Mali: hundreds flee conflict between Army and Touareg

Hundreds of Malians have crossed into neighbouring Burkina Faso to escape fighting between the army and Touareg rebels. Around 300 refugees have been registered in the capital Ouagadougou since April, where they are sheltering in a football stadium. Over 600 others are living in makeshift shelters in Djibo. Violence between Malian soldiers and separatist Touareg rebels has escalated in recent months.

African youths rounded up by Guyana Police

Police yesterday morning rounded up close to a dozen men in the East Bank Demerara community of Agricola during a raid which the lawmen said was a routine exercise.

Patacake charged with Mangoman murder

Kaieteur News: Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle yesterday remanded a man to prison for the murder of an East Coast Demerara mango trader.
The accused, 22-year-old Sherwin Nero, also called Sherwin Moses and ‘Patacake’, was read the indictable charge at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
It is alleged that on August 30, last year, at Cove and John, Nero murdered Kumar Singh called ‘Mango Man’.

ANNUAL JUNETEENTH FESTIVAL – PRATT PARK IN HISTORIC CENTRAL SEATTLE

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SEATTLE, WA- The Seattle Central Area Chamber of Commerce (SCACC) sponsors the Juneteenth Freedom Festival & Parade 2008 at Pratt Park, 20th & Yesler, on Father’s Day weekend, June 13, 14 & 15. This year’s theme is “Building Character…Shaping Destiny”.

Nigerian govt seeking compensation for losses incurred by Nigerians in South Africa

The Nigerian government is seeking compensation for losses incurred by Nigerians in South Africa during the recent xenophobic attacks on foreigners. Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Ojo Maduekwe said a list of Nigerians who lost their properties is being compiled. Meanwhile, the South African government has announced plans to set up seven camps around the country for homeless migrants. Many people have been staying in increasingly unsanitary conditions at temporary shelters.

Rwanda singer Simon Bikindi genocide trial

Prosecutors at the genocide trial of Rwandan musician, Simon Bikindi, say he should receive a life sentence if convicted. Bikindi is accused of using his widespread influence and connections to the government of President Juvenal Habyarimana to spread propaganda inciting ethnic Hutus to kill Tutsis. He denies six counts of genocide and related charges. Almost a million people were killed in a space of a month during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.

Attorney Gomattie Singh burned with acid in Guyana

Attorney-at-law Gomattie Singh is in hospital after a lone assailant threw acid in her face as she sat in her vehicle outside the Guyoil gas station on Sheriff Street yesterday afternoon

Kaieteur News: Attorney-at-law Gaumattiie Singh is hospitalised suffering from severe burns about her face and body following a brazen acid attack yesterday afternoon.
Kaieteur News understands that Singh may lose one of her eyes as a result of the attack which occurred while she and her husband were heading home in their car.

“Who’s Afraid of Norman Finkelstein?” — Haaretz editorial

05.27.2008 | Haaretz
By Haaretz Editorial

On Friday morning, the State of Israel refused to allow Prof. Norman Finkelstein, an American Jewish political scientist, to enter the country. Finkelstein was arrested at the airport and questioned by the Shin Bet security service for several hours. A day later, it became known that he had been banned from entering Israel for 10 years, for security reasons. Finkelstein managed to meet with a lawyer, who told him his chances of changing the decision were slim. When the Shin Bet decides that someone constitutes a security risk, the courts do not intervene.

tips for being legally employed in Guyana

some solid advice from a chap named thejohnny

(1) KEEP UR US CITIZENSHIP

(2) HAVE A PPP MEMBERSHIP CARD

(3) WHEN YOU SEE CORRUPTION TURN A BLIND EYE.

(4) BLAME THE PNC FOR ALL YOUR SHORT COMINGS.

(5) ” TEEF” LIKE THE REST NOTHING WILL HAPPEN THEY “TEEFING” TOO.

(6)  HATE BLACKMAN WITH A VEBGEANCE IT WILL TAKE YOU PLACES

(7) JOIN THE PYO

DO THESE THINGS BUDDY AND YOU MIGHT EVEN BECOME A MINISTER, OTHER WISE YOU WILL CUT AND RUN LIKE THE REST, YOU WILL HAVE TO.

