Meet Africa's Most Glamourous Ist Lady: Chantal Biya of Cameroon(Photos)
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Thursday, August 7, 2014
Meet Africa's Most Glamourous Ist Lady: Chantal Biya of Cameroon(Photos)
Checkout her style below
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Where the main jihadist groups based?
Where the main jihadist groups based?
Jihadist groups are spread throughout Africa, the Middle East, and in parts of Asia. Some have have connections to al-Qaeda, others don't. But they all share the common goal of creating an Islamist state through violence.
The situation on the ground is dynamic and the location and strength of these groups is constantly changing, as the Isis example shows. These groups often carry out activities outside of the areas shaded on the map below and there are many smaller groups or factions we have not shown, with similar aims.
Jihadist groups are spread throughout Africa, the Middle East, and in parts of Asia. Some have have connections to al-Qaeda, others don't. But they all share the common goal of creating an Islamist state through violence.
The situation on the ground is dynamic and the location and strength of these groups is constantly changing, as the Isis example shows. These groups often carry out activities outside of the areas shaded on the map below and there are many smaller groups or factions we have not shown, with similar aims.
Saturday, June 21, 2014
faces and names of the abducted Chibok Girls #bringbackourgirls
Finally! These are the faces and names of the abducted Chibok Girls
"I was shown these pictures after visiting Nigeria this week. I met the leader of the community council in Chibok, the town from which the girls were abducted.Slowly and with tears in his eyes, he flicked through a file in which he had recorded the names and photographs of the girls.Not even the police and Army have managed to compile such detail he has amassed from talking to the parents of the kidnapped teenagers.The file has 185 pages — one for every girl. Each page has a photograph, and beside each passport-sized picture some stark facts — the girl’s name, her school grade and the date of abduction. For the other 19 abducted girls, he has yet to locate photographs.More below....
Thursday, June 12, 2014
WORDS FROM A FATHER TO A SON ABOUT MARRIAGE
WORDS FROM A FATHER TO A SON ABOUT MARRIAGE
1. My son, if you keep spending on a woman and she never asked you if you’re saving or investing, and she keeps enjoying the attention, don’t marry her.
1. My son, if you keep spending on a woman and she never asked you if you’re saving or investing, and she keeps enjoying the attention, don’t marry her.
2. My son, a woman could be a good wife to you, some could be a good
mother to your children but if you’ve found a woman like a mother to
you, your children and your family, please don’t let her go.
3. My son, don’t confine the position of your wife to the kitchen, where did you get that from? Even in our days, we had farm-lands where they worked every morning . . . that was our office.
4. My son, if I tell you that you’re the head of the house, don’t look at your pocket; look if you will see a smile on your wife’s face.
5. My son, if you want to have a long life, let your wife be in-charge of your salary, it will be difficult for her to spend it when she’s aware of the home needs and bills to pay but if it’s in your care, she will keep you asking even when all has been spent.
6. My son, don’t ever beat your woman, the pain in her body is nothing to be compared to the wound on her heart and that means you may be in trouble living with a wounded woman.
7. My son, now that you’re married, if you live a bachelor kind of life with your wife, you will soon be single again.
8. My son, in our days, we had many wives and many children because of our large farm-lands and many harvests, there are hardly any land for farming anymore, so embrace your woman closely.
9. My son, under the cocoa tree that I did meet your mother could be your eateries and restaurants of nowadays, but remember, the closet thing we did there was to embrace each other.
10. My son, don’t be carried away when you start making more money, instead of spending on those tiny legs that never knew how hard you worked to get it, spend it on that woman that stood by you all along.
11. My son, when I threw little stones or whistled at the window of your mother father’s house, to call her out, it was not for sex, it was because I missed her so much.
12. My son, remember, when you say your wife has changed, there could be something you’ve stopped doing too.
13. My son, your mother, Asake rode the bicycle with me before I bought that tortoise car outside there, any woman that won’t endure with you in your little beginning should not enjoy your riches.
14. My son, don’t compare your wife to any woman, there are ways she’s enduring you too and has she ever compared you to any man?
