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Showing posts with label Africa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Africa. Show all posts
Sunday, March 01, 2009
Sunday, July 20, 2008
In agreement with.... Kevin Myers
Okay so I can see me getting into a spot of bother with this post, but I seam to be heading more right wing in my old age (I turn an old 23 this year :P ). But anyway, Kevin Myers got into a spot of bother this week (not a new thing for him) over a colum he wrote for Indo on July 10th entitled "Africa is giving nothing to anyone -- apart from AIDS" he raises some good points about population in Africa and how many people can an overstretched continent support? While I might some share some of his exacts thoughts on this issue I think it is something we should be able to share our views on without being called 'racist' or have Immigrant Council of Ireland make complaint about views.
Myer's column on Friday was also interesting and takes another look at the Olympics, completely ignoring the Tibetan issue (which I am still slightly torn over) but is worth a read. "Corrupt, from the starting blocks to the finishing line" does paint a goodpicture of a country that has hosted the Olympic games.
He has a point... Im beginning to feel sorry for China
Myer's column on Friday was also interesting and takes another look at the Olympics, completely ignoring the Tibetan issue (which I am still slightly torn over) but is worth a read. "Corrupt, from the starting blocks to the finishing line" does paint a goodpicture of a country that has hosted the Olympic games.
After every Olympics, the hosts resemble Belgium 1918: broken, beaten, shattered -- their economies ruined, their cities devastated, their sons slain on this Olympian field. The voices rise, querulously declaring, never again: NEVER AGAIN!
He has a point... Im beginning to feel sorry for China
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Morning Briefing, 21st February
Dia Duit!
Well between the Govt. delaying the Civil Union Bill 2006 and the Polish President making homophobic remarks in Ireland (RTÉ) I'm really pissed off!
The UK are to make an announcement on withdrawal of troops from Iraq (RTÉ) It is thought likely that Mr Blair will make any announcement in an oral statement to the House of Commons following his regular weekly appearance at Prime Minister's Questions. I hope he does pull 'em out
At 5:00pm this evening the Seanad will debate the Mental Capacity and Guardianship Bill 2007, please if you know a senator ask them to vote for it.
The Civil Unions Bill 2006 also goes to a vote this evening after the continuation of the debate at 7:00p, tonight.
Trocaire has launched an online neworking site called 'Just World'
Thats all i can find for now!
Slán
Well between the Govt. delaying the Civil Union Bill 2006 and the Polish President making homophobic remarks in Ireland (RTÉ) I'm really pissed off!
The UK are to make an announcement on withdrawal of troops from Iraq (RTÉ) It is thought likely that Mr Blair will make any announcement in an oral statement to the House of Commons following his regular weekly appearance at Prime Minister's Questions. I hope he does pull 'em out
At 5:00pm this evening the Seanad will debate the Mental Capacity and Guardianship Bill 2007, please if you know a senator ask them to vote for it.
The Civil Unions Bill 2006 also goes to a vote this evening after the continuation of the debate at 7:00p, tonight.
Trocaire has launched an online neworking site called 'Just World'
Thats all i can find for now!
Slán
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Nigeria - Update
After my last post on Nigeria, I've found two interesting blog posts over on FACT OR FICTION on the issue. One is a post on Nigeria's human right obligations under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
The second is an open letter to the President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo.
USI LGBT have a page on their website about Nigeria, and what they are advocating to do, including contact details for the Nigerian Embassy in Dublin.
Organisations supporting the abandonment of this Bil:
Africa Action, United States
African Human Rights Organization, Cameroon
Alliance Rights, Nigeria
Center for Democracy and Development, Nigeria
Centre d'Etudes et de Recherche en Droits de l'Homme - Démocratie et Justice Transitionnelle, Democratic Republic of Congo
Civil Liberties Organization, Nigeria
Global Rights, United States
Human Rights Watch, United States
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, United States
International Commission of Jurists, Switzerland
International Service for Human Rights, Switzerland
Legal Defense and Assistance Project, Nigeria
National Black Justice Coalition, United States
Support Project in Nigeria, Nigeria
University of Pretoria - Centre for Human Rights, South Africa
*UPDATE* the proposed bill is a on the USI LGBT website (PDF)
Monday, December 11, 2006
Help or Colonialsim in a New From?
