Daily Archives: December 1, 2012

Unity or impunity? Kenya’s ICC-indicted leaders strike deal

NAIROBI — Some see it as a sign of moving beyond Kenya’s bitter ethnic hatred that erupted into bloody post-election violence: two leading political rivals agreeing to ally as running mates for presidential polls in March. But others more cynical … read more »

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Congo Plane Crash Kills 30

A cargo plan that crashed at Brazzaville airport killing at least 27 people belonged to the Armenian freight specialist airline Rij Airways, the foreign ministry in Yerevan said Saturday. The plane, carrying seven crew members, crashed as it tried to … read more »

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Why Ethiopian hero’s and nationalists are terrorists for the tyrant regime

By Abenezer Aregawi I was called a terrorist yesterday, but when I came out of jail, many people embraced me, including my enemies, and that is what I normally tell other people who say those who are struggling for liberation … read more »

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Is die huidige Suid-Soedan Republiek van die land waarvoor ons geveg het?

N ope brief aan die Voorsitter Kiir Deur Bol Garang de Bol U Eksellensie, die President van die Republiek van Suid-Soedan, Algemene Salva Kiir Mayardit, as u bewus mag wees, maar ons versoek, advies, menings lyk om geïgnoreer te word … read more »

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Je, hii ya sasa Sudan Kusini Jamhuri nchi tukapigana?

Barua ya wazi kwa Rais Kiir Kwa Bol Garang de Bol Mheshimiwa, Rais wa Jamhuri ya Sudan Kusini, Salva Kiir Mayardit Mkuu, kama unaweza kuwa na ufahamu, ingawa ombi letu, ushauri, maoni kuonekana kuwa kupuuzwa na wewe na Mawaziri wako, … read more »

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Marikana: ambao risasi ya kwanza?

NUM itatumia yao Marikana Tume kuonekana kukataa kwamba wanachama wao nia mauaji ya kwanza. Lakini timu za utetezi kujaribu siri vifo kwanza squarely juu ya mabega ya muungano wa Afrika Kusini kubwa. Tu ambao ni wajibu wa hali ya hewa … read more »

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Kudhibiti umebaini Uingereza kufunikwa juu ya kikatili Kenya mauaji

Kamwe kabla ya kuonekana files juu mtego wa Uingereza kikatili wa kikoloni wa Kenya tumekuteremshia jitihada za haraka za kuficha mauaji ya wafungwa wasiokuwa na silaha wakati wa maandamano ya Mau Mau. Eleven wafungwa katika kambi kizuizini Hola walikuwa kikatili … read more »

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Marikana: wie eerste geskiet?

Die NUM sal hul Marikana Commissie voorkoms gebruik om te ontken dat hul lede die eerste moorde gepleeg het. Maar die verdediging-spanne sal probeer om die eerste sterftes te pen vierkantig op die skouers van Suid-Afrika se grootste vakbond. Presies … read more »

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Ethiopië: Klik op die yster wanneer dit warm is “

By Dagmawi Gudu Kassa Die woord wat ek gebruik as my titel hier lyk hierbo minder bekend in ons onlangse taalkundige geskiedenis. Maar as ons getuie van die huidige geskiedenis van hierdie wêreld, het mense van verskillende nasies anders as … read more »

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Ethiopia: ‘Hit the iron when it is hot’

By Dagmawi Gudu Kassa The saying I used as my title here above seems less known in our recent linguistic history. But as we are witnessing the current history of this world, people of different nations other than Ethiopians, even … read more »

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Document revealed Britain covered up a brutal Kenya massacre

Never before seen files on Britain’s cruel colonial grip on Kenya have revealed a desperate attempt to cover up the massacre of unarmed prisoners during the Mau Mau uprising. Eleven prisoners at the Hola detention camp were brutally clubbed to … read more »

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World Aids Day: The curse of being one of the witches of Malawi

Hazel Southam ,independent An Aids awareness scheme is teaching villagers HIV is an illness, and not caused by witchcraft. By Hazel Southam in Kasarika Sixty-nine year-old Enifa Ngulama has sold some honey. She runs to the back of her mud-brick … read more »

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Marikana: who shot first?

The NUM will use their Marikana Commission appearance to deny that their members committed the first murders. But the defence teams will try to pin the first deaths squarely on the shoulders of South Africa’s biggest union. Just who is … read more »

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Nigeria: Army discovers another bomb ‘factory’ in Zaria -Arrests 60-year-old supected terrorist

MILITARY authorities on Friday in Kaduna said they had discovered a two-bedroom bungalow in Zaria where Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) were manufactured, insisting that they would continue to demolish such buildings used as bomb factories. They also disclosed that following … read more »

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Is this current South Sudan Republic the country we fought?

An open Letter To President Kiir By Bol Garang de Bol Your Excellency, the President of the Republic of South Sudan, General Salva Kiir Mayardit, as you may be aware, although our request, advice, opinions seem to be ignored by … read more »

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RE: Ethiopia: Is three Deputy Prime Ministers Constitutional?

alem it is quit natural to oppose what ever idea you didn’t believe on. but it should be justifiable and to the benefit of the country at large. opposing for nothing is the worst thing. first and at most you … read more »

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Ethiopia: EPRDF embroiled in Zenawi’s legacy By Robele Ababya

Robele Ababya Revelation of Zenawi’s vision for Tigray Azeb Mesfin reportedly revealed the existence of a project document prepared by her late husband Zenawi to transform Tigray into an industrial center of the tribal-based Federation of Ethiopia. This rather surprising … read more »

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