15. My son, there is this thing you people call feminism, well, if a woman claim to have equal right with you in the house, divide all the bills into two equal parts, take one part and ask her to start paying the other part.
16. My son, I met your mother a virgin and I took more yams to her father, if you don’t meet your wife a virgin, don’t blame her, what I didn’t tell you is that our women had prestige.
17. My son, I didn’t send your sisters to school because I was foolish like many to think a female child won’t extend my family name, please don’t make that mistake, the kind of female achievers I see nowadays has made the male-gender an ordinary tag.
18. My son, your mother have once locked up the cloth I was wearing and almost tore it because she was angry, I did not raise my hand to beat her because of a day like this, so that I can be proud to tell you that I never for once beat your mother.
19. My son, in our days, our women had more of natural beauty, though I wouldn’t lie to you, some had minor painting of their appellation mostly on their arms, the ones you people now call tattoo, but don’t forget that they didn’t expose any part of their body like your women of nowadays.
20. My son, your mother and I are not interested in what happens in your marriage, try to handle issues without always coming to us.
21. My son, remember I bought your mother’s first sewing machine for her, help your wife achieve her dreams just as you’re pursuing yours.
22. My son, don’t stop taking care of me and your mother, it’s a secret of growing old and having children to take care of you too.
23. My son, pray with your family, there is a tomorrow you don’t know, talk to God that knows everything, everyday.
3. My son, don’t confine the position of your wife to the kitchen, where did you get that from? Even in our days, we had farm-lands where they worked every morning . . . that was our office.
4. My son, if I tell you that you’re the head of the house, don’t look at your pocket; look if you will see a smile on your wife’s face.
5. My son, if you want to have a long life, let your wife be in-charge of your salary, it will be difficult for her to spend it when she’s aware of the home needs and bills to pay but if it’s in your care, she will keep you asking even when all has been spent.
6. My son, don’t ever beat your woman, the pain in her body is nothing to be compared to the wound on her heart and that means you may be in trouble living with a wounded woman.
7. My son, now that you’re married, if you live a bachelor kind of life with your wife, you will soon be single again.
8. My son, in our days, we had many wives and many children because of our large farm-lands and many harvests, there are hardly any land for farming anymore, so embrace your woman closely.
9. My son, under the cocoa tree that I did meet your mother could be your eateries and restaurants of nowadays, but remember, the closet thing we did there was to embrace each other.
10. My son, don’t be carried away when you start making more money, instead of spending on those tiny legs that never knew how hard you worked to get it, spend it on that woman that stood by you all along.
11. My son, when I threw little stones or whistled at the window of your mother father’s house, to call her out, it was not for sex, it was because I missed her so much.
12. My son, remember, when you say your wife has changed, there could be something you’ve stopped doing too.
13. My son, your mother, Asake rode the bicycle with me before I bought that tortoise car outside there, any woman that won’t endure with you in your little beginning should not enjoy your riches.
14. My son, don’t compare your wife to any woman, there are ways she’s enduring you too and has she ever compared you to any man?
15. My son, there is this thing you people call feminism, well, if a woman claim to have equal right with you in the house, divide all the bills into two equal parts, take one part and ask her to start paying the other part.
16. My son, I met your mother a virgin and I took more yams to her father, if you don’t meet your wife a virgin, don’t blame her, what I didn’t tell you is that our women had prestige.
17. My son, I didn’t send your sisters to school because I was foolish like many to think a female child won’t extend my family name, please don’t make that mistake, the kind of female achievers I see nowadays has made the male-gender an ordinary tag.
18. My son, your mother have once locked up the cloth I was wearing and almost tore it because she was angry, I did not raise my hand to beat her because of a day like this, so that I can be proud to tell you that I never for once beat your mother.
19. My son, in our days, our women had more of natural beauty, though I wouldn’t lie to you, some had minor painting of their appellation mostly on their arms, the ones you people now call tattoo, but don’t forget that they didn’t expose any part of their body like your women of nowadays.