Via Al Jazeera
A Danish Artist as been offering poor Ugandans a way out of poverty by offering them animals in exchange for them changing their name to Hornselth.
The Scheme is not a favourite of the Ugandan Government though.
"It's a remark about hypocrisy, about Western and Third World relations, about aid against free trade," Hornsleth said.
Their is a huge debate ongoing in the Ugandan media about this.
On the ground its a different story
In response to claims that it was threatening the sovereignty of Uganda
This is not a charity according to Horselth
Im not sure myself about this but im for anything that helps people, help themselves, as im a firm beleiver in the old adage "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."
A Danish Artist as been offering poor Ugandans a way out of poverty by offering them animals in exchange for them changing their name to Hornselth.
Kristian von Hornsleth ... is offering villagers of Buteyongera aid in the form of a pig or goat if they take on his name, is a commentary on the hypocrisies of society.
The Scheme is not a favourite of the Ugandan Government though.
Officials such as James Buturo, the ethics and integrity minister, have condemned the Uganda Village Project, which Hornsleth launched in June, as racist
"It's a remark about hypocrisy, about Western and Third World relations, about aid against free trade," Hornsleth said.
Their is a huge debate ongoing in the Ugandan media about this.
Ugandan newspapers have filled up with letters and columns, some praising, but many angrily condemning the "pig-for-name" project, as an insult to poor Ugandans.
On the ground its a different story
"We're so grateful for these animals," said Kabaalu Muyiwe Hornsleth, trudging through a field of banana plants towards her new goat tied to a tree in Buteyongera village, central Uganda. "Who cares about a name? We're poor and he helped us."
In response to claims that it was threatening the sovereignty of Uganda
George Sabadu, a 46 year-old Uganda, said: "Africans adopting European names for gifts - we've been doing that since colonial times. Why do you think I am called George?"
This is not a charity according to Horselth
"It's not a donation, it's a service. I don't believe in aid, I believe in free trade."
Im not sure myself about this but im for anything that helps people, help themselves, as im a firm beleiver in the old adage "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Ethiopia authorises military action
Ethiopia's parliament has authorised military action in the event of an attack on the country by Somalia's Union of Islamic Courts.
On Thursday the Ethiopian parliament passed a resolution to let the government take "all necessary" steps in response to what it said were plans for an invasion by the Islamic Courts movement.
Parliament approved the resolution by 311 votes to 90 against and 16 abstentions.
The resolution states that: "Parliament hereby authorises the government to take all necessary and legal steps to stave off a declaration of holy war and invasion by the Union of Islamic Courts against the country."
Meles Zenawi, prime minister of Ethiopia, said his country had already suffered attacks by groups working closely with Eritrea and the Islamic Courts forces in Somalia.
He said: "The jihadists in the Union of Islamic Courts, in collaboration with Eritrea, have already invaded Ethiopia by smuggling in rebel groups whom they trained and armed ... to destabilise and create upheaval in the country."
Ethiopian troops killed
On Thursday the Islamic Courts claimed to have blown up an Ethiopian military truck near Baidoa in Somalia, the headquarters of the country's transitional government.
Fighters targeted a government convoy, possibly with a remote-controlled bomb, blowing up one of the vehicles, close to a camp where Ethiopians were training troops loyal to the transitional government.
Sheikh Mukhta Robow, deputy defence chief for the Union of Islamic Courts, said: "In praise of Allah, our holy warriors succeeded and destroyed a truck carrying troops. I'm not sure how many were killed, but all who were on board were blown up."
