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Ethiopia Accused of Ethnic Cleansing Over Mass Amhara Evictions

Written by Endalk from Global Voices Thousands of ethnic Amharas in western Ethiopia are being expelled en masse from the country’s Benishangul Gumuz region, where many have settled, in what some are condemning as a campaign of “ethnic cleansing“. Ethiopia has been divided into nine ethnically based … read more »

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Al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Somalia and its proven success at recruiting Canadians

Canada’s top spy says he’s concerned about home grown terrorism as a key risk to Canadian security. “The radicalization of Canadians continues to be of concern to the service,” reported CSIS director, Richard Fadden to the Senate on February 11th … read more »

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Nigeria: We Are Not Ghosts, Boko Haram Tells Jonathan

By Chuks Okocha, Michael Olugbode and Mohammed Aminu, Thisday A new twist emerged in the purported ceasefire offered by the Boko Haram sect, as a faction of the group yesterday took exception to President Goodluck Jonathan’s statement during his recent … read more »

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Obama’s New Libya

Remember all the hoopla the Obama administration engaged in after helping Libya’s “freedom fighters” oust (and sodomize and murder) the nation’s former president, Muammar Gaddafi? Remember the rationale used by Obama to justify using the U.S. military to help Libya’s … read more »

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Ethiopian Imam Calls for Armed Jihad in Virginia

Sheik Shaker Elsayed, the imam of the Dar al-Hijrah Mosque in Falls Church, Va., advocated armed jihad before an Ethiopian Muslim group gathered at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Va. last week. “Muslim men when it is a price … read more »

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Will Twitter make an impact in Kenya’s elections next week?

By Frederick Nzwili | Christian Science Monitor Social media can’t be blamed for the deadly post-election riots in 2007-2008; but now smart phones are affordable. Social media – tweets, tags, pokes, posts, uploads – were not part of Kenya‘s last … read more »

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Online video claims radical Islamic group Boko Haram from Nigeria holding 7 French hostages

A video apparently showing seven French hostages kidnapped from northern Cameroon has been posted online, with a man claiming that a radical Islamic group from Nigeria holds them. The video, posted Monday to YouTube, shows two men, a woman and … read more »

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Kenya tunes in as Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga promise peaceful elections

Kenya’s first televised presidential debate sees hopefuls play down fears of a repeat of the tribal violence that erupted in 2007 Clar Ni Chonghaile in Nairobi,guardian.co.uk Inside the private school in Nairobi’s upmarket Karen suburb, the small audience gathered to … read more »

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Ghana: My Third Coup D’ Etat That Never Happened

We live in a country that was in the past inundated with many coups. One of these coups propelled our President to write a must read classic book entitled “My First coup d’ etat”. With this precedence, writing on “My … read more »

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Ethiopian Maid found walking without clothes in Saudi

Ethiopian arrested after calls from residents Saudi police arrested an Ethiopian housemaid for walking naked in a public place and said they believe she is mentally ill. Internet users in the Gulf Kingdom, the largest base for Asian and African … read more »

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E-Tracking Saudi Women

Saudi men are now receiving automatic text messages from the government whenever their wives exit the country.  It is part of a new program to electronically track women and ensure that they don’t leave the country without permission from their … read more »

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Nigeria Sees Bloodiest Year of Boko Haram Attacks

ABUJA — The Nigerian militant Islamist sect Boko Haram is blamed for more than 750 deaths in 2012, making it the group’s bloodiest year, with attacks on churches, schools, government buildings, media centers, markets, security forces and communications networks. The … read more »

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Google vs Doogle: Internet giant threatens to sue South African school dropout

Internet giant Google is threatening to sue a 23-year-old school dropout after he set up a jobseekers website and named it Doogle. Lawyers working on behalf of the world’s largest search engine, worth an estimated £160bn, wrote to South African-based … read more »

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US military behind Africa news websites – sabahionline.com

AFPThis image downloaded from the internet on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, shows the main page of the sabahionline.com website, featuring an image made from video showing al-Qaida leader Ayman Al-Zawahri. At first glance it appears to be a sleek Horn … read more »

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Man behind anti-Islam film sentenced