Nelly ‘Karina’ Avila Moreno or Eldaneyis Mosquera

Eldaneyis Mosquera, also known as ‘Karina‘ was one of the most senior women in the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).

Haile Selassie is a slave master – Marcus Garvey

That is why it is preferable for the Abyssinian Negroes and the Negroes of the world to work for the restoration and freedom of the country without the assistance of Haile Selassie, because at best he is but a slave master. The Negroes of the Western World whose forefathers suffered for three hundred years under the terrors of slavery ought to be able to appreciate what freedom means. Surely they cannot feel justified in supporting any system that would hold their brothers in slavery in another country whilst they are enjoying the benefits of freedom elsewhere. The Africans who are free can also appreciate the position of slaves in Abyssinia. What right has the Emperor to keep slaves when all the democratic sections of the world were free, when men had the right to live, to develop, to expand, to enjoy all the benefits of human liberty[?] (Garvey, 1937)

Lt. Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III – another negroe imperialist general

The No. 2 U.S. commander in Iraq, Lt. Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III talks during an interview to the Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, May 22, 2008. Gen. Austin said that he’s optimistic about security gains in Iraq but warns a Shiite militia truce in Baghdad’s Sadr City district is fragile and needs to be reinforced by reconstruction and aid. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed )

Lifelock ID protection is a fraud

Now, Lifelock customers in Maryland, New Jersey and West Virginia are suing Davis, claiming his service didn’t work as promised and he knew it wouldn’t, because the service had failed even him.
Attorney David Paris said he found records of other people applying for or receiving driver’s licenses at least 20 times using [Todd] Davis’ Social Security number, though some of the applications may have been rejected because data in them didn’t match what the Social Security Administration had on file.

United Nations troops raping African girls globally from Haiti to Sudan

Man, Ivory Coast – Half a year before 12-year-old Elizabeth was raped by 10 United Nations peacekeepers, a gathering of the world’s humanitarian agencies hammered out promises to end sexual abuse of children by aid staff.

Much more would be done, promised delegates at the Dec. 2006 conference in New York. Investigations would be faster, punishments harsher, codes of conduct strengthened.

But the findings of an investigation released Tuesday by Save The Children suggest that these commitments are still, largely, words on paper.

Of the 341 children in Haiti, South Sudan, and Ivory Coast who spoke to the British agency during its 12 month investigation, more than half reported cases of being coerced into sex, often in return for the very food or protection aid staff or peacekeepers were there to provide.

white man to build environmentally friendly bomb

TNT, RDX and other explosives commonly used in military and industrial applications often generate toxic gases upon detonation that pollute the environment. Moreover, the explosives themselves are toxic and can find their way into the environment due to incomplete detonation and as unexploded ordnance. They are also extremely dangerous to handle, as they are highly sensitive to physical shock, such as hard impacts and electric sparks.

To make safer, more environmentally friendly explosives, scientists in Germany turned to a recently explored class of materials called tetrazoles. These derive most of their explosive energy from nitrogen instead of carbon as TNT and others do.

Dalit group attacks newspaper office in Hyderabad

Activists of a Dalit organization Monday attacked offices of a Telugu daily here and in other major towns in Andhra Pradesh.
A group of about 30 activists of Madiga Reservation Porata Samiti (MPRS) attacked the office of Andhra Jyothi in the upmarket Jubliee Hills. The attackers, who came in two vehicles, ransacked the office and tried to set it afire.
They were protesting against an article published in Monday’s edition of the newspaper.

Jendayi Frazer is a prostitute – Robert Mugabe

Mr. Mugabe then turned on Jendayi Frazer, the U.S.’s assistant secretary of state with responsibility for Africa. “You saw this little American girl trotting around like a prostitute celebrating that the MDC had won. A disgraceful act”

‘Israel has 150 or more’ nuclear weapons – Jimmy Carter

“The US has more than 12,000 nuclear weapons, the Soviet Union (Russia) has about the same, Great Britain and France have several hundred and Israel has 150 or more,” he said.