Mamadou Tandja on his way to Morocco – Tandja en route pour le Maroc

mamadou & his white friends blessed the the people of Niger with development as such

Le président nigérien Mamadou Tandja, renversé jeudi par un coup d’Etat militaire, serait en route pour le Maroc où il devrait arriver aujourd’hui, selon des sources concordantes à Rabat. Ces informations n’ont toutefois pas été confirmées par les autorités marocaines et un responsable du ministère des Affaires étrangères a affirmé n’être “pas au courant de cette information”.

propaganda note: be thankful they did not cut your fucking head off mamadou [être reconnaissants, ils n'ont pas coupé la tête hors mamadou]

Mamadou Tandja captured alive in Niger!

Niger’s president has been overthrown in a military coup after soldiers stormed the presidential palace yesterday. The national constitution has been suspended and all state institutions dissolved. President Mamadou Tandja and a number of ministers were captured and at least three people were killed in the four-hour gun battle, according to reports. In a televised announcement a spokesman for the coup leaders identified the group as the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy (CSRD). Today CSRD announced Salou Djibo as its leader and said civil servants would run ministries and regions until a new government was formed. A dusk to dawn curfew has been imposed, but local reports indicate the capital Niamey was calm today. Tandja changed the constitution last August to stay in power beyond his legal term limit.

Peter Sawali arrested for “Gay rights are human rights” posters in Malawi

Malawian police have arrested a man for putting up gay rights posters in the street. Peter Sawali was detained after putting up posters saying: “Gay rights are human rights”. He was charged with conduct likely to cause a breach of peace and faces a fine of up to 5,000 kwacha (about 35 US dollars) or up to three months in jail.

Angelo Izama & Henry Ochieng charged with libelling dictator Yoweri Museveni in Uganda

Two Ugandan journalists were arrested yesterday and charged with libelling President Yoweri Museveni. Senior reporter Angelo Izama and editor Henry Ochieng, both from the Sunday Monitor news magazine, have been released on bail of around 50 US dollars pending trial on 25 February, according to the international press freedom group Committee to Protect Journalists. Both journalists have been summoned for interrogations by the police several times in the past three weeks. The charges relate to an opinion column by Izama published on 20 December that compared the Ugandan government to that of the Philippines under former leader Ferdinand Marcos. The column discussed the risk of political violence ahead of next year’s general elections, in which Museveni is expected to seek a fourth term.

Umaru Musa Yar’Adua is president for life – Justice Dan Abutu sitting in a Nigerian kangaroo court

By Ise-Oluwa IGE, Abuja
Vanguard: A Federal high court sitting in Abuja yesterday declared that President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua is not under any obligation to hand_over the executive powers of his office to Vice President Jonathan Goodluck while travelling out of the country for medical treatment.The trial judge, Justice Dan Abutu, also held yesterday that the failure by President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua to transmit written declaration to the leadership of the National Assembly informing them of his continued inability to discharge the functions of his office is not unconstitutional.

Raila Odinga & Prime Minister post to be eliminated by new Kenyan constitution

Kenyan MPs agreed yesterday to recommend the elimination of the role of prime minister in a draft constitution being drawn up as part of a power-sharing deal. If the recommendation is followed parliament would have more power to check on the executive.

Mauritania bans female genital mutilation

Islamic scholars in Mauritania have officially banned the practice of female genital mutilation. A total of 34 Islamic scholars signed a fatwa, or religious opinion, stating that the procedure has been proven to be harmful either at the time it is carried out or subsequently. The World Health Organisation says the practice can lead to recurrent infections, infertility and an increased risk of complications in childbirth. Over 70 per cent of Mauritanian girls have had their external genitalia partially or totally removed for non-medical reasons, according to health campaigners. Despite global recognition of female genital mutilation as a human rights violation, the practice is still widespread in parts of Africa.

Goodluck Ebele Jonathan the new president of Nigeria

Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Ph.D

A Nigerian court cleared the way on Wednesday for Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan to perform all presidential duties while the country’s ailing leader is away. The ruling follows Tuesday’s demonstrations in Abuja by hundreds of Nigerians protesting against the absence of President Umaru Yar’Adua, who has been in Saudi Arabia receiving medical treatment for a heart condition since November. However, the court’s decision does not make Jonathan the official head of state, as this requires a formal transfer of power. The power vacuum in Nigeria had prompted calls for Jonathan to take over as acting president. However, the issue is sensitive as ruling party leaders are alternately picked from the north and south of the country. Yar’Adua is from the north and Jonathan is from the south but the next southern leader is not due to take office until elections in 2011. [so fucking what?!]

we got photo from onlineNigeria.com there’s a bio of Goodluck on the same page

Umaru Yar’Adua dead man talking

 

they say you must not speak ill of the dead. so they say

Kaduna —President Umaru Yar’Adua yesterday broke his silence, 50 days after he left Nigeria to Saudi Arabia … saying he was alive, but does not know when he will return.