20. My son, your mother and I are not interested in what happens in your marriage, try to handle issues without always coming to us.
21. My son, remember I bought your mother’s first sewing machine for her, help your wife achieve her dreams just as you’re pursuing yours.
22. My son, don’t stop taking care of me and your mother, it’s a secret of growing old and having children to take care of you too.
23. My son, pray with your family, there is a tomorrow you don’t know, talk to God that knows everything, everyday.
Assad says West shifting position on Syria
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Syrian president says states that backed revolt are now more concerned about danger posed to them by returning fighters.
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Assad was swept back to power by a June 3 election deemed a 'farce' by the opposition [AP]
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President Bashar al-Assad has said that Western
countries are starting to shift their position on the conflict in Syria
because of the danger posed to them by the rebel groups they had
previously backed. Leaders of the Group of Seven industrialised nations have said they will tighten their defences against the risk of attacks by fighters returning from Syria. "The United States and the West have started to send signs of change. Terrorism is now on their soil," said Assad, according to remarks published in Al-Akhbar, a Lebanese newspaper sympathetic to the regime in Damascus. Assad said "current and former US officials are trying to get in touch with us, but they do not dare to because of the powerful lobbies that are pressuring them". Syria's war began as a peaceful movement demanding political change more than three years ago, but later morphed into an armed rebellion attracting foreign fighters after the Assad regime unleashed a massive crackdown against dissent. The war has killed more than 162,000 people, according to activists, and forced nearly half the population to flee their homes. Talks rejected Al-Akhbar also quoted Assad as saying he rejects negotiations with the exiled, main opposition National Coalition. The regime and the coalition held talks in Switzerland earlier this year, but they yielded no concrete results. The Assad regime maintains that the war will only end with internal dialogue, while opponents say it is impossible to organise genuine political dissent in a country ruled in an authoritative manner for nearly half a century. "What will dialogue with the exiled opposition lead to? Nothing, because it has no impact," the paper quoted the president as saying. He insisted that conditions in Syria have "changed" since he was swept back to power by a June 3 election deemed a "farce" by the opposition. "People expressed their opinion [at the polls] and we have to respect that," the president said. The election, which Assad won with 88.7 percent of the votes, was held only in regime-controlled territory. Assad said the so-called Geneva peace process had "ended, because the circumstances have changed". "The state will be victorious, even if it takes time to crush all the terrorists," he added. |
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
United Nations' Ugandan appointee Sam Kutesa under fire
United Nations' Ugandan appointee Sam Kutesa under fire
The new law on homosexuality has a lot of support in Uganda
The
expected election of Uganda's foreign minister as UN General Assembly
president in New York on Wednesday has provoked opposition in the US.
Politicians have joined thousands in signing a petition
urging UN member states to block Sam Kutesa because of his country's
treatment of gay people.Kutesa, 65, is Africa's unanimous pick for the largely ceremonial role.
But critics are opposed because in February Uganda passed a law threatening gays with life in prison.
It would be "disturbing to see the foreign minister of a country that passed an unjust, harsh and discriminatory law'' preside over the UN body, US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand told the Associated Press news agency.
It is Africa's turn to make the ceremonial appointment, reports the BBC's UN correspondent Nick Bryant, and Mr Kutesa represented the continent's unanimous choice.
Mr Kutesa, a lawyer and MP, has been Ugandan minister of foreign affairs since January 2005.
On Wednesday, he is expected to be formally elected to the UNGA presidency.
In response, more than 9,000 people have signed an online petition urging UN member states and US Secretary of State John Kerry to block Mr Kutesa's appointment.
Uganda's Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa is said to have played a role in the nation's new strict anti-gay law
Mr Kutesa, previously a junior investment minister, was also said to have been ousted from that position over charges he abused the office.
He has denied all allegations against him.
Uganda deputy foreign minister Okello Oryem told US media that opponents of Mr Kutesa's nomination ignore his "success stories" in the region.