Sources have said around 20 Ethiopian troops were killed in the attack, but the claims could not be independently verified and one Somali government official denied the attack took place.
Later a suicide car bomb was also reported to have exploded at a government checkpoint outside Baidoa.
The attacks came a day after the Islamic Courts accused Ethiopia of shelling a Somali town.
Arms embargo
On Wednesday, the UN security council condemned what it called a "significant increase" in the flow of weapons to Somalia in violation of a 1992 arms embargo.
The Union of Islamic Courts and the Ethiopian-backed transitional government are vying for control of Somalia, and many analysts fear that it could escalate into a regional conflict.
Both Ethiopia and Eritrea have been accused of violating the 14-year-old arms embargo on Somalia.
The US is consulting the UN Security Council members on a resolution that would lift the arms embargo for a regional peacekeeping force to help promote dialogue between the transitional government and the UIC.
However, the Islamic Courts movement is opposed to foreign intervention in the country and has declared a holy war on Ethiopia over incursions into its territories.
Ethiopia says it just has a few hundred military trainers in Somalia but a report commissioned by the UN suggests between 6,000 and 8,000 Ethiopian troops are in or near Somalia's border.
The report also said 2,000 troops from Eritrea are inside Somalia supporting the Islamic Courts.
Source Al Jazeera
On Thursday the Ethiopian parliament passed a resolution to let the government take "all necessary" steps in response to what it said were plans for an invasion by the Islamic Courts movement.
Parliament approved the resolution by 311 votes to 90 against and 16 abstentions.
The resolution states that: "Parliament hereby authorises the government to take all necessary and legal steps to stave off a declaration of holy war and invasion by the Union of Islamic Courts against the country."
Meles Zenawi, prime minister of Ethiopia, said his country had already suffered attacks by groups working closely with Eritrea and the Islamic Courts forces in Somalia.
He said: "The jihadists in the Union of Islamic Courts, in collaboration with Eritrea, have already invaded Ethiopia by smuggling in rebel groups whom they trained and armed ... to destabilise and create upheaval in the country."
Ethiopian troops killed
On Thursday the Islamic Courts claimed to have blown up an Ethiopian military truck near Baidoa in Somalia, the headquarters of the country's transitional government.
Fighters targeted a government convoy, possibly with a remote-controlled bomb, blowing up one of the vehicles, close to a camp where Ethiopians were training troops loyal to the transitional government.
Sheikh Mukhta Robow, deputy defence chief for the Union of Islamic Courts, said: "In praise of Allah, our holy warriors succeeded and destroyed a truck carrying troops. I'm not sure how many were killed, but all who were on board were blown up."
Sources have said around 20 Ethiopian troops were killed in the attack, but the claims could not be independently verified and one Somali government official denied the attack took place.
Later a suicide car bomb was also reported to have exploded at a government checkpoint outside Baidoa.
The attacks came a day after the Islamic Courts accused Ethiopia of shelling a Somali town.
Arms embargo
On Wednesday, the UN security council condemned what it called a "significant increase" in the flow of weapons to Somalia in violation of a 1992 arms embargo.
The Union of Islamic Courts and the Ethiopian-backed transitional government are vying for control of Somalia, and many analysts fear that it could escalate into a regional conflict.
Both Ethiopia and Eritrea have been accused of violating the 14-year-old arms embargo on Somalia.
The US is consulting the UN Security Council members on a resolution that would lift the arms embargo for a regional peacekeeping force to help promote dialogue between the transitional government and the UIC.
However, the Islamic Courts movement is opposed to foreign intervention in the country and has declared a holy war on Ethiopia over incursions into its territories.
Ethiopia says it just has a few hundred military trainers in Somalia but a report commissioned by the UN suggests between 6,000 and 8,000 Ethiopian troops are in or near Somalia's border.
The report also said 2,000 troops from Eritrea are inside Somalia supporting the Islamic Courts.
Source Al Jazeera
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