia. The CIA made a prediction of Nigeria’s breakup within a few years, and similar predictions are the likely inevitable outcome of [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Boko Haram and the deadly crises in North Nigeria- 400+ dead

Boko Haram and the deadly crises in North Nigeria- 400+ dead

July 28th 2009
NewsRescue- The deadly crises in Northern Nigeria has been all over all media channels. CNN reported today that as many as 400 lives had been lost in the Northern States, including Bauchi, Borno and Kano.
Latest reports have the Police laying siege on the compound of ‘Boko Haram’, a group in Bauchi State, Nigeria [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Gaddafi visits Ghana; ‘Rawlings Revolution’, not democracy saved Ghana

Gaddafi visits Ghana; 'Rawlings Revolution’, not democracy saved Ghana

Update, July 21th 2009-
Gaddafi cancels visit due to ‘exigencies’. The visit is now tentatively set for September 2009.
Update, July 19th 2009-
Gaddafi to be crowned King of Kings in Accra
Information picked up by The Ghanaian Chronicle at press time last night indicates that the Libyan leader, Brother Muamur Al Gaddafi would be crowned King of [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Obama’s second visit to Africa; Ghana only International Airport Shut down for Obama

Obama's second visit to Africa; Ghana only International Airport Shut down for Obama

NewsRescue Update, July 10th 2009- Obama acknowledges the effects of the legacy of colonialism and Western foreign policy on Africa’s predicament.
View: ABC News video
Obama:
“…what you heard is true……the question I asked in the meeting… (the disparity between South Korea and Kenya)- why is that…there had been some talk of the legacy of colonialism, other policies [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

France’s 40 year ongoing genocide of Central Africa

France's 40 year ongoing genocide of Central Africa

Story from Independent.co.uk
Inside France’s secret war

For 40 years, the French government has been fighting a secret war in Africa, hidden not only from its people, but from the world. It has led the French to slaughter democrats, install dictator after dictator – and to fund and fuel the most vicious genocide since the Nazis. Today, [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Nigerian lawmakers describe taking naked blood oaths to office

Nigerian lawmakers describe taking naked blood oaths to office

Warning- Nekkid images!
June 29th 2009:

CompassNews-
Apparently to save his face, Alausa, who represents Ijebu-Ode State Constituency in the House of Assembly, claimed that he was forced to take the oath to enable him secure a ticket into the legislature, ahead of the 2007 elections.
Alausa told PM News, a Lagos-based evening tabloid: “The photographs on the front [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

US Senate approves resolution apologizing for slavery

Thu June 18, 2009 CNN:
The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed a resolution apologizing to African-Americans for the wrongs of slavery.
The nonbinding resolution sponsored by Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, is similar to a House resolution adopted last year that acknowledged the wrongs of slavery but offered no reparations. The House will have to vote on the [...]

 

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