Israel’s chief peace negotiator on Tuesday welcomed the Arab League’s decision to sweeten a decade-old initiative offering comprehensive peace with Israel, hoping the gesture would help get peace talks back on track after years of standstill. Justice Minister Tzipi Livni’s comments revealed the beginnings of what could become a rift in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s [...]
There was something enthralling in the sight, on Thursday night, of young Egyptians, some clad in underwear, making rhythmic pelvic thrusts in front of the Cairo headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood. The Harlem Shake is an unlikely medium of revolution, but the dance craze this week became the latest front in the showdown between Islamic [...]
ROME | Thu Feb 28, 2013 4:09am EST ROME (Reuters) – Western and Arab officials will meet representatives of the Syrian opposition in Istanbul next Monday to discuss military and humanitarian support for rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad, a European diplomatic source said on Thursday. “The meeting aims to work directly with opposition structures to [...]
Israel police probe apparent hate attack on Arab woman Follow us: <!– PRIMARY NAVIGATION –> Enlarge Israeli police on Wednesday confirmed they were investigating an apparent hate crime against an Arab woman in Jerusalem and said a policeman had been dismissed after praising the attack on Facebook. The attack took place on Monday at one [...]
The police have launched an investigation into an alleged assault of an Arab woman in Jerusalem on Monday. A witness claims a group of Jewish women attacked an Arab woman near the Light Rail station in the Kiryat Moshe neighborhood, hitting and yelling at her. Related stories: TA: Dozens protest against ‘racist’ attack [...]
DUBAI | Wed Nov 21, 2012 5:37am EST DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s Speaker of Parliament Ali Larijani urged Arab states on Wednesday to follow Iran’s example of providing military assistance to the Palestinians. Israel continued air strikes on the Gaza Strip early on Wednesday with the goal of deterring Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist group that [...]
Text size Comments (0) The fact that this year regimes in this region and North Africa are not toppling one after the other, as they did in 2011, is not an indication that the Arab shakeup has stopped. The trends are still dramatic, acute and sometimes surprising. Many of the events are still having significant [...]
Julian Assange accuses the US administration of trying to erect a ‘national regime of secrecy’ and calls on the government to cease its investigation of WikiLeaks Link to this video The WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, has accused President Obama of seeking to exploit the Arab spring revolutions for political gain, claiming Obama’s vocal support for [...]
President Barack Obama vowed Tuesday the United States would not permit Iran to arm itself with nuclear weapons, as the UN General Assembly heard a call for an Arab military intervention in Syria.
<!– Share Email Print –> Tweet Share Email Print Israel envoy to U.N.: Act to right wrong to Jews expelled from Arab lands September 23, 2012 (JTA) — The United Nations must act to right the “historic wrong” done to Jewish refugees expelled from Arab countries, said Israel’s U.N. ambassador to the world body, Ron Prosor. [...]
Is there anything America can do to stop the wave of often violent demonstrations targeting its embassies, and those of its allies, across the Muslim world this week? The short answer is no; it will have to ride out the rage stoked by opportunists in Muslim capitals looking to profit politically from genuine popular outrage [...]
* Egypt president says wants new Syrian government * Mursi says Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Egypt to meet * Delegate says Syria quartet in contact, no meeting yet By Yasmine Saleh CAIRO, Sept 5 (Reuters) – Egypt’s president on Wednesday promised to put Cairo back at the heart of Arab affairs and made an impassioned [...]
After the UN Security Council failed to pass a resolution to pressure Assad last week, Arab nations have decided to push for one by the General Assembly. By Edith M. Ledere, Associated Press / July 25, 2012 The United Nations Security Council votes to adopt a resolution Friday, extending the mandate for unarmed monitors to remain [...]
U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan says the Syrian government must immediately implement a ceasefire and stop its attacks on opposition groups, as fresh clashes broke out across the country on Friday. Annan’s spokesperson Ahmad Fawzi told reporters in Geneva that the “deadline is now” for President Bashar al-Assad to implement the six-point peace plan drawn [...]
BAGHDAD – Sunni Muslim rulers largely shunned an Arab League summit hosted by Shi’ite-led Iraq on Thursday, illustrating how powerfully the sectarian split and the rivalry with Iran define Middle Eastern politics in the era of the Arab Spring. The crisis in Syria is the epicenter of those divisions. The one-day summit closed with a [...]
28 March 2012 Last updated at 22:46 ET Leaders have gathered in Baghdad ahead of the Arab League summit The US has increased pressure on Syria to implement a UN-Arab League peace plan, as Arab leaders gather for talks in Baghdad. The plan, brokered by Kofi Annan, calls for a UN-monitored end to the fighting, [...]
(CNN) — Even though Syria has signed off on a U.N.-backed peace initiative, activist groups said there’s no evidence yet that the regime is carrying out the plan on Wednesday. At least 15 people, including two military defectors, were killed on Wednesday as security forces fired shells and rockets, staged raids, and clashed with resistance [...]
By HAMZA HENDAWI, Associated Press – 14 minutes ago BAGHDAD (AP) — Arab countries, divided over how to stop Syria’s bloodshed, plan to call for the Syrian regime to halt its crackdown on civilians, let in humanitarian groups and free detainees, according to recommendations Wednesday by foreign ministers preparing for a summit this week. Even [...]
Syrian rights activists say government forces have assaulted several rebel strongholds, as Arab nations made a new diplomatic effort to end Syria’s year-long conflict. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Wednesday forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad tried to storm the central town of Rastan, triggering a battle with rebels that killed three [...]
