Republican presidential aspirant Alycia Barnard prepares to break tradition of GOP ignoring Africa
In a follow up WhatsApp message, she shed more light on her activities: “I’m the owner of Alycia Worldwide Inc in Saint Cloud, Florida. Our mission is to help women and children globally. (We have) setup small business in the United States through my consulting firm Alycia’s Consulting Firm. I am a CEO of 3 companies. I am an external CEO for other construction companies. I am the CEO of US Doors Direct that I co-own with my husband.”
History repeats itself: Just as revolutions eat their own children, Ugandan political parties are in self-annihilation
More recently, the infiltration of the opposition parties by the ruling party NRM using money as the tool with which to divide them and deplete them of their memberships and leaderships has gained currency. We have seen top leaderships of the oldest parties – DP and UPC – giving in to NRM via what they have called cooperation agreements with the Movement.
Beware, the red meat allergy caused by lone star tick is a serious health concern that has no cure
It’s common for health reports of “new” health risks to go viral, which has been true of late for tick-induced meat allergies. An internet news search returned more than 13,000 page hits for “alpha-gal syndrome” in the 30 days prior to this writing — nearly as many as a search on “breast cancer.
Sudanese journalist in Darfur: Some civilians began arming themselves to protect against looting
Food from Khartoum – our main source of supplies – has dried up as the fighting there has intensified. Traders are bringing in goods from neighbouring South Sudan and Libya, but bad roads and insecurity impact their efforts.
Sudanese journalist: War has destroyed my Darfur town, but I will keep fighting for justice
Last month, I left Darfur because there were risks to me staying put given my work, but the sense of powerlessness has only gotten worse. Every time I receive a message or a missed call from my family, I worry something may have happened.
Post-Covid in-person school attendance in US tanks, over 6.5 million students listed as chronic absentees
All told, an estimated 6.5 million additional students became chronically absent, according to the data, which was compiled by Stanford University education professor Thomas Dee in partnership with The Associated Press. Taken together, the data from 40 states and Washington DC, provides the most comprehensive accounting of absenteeism nationwide.
Irony of strong US military presence in Niger as civilian government is ousted, president detained
The US has a large unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or drone, base in the country from which it carries out missions against Islamic State and Al Qaeda affiliates in the region. It has also trained Nigerien forces in counterterror operations. In October 2017, four US soldiers were killed near the Nigerien village of Tongo Tongo after being attacked by more than 100 ISIS fighters.
Homosexuality or money? How World Bank conquers Nature by arm-twisting Africans to have a go at the unnatural
We saw this most glaringly in the Bujagali dam process in Uganda. Even if we kept on crying aloud about the dire consequences of the ethics, morality, ecological, cultural and environmental aspects that would be ushered in by the project, we were ignored. The project was funded by the World Bank and implemented by President Tibuhaburwa Museveni’s government at exorbitant cost. Busoga
Inside Moon’s drug empire: Unification Church founder built global empire from fishing and gun manufacturing
Dora Irrazábal, a prosecutor who led the probe into the blaze, said the townspeople and church management were “at war” when she arrived in Puerto Casado. She said Lorenzo Myung, whom she recalled as an “aggressive” man, accused locals of stealing church property but provided no evidence. Locals, meanwhile, accused Irrazábal of being a church stooge after she flew in on a church plane.
FBI arrest of Paraguayan TV queen and politician exposed extent of Unification Church’s role in drug trafficking, money laundering
Last November, Alvarenga, Tarrago’s accomplice, was sentenced to two years of US probation for running an unlicensed money transmitting business. Months later, on March 29, he was arrested in Asunción, accused by Brazilian law enforcement of leading an outfit that shipped at least 17 tonnes of cocaine to Europe over two years. He is in jail awaiting extradition to Brazil.