What Hillary Clinton’s book says about 16 world leaders
What Hillary Clinton’s book says about 16 world leaders
Clinton's book, already in German. (Kay Nietfeld/European Pressphoto Agency)
For me, however, the most interesting thing is that the book is a first-person portrayal of global diplomacy at its highest level. Sure, it's almost certainly a sanitized, agenda-driven portrayal, but it's still fascinating glimpse into that world. Clinton was secretary of state from 2009 to 2013, dealing with many of world's best (and worst) leaders, and the book details her experiences with many of them. So what is Vladimir Putin like behind closed doors? And what did Clinton really think of Silvio Berlusconi?
These are questions that don't just matter to Americans: They matter to readers all over the world. WorldViews has collected some of the best moments below.
Vladimir Putin
- (Alexey Druzhinyn/RIA Novosti/Kremlin pool)
The few moments of detente between the two come when Clinton attempts to move outside of geopolitics, instead asking Putin about Siberian tigers and environmentalism ("He launched into an animated discourse in English on the fate of the tigers in the east, polar bears in the north, and other endangered species," she observes). At one point Putin tells a remarkable story about his father saving his mother from certain death during the brutal Siege of Leningrad, although Clinton's tone suggests that perhaps she doesn't buy it.
Clinton is more positive when talking about Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, and speaks at length about Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who she says was "perpetually tanned and well-tailored, spoke fluent English, had a taste for fine whiskey and the poetry of Pushkin." She also describes, in detail, the moment that she gave him a giant button that was supposed to say "reset" in Russian, but actually read "overcharge".
Moammar Gaddafi
(Ernesto Ruscio/AFP/Getty Images)
"In my eyes, Qaddafi was a criminal and a terrorist who could never be trusted," Clinton writes, detailing his long history.
Later, she briefly mentions Gaddafi's strange obsession with her predecessor, Condoleezza Rice.
Kim Jong Il
(Reuters/Korea News Service)
Silvio Berlusconi
(Alberto Pizzoli/AFP)
"Why are you saying those things about me?" Clinton recalls Berlusconi saying.
It seems possible that Clinton has some sympathy for Berlusconi, who was convicted of fraud after quitting Italian office. (The other possibility – that Clinton may want to avoid offending Berlusconi in case he enters office again – is more worrying.)
David Cameron
(Stefan Rousseau/AFP)
Clinton also occasionally mentions former British prime minister Tony Blair, who is described as an "old friend" and someone she confides in.
Hamid Karzai
AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini
Benjamin Netanyahu
(AP Photo/Gali Tibbon, Pool)
She writes that she and Netanyahu "argued frequently," but worked together as "partners and friends."
Mahmoud Abbas
(Mohamad Torokman/Reuters)
Mohamed Morsi
(Oliver Weiken/EPA)
Speaking about military leader (and now president) Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Clinton writes that he "appears to be following the classic mold of Middle Eastern strongmen."
Felipe Calderon
(Bernardo Montoya/Reuters)
Hugo Chavez
(Miraflores Palace via Reuters)
She also recalls that Chavez once went on Venezuelan television and sang a song with the lyrics "I'm not loved by Hillary Clinton … and I don't love her either."
"It was hard to argue with that," she writes.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
(Mohamed Azakir/Reuters)
She later criticizes Erdogan's attempt to broker a new Iran deal. describing him as man who thought he was "action able to bend history" to his will, but only producing only "lackluster" or even "counterproductive" results.
Nicholas Sarkozy
(Susana Vera/Reuters)
Intriguingly, she notes that Sarkozy loved to gossip about other world leader, and told her one was a "drug-addled maniac" (sadly, Clinton doesn't reveal who). Later, Clinton describes how he was influenced in his thoughts on intervention in Libya by "the French public intellectual Bernard-Henri Levy who had hitched a ride in a vegetable truck from the Egyptian border to see for himself what was happening."
Sarkozy's successor, Francois Hollande, is only mentioned once in passing.
Hu Jintao
(AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
Hu's successor, Xi Jinping, is only mentioned in passing.
Angela Merkel
(Thomas Peter/Reuters)
She appears to be the only world leader that Clinton refers to by first name only.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
(Atta Kenare/AFP)
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