In an interview with the Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on Monday, Yar’Adua said his condition was improving, but that his coming home will depend on his doctors.
However, Prof. Wole Soyinka, leading other human rights activists and civil society groups in a protest march to the National Assembly yesterday, said the voice in the BBC interview was not Yar’Adua’s voice, but a computerized voice.
In the phone interview with BBC, Yar’Adua said: “My brothers in Nigeria, I want to inform you that I am getting better insha-Allahu. By the grace of God, any time my doctors discharge me, I will come back home to Nigeria to continue my work. I want to also thank all Nigerians for their prayers for me and for the nation

check out full article at allafrica

whiteman sues Zimbabwe in North Gauteng High Court (South Africa) for ‘his land’

Stephan Hofstatter
13 January 2010
Johannesburg — CIVIL rights group AfriForum launched an urgent application in the North Gauteng High Court yesterday to protect the property rights of South African farmers facing land seizures in Zimbabwe.
The application is the first step in trying to get a key Southern African Development Community (SADC) tribunal ruling on property rights registered in SA.

Moussa Dadis Camara arrives in Burkina Faso after ‘escaping’ from Morocco Hospital

BBC: Guinea’s junta leader has been taken to Burkina Faso after six weeks in Morocco being treated for a bullet wound.
Eyewitnesses said Capt Moussa Dadis Camara, who was shot by [aboubacar 'toumba' sidiki diakate] last month, had to be helped off the plane.
The authorities in Burkina Faso say he will continue recuperating there, but no-one has explained why he is not returning to Guinea

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“Maganar ‘Yar’adua bata gamsar ba” -’Yan adawa

A Najeriya, yayin da jami’an gwamnatin kasar ke cewa furucin da Shugaba Umaru Musa Yar’adua ya yi a hirarsa da BBC, inda ya ce yana samun sauki, ya taimaka wajen kawar da rudanin da aka shiga a ciki da wajen kasar, ‘yan adawa sun ce har yanzu tsugunne ba ta kare ba.

Umaru Yar’Adua photo emailed from Saudi Arabia by Shehu Inuwa Imam

Shehu Inuwa Imam sent us this photo from jeddah, saudi arabia

Shehu Inuwa Imam, childhood friend of Umaru, sent us this photo from saudi arabia of Umaru Yar’Adua. our 009 correspondent tried getting in touch with Turai to no avail. we have reason to believe this photo is a hoax but Shehu and Co. are trying their best to keep the charade going.

Party: People’s Democratic Party ( PDP )
State: Katsina
Constituency: Faskari/Kankara Sabuwa
Date Elected: 2007
Seat Up In: 2011
Date of Birth: 24/11/1954
Marital Status: Married

Open letter to Mrs Turai Yar’Adua (2) By Dale Sobowale

turai yar'adua the defacto president of nigeria

Vanguard: A living dog is better than a dead lion”.—Chinese proverb.
According to Malamud, “In a sick country all the efforts aimed at curing its sickness is opposed by people who feed from its sickness.” Those who want him to hold the “Nigerian cow”so they can milk it will simply go and look for another benefactor if he croaks. Vultures don’t care who dies as long as they have carrion to feed upon.

That leads to the question of who can tell the president the truth and perhaps make him face up to the inevitable, namely, that he has developed diminishing physical capacity to preside. First, let me eliminate those who cannot. The constitution provides that the Federal Executive Council can declare the president unfit for office. That is laughable under the circumstances. Who among the ministers or the chief of staff or the SGF will move the motion? So, that is out.

Umaru Yar’Adua is brain dead – Turai Yar’Adua in charge from Saudi Arabia

Shehu Inuwa Imam sent us this photo from saudi arabia

NEXT: President Umaru Yar’Adua is seriously brain damaged, is not able to recognise anyone, including his wife Turai, and can no longer perform the functions of the office of the president, according to multiple sources who have spoken to NEXT on Sunday.

But this fact, which has left a nation of 150 million people rudderless and its government in disarray, is being concealed from the public through an elaborate scam orchestrated directly and energetically by the First Lady.

Uganda anti homosexuality bill 2009 – full text

randy persaud and an unidentified male president in a lupanar in Guyana

THE ANTI HOMOSEXUALITY BILL, 2009.

MEMORADUM

1.1. The principle
The object of this Bill is to establish a comprehensive consolidated legislation to protect the traditional family by prohibiting (i) any form of sexual relations between persons of the same sex; and (ii) the promotion or recognition of such sexual relations in public institutions and other places through or with the support of any Government entity in Uganda or any non governmental organization inside or outside the country.

Sékouba Konaté is not dead – Keletigui Faro, secretary-general of the Guinean unelected presidency

By Alpha Camara
Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) — Guinea’s presidency denied reports that the West African nation’s acting leader dictator, Sekouba Konate, will leave the country for medical treatment.
Agence France-Presse reported earlier today that Konate is sick and will be admitted to a hospital in neighboring Senegal. The agency cited the Senegalese presidency. The Associated Press, citing unidentified Guinean officials, also said Konate is being evacuated for medical treatment.