Tag Archives: San Diego

Ethiopia: Shadowboxing Smoke and Mirrors

Meles Zenawi when he was alive and his apostles today (“Melesistas”) keep playing us in the Diaspora like a cheap fiddle. They make us screech, shriek, scream and shout by simply showing their mugs in our cities. How do they … read more »

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Protest in City Heights of Controversial Ethiopian Consulate Meeting

Local Ethiopian Community Invited to Attend Meeting,  Allege They Were Kicked Out for Protesting Ethiopian Government’s Human Rights Abuses By Anna Daniels Lines of taxicabs were parked along Fairmount Avenue in City Heights yesterday afternoon–Sunday April 28.  Police cars were … read more »

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Chukwuma Soludo on 17m Diaspora Nigerians!

Former Nigeria Central Bank Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, while a reasonably well educated man, is often ambitious in his utterances using numbers. In a recent write up, he said Nigeria may be losing value of its 17m Diaspora population. While … read more »

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San Diego Ethiopian Community Center Reaches the Masses

San Diego serves as home to one of the largest African refugee populations in the country, and is composed of a rich mixture of Africans who bring knowledge and culture from a vast continent. The Ethiopian Community Service Center, located … read more »

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Kony rebels abducting 100s of kids as the hunt for the rebel leader intensifies

New York – Joseph Kony’s Lord Resistance Army has abducted more than 600 child soldiers and sex slaves over the past two years even as the hunt for the rebel leader intensifies, the UN said on Wednesday. Efforts to trap … read more »

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Uganda suggests Kony getting Sudan help

Kampala – Ugandan officials are renewing a claim made with some frequency over the years: that rebel leader Joseph Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army are receiving backing from the government of Sudan. Ugandan forces commander General Aronda Nyakairima said … read more »

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U.S. backs hunt for notorious African warlord

The lush, green forests of central Africa have long been the playground and refuge of the continent’s most-notorious warlord, Joseph Kony. His Lord’s Resistance Army, which began with the aim of overthrowing the Ugandan government, has since spread to remote … read more »

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Is it possible Joseph Kony is dead?

Djema – The hunt for alleged war criminal Joseph Kony is heating up on international radars, but Ugandan foot soldiers who have spent years searching for the man are starting to ask a question their top commanders prefer to ignore: … read more »

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kony 2012 Video: Part 11

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KONY 2012 Part11 to be released Thursday

The embattled makers of the wildly viral KONY 2012 video are having trouble coming up with the sequel. KONY 2012 Part II, the much-anticipated follow-up to the 30-minute video by Invisible Children that sought to mobilize the world against African … read more »

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kony 2012 video

The new film will provide more details and context to the Joseph Kony campaign, aimed at pressurising politicians to hunt down the notorious Ugandan warlord, Invisible Children said. The original Joseph Kony video, a half-hour film released on YouTube, gained … read more »

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Ugandan Kony target of viral campaign

San Diego – American filmmakers who reported on wartime atrocities in Africa for a 50-minute work called “Invisible Children” drew more attention than they imagined when their project was released in 2005. They soon founded a non-profit organisation to campaign … read more »

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Giffords gunman in court

A 22-year-old charged with trying to kill a US lawmaker in a shooting spree which left six dead and triggered a wave of soul-searching is due in court on Monday, his second appearance before a judge. Jared Lee Loughner could … read more »

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What Do Women Really Want? Oxytocin

A male scientist says he’s discovered what makes women happy. It’s a hormone called oxytocin, says Paul Zak, a researcher at Claremont Graduate University. Zak presented evidence to back his case today at the Society for Neuroscience meeting in San … read more »

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Missouri: 3 Men Charged in Plot to Funnel Money for Terrorism

A Missouri man and a Minnesotan are among three people facing charges in a plot to funnel money to a terrorist group in Somalia. An indictment unsealed Wednesday accuses Mohamud Abdi Yusuf, of St. Louis, of providing material support to … read more »

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