Showing posts with label Africa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Africa. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

GHANA LOVES VOODOO! Boy Cuts Another Boy’s Head, Arrested With The Head In His Hand

The world and Ghana keeps getting scarier by the day, the photo above is of a boy who was arrested for beheading another boy, reasons for the beheading unknown but obviously for some spiritual works as young men of today will do anything for quick money.
The Techiman police nabbed the boy and the photo you see above was taken. Is this fair? Tell us the appropriate punishment for this boy. 
It is now a common thing to see Ghanaians scramble to get "spiritual power" by any means through dubious means and as a fast way to get quick cash; examples are pastors hoodwinking their church members, using it in the game of soccer, ladies using voodoo power to "arrest" men and so many more.
Wickedness at it’s peak.

Monday, March 17, 2014

Liberian Lawmakers Demand Answers on Foreign Lobbying Fees


VOA - Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has denied allegations that her government spent more than $200 million in lobbying fees to foreign firms in the United States.

In a letter to the plenary of the Liberian House of Representatives, Sirleaf said it is “preposterous” for anyone to believe that her government could spend such an amount.

She said only the US firm KRL lobbied on behalf of Liberia from 2007 to 2013 and was paid a total of a little over $368,000.

But Representative Bhofal Chambers of the oppositionCongress for Democratic Change, who has called for an official inquiry, said Sirleaf and her government should cooperate fully.

Citing a US State Department report, Chambers said that from 2006 to 2009, 102 lobby payments were tracked by foreign lobby trackers, amounting to an alleged $263 million

“I think the communication from the President, if she says from 2007, now she has not looked at 2006, which we discovered to be the amount of $19 million.  Let’s say $19.7 million that was spent for 2009 for lobbying and public relations,” he said.

Chambers listed a host of other companies, which he said were paid huge sums for lobbying for Liberia.

“She said 2007.  She said KRL.  Okay, let’s look at 2007 from the documents we have.  We have JWI, one group that did public relationship work for (Monrovia), and the amount spent was $31, 933.38.  The next one is LISCR (the Liberia International Ship and Corporate Registry) for lobbying. It’s $6.5 million.  So, we want the president to come forth and tell us what she knows,” he said.

He said the legislature is concerned about the alleged large sums of money being spent for lobbying abroad, while the country has nothing to show for the money spent.

“We have gross deficits in Liberia in terms of infrastructure at home, in terms of employment, in terms of welfare.  There are so many gaps and our people cannot afford,” Chambers said.

Yet, said Chambers, Sirleaf appears to be the most popular leader in the world.
“Internationally, we hear so many good things about our president, and this president of ours has got more accolades than the Pope, has got more accolades than the President of United States, than Russia’s leader, and the great leader of Germany, Angela Merkel.  And yet, there is nothing that we can show for, to say that, because this amount was spent, this is what we are seeing in Liberia. So, that is why we are concerned.  When so much is alleged to be spent for these kinds of exercises, what is the value of the money?” Chambers said.

Friday, March 7, 2014

Congolese Warlord Convicted Of War Crimes At International Court

Congolese warlord Germain Katanga was convicted on Friday of being an accessory to war crimes including murder and pillage during an attack on a village more than a decade ago, but also cleared of a number of other charges.
The trial has been seen as a test of the ability of prosecutors at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, which had handed down only one conviction and one acquittal in 12 years, to bring solid cases.
Judges found that Katanga had made a significant contribution to a February 2003 attack on the village of Bogoro, in a diamond-rich region of north-east Congo, in particular by procuring guns to speed the massacre of some 200 civilians.
"The timing of the attack and the methods used - encircling the village while its inhabitants were still asleep, the use of machetes to attack them, and shooting indiscriminately - led the chamber to find that combatants intended to target the civilian population," said presiding judge Bruno Cotte.
Attackers had fired indiscriminately as villagers sought shelter in the bush, Cotte added. "Absent that supply of weapons ... commanders would not have been able to carry out the attack with such efficiency."
But the conviction, at the end of a six-year trial, was controversial. In a dissenting opinion, judge Christine van den Wijngaerdt said the decision to convict Katanga as an accessory, when he had originally been charged with playing an essential role in the attack, meant his trial was unfair.

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

BATTLE LINE DRAWN: Ugandan President’s Daughter Reveals She is Gay!


In a startling revelation, the daughter of Ugandan President Yoweri ­Museveni admitted today during a radio talk show in Mbarara, in Western Uganda that she is homosexual, and that she is revealing this fact as a protest to the anti-gay law her father signed only a few days ago.

Diana Kamuntu, Museveni’s daughter said that though she loves her father unconditionally, she does not agree with Uganda’s anti-gay stance, and will fight against it.

“I am gay, I am homosexual. I have known this since I was a little girl. Also, I have been Christian all of my life, so I will not tolerate any law of this supposedly democratic nation, that will place hate on any person just because of what his or her sexual orientation happens to be,” said Kamuntu.

“Now that I finally revealed my sexual orientation, I put myself in front of this new law and I will let our people decide what to do with me,” Kamuntu adds, as her voice breaks down while on air.

The radio host, James Kasirivu noticeably was in shock, and could not seemingly get words out of his mouth.

The live radio broadcast was abruptly shortened and was put off air after a few hours of repeated commercials.

In the latest setback for homosexuals across Africa, the Ugandan President signed a law Monday that imposes tough penalties for homosexual acts, a move that has been condemned from around the world and that may jeopardize Uganda’s relationship with the United States and other Western nations.

As of this writing, neither the radio station nor the office of Ugandan President Yoweri ­Museveni could be reached.