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN | Wed Mar 7, 2012 11:27am EST AMMAN (Reuters) – The U.N. humanitarian chief headed on Wednesday for a Syrian city where authorities have yet to let a Red Cross aid convoy into a former rebel area amid opposition reports of bloody reprisals by President Bashar al-Assad’s forces there. Valerie [...]
Fulani Forum to NEF: You Do Not Represent The Good People of North Nigeri
Fulani Forum to NEF: You Do Not Represent The Good People of North Nigeria In lieu of your statement: NEF to Jonathan: You‘ve declared war on Northern Nigeria We progressive youth of North Nigeria hereby assert that the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) does not represent the good people of North Nigeria. We are disappointed in [...]
Japan, a subtle but effective partner for Africa
Japan, a subtle but effective partner for Africa Interview with JICA President, Akihiko Tanaka By Jocelyne Sambira Africa’s continued growth has sparked the interest of investors from industrialized nations, resulting in fierce competition for its resources and markets. The aggressive economic expansion efforts by China and India, among others, come to mind. Japan, however, has [...]
Malian children face education crisis
Malian children face education crisis Conflict disrupts schools By Kingsley Ighobor While the world remains focused on ending Mali’s conflict following rebel incursions into the northern part of the country early last year, there are about 400,000 Malian children facing severe disruptions in their education, warns the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF. The fund and other [...]
Livestock tracking in Africa goes high tech
Livestock tracking in Africa goes high tech By Pavithra Rao In an era of lightning speed, ever-present wireless connectivity, high tech is now also being used to benefit livestock farmers in rural areas of Africa. Widely known for being used to track wild animals, GPS, or “Global Positioning System” tracking devices are being adapted by [...]
Boko Haram Are Cannibals and Drug Addicts; It Is Time To Eradicate This Scourge
Boko Haram Are Cannibals and Drug Addicts; It Is Time To Eradicate This Scourge To the President and Nigeria’s people AssalamualikumWe the MuslimsAgainstTerror.com here by offer our prayers and support for the mission to bring an end to Abubakar Shekau’s Boko Haram. We are pleased to hear of the declared states of emergency. Even though [...]
Clergy Bethrand Osinachi Ujunwa calls for unity among Christians
Clergy Bethrand Osinachi Ujunwa calls for unity among Christians By Nwaorgu Faustinus The former parish priest of St. Paul’s Catholic Parish Umuodagu Ntu in Ngor/Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State, Rev. Father Bethrand has called on Christians to be united as a body. Rev. Bethrand made the call at a send-off and reception church [...]
May 8, 2013 Boko Haram has waged a war against Nigeria In total violation of the fundamental principles of society, the Nigerian government is yet to respond to the war it’s people and military have been subjected to. The May 7th occurrence in Bama, Maiduguri is the latest in a series of full scale rebel [...]
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Three years on, not everyone happy with Africa Israel bailout
Text size Comments (0) Lev Leviev has now put some NIS 610 million into Africa Israel Investments over the past three years, the latest installment a NIS 104 million contribution to a right offerings completed on Thursday. Culled from :Here
South Africa could run out of water: Molewa
“If we continue with this trend of using water as if it is an infinite resource, we may find ourselves in some form of trouble,” she said at a New Age breakfast briefing. “There have been many predictions and pronouncements in the past… that say South Africa will run out of [clean] water.” She said [...]
Is Lagos Home to an African Tech Movement? – Mashable
The Lagos taxi driver roars across the biggest bridge in Africa at 110 mph. Buffeted by the night wind, it feels as if we’re riding a motorbike. I am with two South Africans and a guy from Silicon Valley. We’re all swilling from a bottle of so-called whisky, including the man behind the wheel. (When [...]
CORRECTED-S.Africa’s Barloworld boosts H1 profit, Russia unit robust
Mon May 20, 2013 2:37am EDT (Corrects day of the week) * Headline EPS at 321 cents vs 245 cents * Revenue up 11 percent at 31.3 billion rand JOHANNESBURG, May 20 (Reuters) – South African industrial group Barloworld Ltd boosted first-half profit by a third on Monday, as a solid result in its Russian [...]
Rwanda and the New Lions of Africa
By PAUL KAGAME As the world economy continues to stagnate, a story of hope is unfolding on my continent. Nine out of 15 of the world’s fastest growing countries today are African. Over the past decade, the continent’s economies have grown at an average 5% per annum. Foreign direct investment, which stood at $9 billion [...]
SAVOURING THE MOMENT : Kaizer Chiefs captain Itumeleng Khune lifts the Premiership trophy during the team’s celebration at Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit at the weekend Photo: Frennie Shivambu AMBITIOUS: Amakhosi boss Kaizer Motaung This was according to club boss Kaizer Motaung, who also wants to keeping the winning momentum going on the domestic front. “We [...]
Remittance woes for South Africa workers
Migrant workers employed in South Africa pay among the highest charges in the world to send their money back home. The World Bank estimates that as much as 21 percent of the money set aside for family members back home is spent on simply getting it there. Workers have little choice, however, if they want [...]
Obama to address Guantanamo prison, drone program
WASHINGTON, May 20 (UPI) — President Obama will address the U.S. secret drone program’s legality and his pledge to shut the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, a White House official said. Obama will address them in a speech Thursday at the Defense Department’s National Defense University in Washington — a speech that will focus on how [...]
Karachi tense as Imran Khan’s PTI ‘wins revote’
20 May 2013 Last updated at 10:03 Sunday’s voting as polling was re-run was held amid tight security The Pakistani city of Karachi is braced for more protests, as results emerge from a partial re-run of elections held after violence and fears of rigging on polling day. Unofficial results show that Imran Khan’s PTI party [...]