AP A file courtroom sketch shows shows Mark Basseley Youssef talking with his attorney Steven Seiden, left, in court in Los Angeles. Los Angeles – The man behind an anti-Muslim film that led to violence in many parts of the … read more »

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Canadian mining firm questioned for activities in Eritrea

By Michelle Zilio A Canadian mining company defended its activities in Eritrea — a nation dubbed the “North Korea of Africa” by some — at a Commons Subcommittee on International Human Rights meeting Thursday. Cliff Davis, president and CEO of … read more »

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Ethiopia: Medrek Challenges and Issue

By Teklu Abate One of the gravest mistakes one may make in life is exclusively focusing on individuals and not on ideas. In countries where dictatorship is the norm, people usually consider the death of top leaders as the beginning … read more »

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Video: The brutal slayings of 4 Nigerian students

This Video contains scenes that some viewers may find disturbing”. “Viewer discretion advised Investigators in Nigeria say they have taken 13 people into custody after a mob attacked four students and burned them alive — killings that were videotaped and … read more »

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The horrific last moments of President Robert Mugabe’s motorcade outriders

By JANE FIELDS A VIDEO has emerged showing the agonising last moments of one of Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe’s motorcade outriders who was killed in a horrific Harare crash last week. The 20-second video showed the lead biker of the … read more »

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Obama Intentionally Withholding Info About Libyan Attack

By: Jim Kouri  On Tuesday during an appearance on Fox News Channel, House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Pete King again urged United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice to resign over her comments on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012, talk shows regarding the … read more »

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26 killed as unknown Gunmen opened fire on Nigeria students

Gunmen opened fire in a student housing area near a polytechnic school in northeastern Nigeria on Tuesday, killing at least 26 people in an attack whose motives remained unclear, officials said. Details were still emerging of the attack in the … read more »

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Nigeria at 52 Independent Speech: The President vs Boko Haram

While the President of Nigeria, Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan, GCFR and the commander in chief of the Armed Forces, was giving his Independence Day address on NTA, the head of the terrorist leadership Mujahdeen Abubakar Shekau, Supreme Commander of the … read more »

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Nigerian Terrorist Attack On Catholics Condemned By US Lawmakers

By: Jim Kouri  On Thursday, Rep. Peter King (R-NY), chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, and Pastor Laolu Akande, Executive Director of the Christian Association of Nigerian-Americans (CANAN), blasted the terrorist group Boko Haram for the bombing of … read more »

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Is Nigeria Suffering From Digital Technology ‘Masturbation’ Syndrome (DTMS)?

by Ahmed Olayinka Sule, CFA Many, some or all of you may be concerned, horrified or outraged that I have used the ‘M’ word as part of the title for this paper. However, before disregard this paper and any future … read more »

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Libya: Permanent Chaos a.k.a. Permanent Revolution

Alexander MEZYAEV In Libya, the US consulate in Benghazi came under attack which took the lives of the US ambassador and other mission staff. While the unrest was immediately sparked by the release of an anti-Muslim film on YouTube, an … read more »

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California man confirms role in anti-Islam film that sparked deadly Libya violence

The search for those behind the provocative, anti-Muslim film implicated in violent protests in Egypt and Libya led Wednesday to a California Coptic Christian convicted of financial crimes who acknowledged his role in managing and providing logistics for the production. … read more »

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Israeli filmmaker in hiding after anti-Islam movie sparks deadly Libya, Egypt protests

An Israeli filmmaker went into hiding on Tuesday after his movie attacking Islam’s Prophet Muhammad sparked angry assaults by Muslims on U.S. diplomatic missions in Egypt and in Libya, where one American was killed. Speaking by phone from an undisclosed … read more »

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Ethiopian top musician Teddy Afro denies writing special head banger for the late authoritarian ruler

By Getahune Bekele In his recent hit titled the black man, Teddy Afro once again captured the soul of the tyrannized nation, and speaking in riddles through his revolutionary songs, delivered the message of change and hope to the Ethiopians … read more »

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Pussy Riot and the Farce of Russian Justice

It wasn’t a trial but a farce. Following a courtroom saga that made a mockery of Russia’s judicial system and aroused global condemnation, the three female members of the Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot have been sentenced to two years … read more »

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