According to Western propaganda media reports on this plot we learn that a Neo-Nazi ‘outlaw biker gang’ called Sons of Silence were intended to be the partsies blamed for the assassination of Obama
“Operation Drago” which detailed the assassination plot in ‘great detail’, including its ‘main objective’ to foist blame for the killing of Barack Obama on Neo-Nazi connected White Supremacist groups based in the United States...READ MORE
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Assassinate Barack Obama?
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Exit Musharraf: A Score for Democracy.
Like all global leaders, Musharaf made many unpopular decisions during his tenure. Last December’s assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Ms. Benazir Bhutto reignited animosity against Musharaf by locals blaming him for not providing sufficient security. He chose to step down. READ MORE
Monday, August 25, 2008
Levy Mwanawasa should never have been president
He lacked charisma, wit or style—the sort of qualities that propel populists to high office in much of Africa. At rallies even his own supporters were fast bored by the former lawyer’s monotone drawl. His ill-health and slurred speech, the results of a car crash, led to nasty jibes about his mental capacity. When he narrowly won his first, disputed, presidential election in 2001, opponents dubbed him “the cabbage”, deriding him as a stooge for others more powerful. READ MORE
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Politics: "Obama Is Here - McCain don't belong in ANY chair unless he's paralyzed" by Ludacris
Grammy winning artist Ludacris, whose real names is Christopher Bridges, released a new song titled "Politics: Obama Is Here" that describes Hilary Clinton as an itch (with a capital B) and Presidential hopeful John McCain as belonging to a wheel chair not the White house. The song also takes a swipe at Jesse Jackson and outgoing President George W.Bush. READ MORE
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Was Jesus a Lunatic?
Jesus’ greatness was obvious to all those who saw and heard him. But, whereas most great people simply fade into history books, Jesus of Nazareth is still the focus of numerous books and media controversy. And much of that controversy revolves around the radical claims Jesus made about himself. As an unheralded carpenter from an obscure Galilean village in Israel, Jesus made claims that, if true, have profound implications on our lives. According to Jesus, you and I are special, part of a grand cosmic scheme, with him as the center of it all. READ MORE
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
What next for Barrack Obama?
Mr. Obama’s ascent is not only because of his youth and background but also because he promises a radical departure from policies of the Bush administration. The United States of America is currently among the worst poorly rated countries, akin to Mugabe’s Zimbabwe and the failed State of Somalia - the only difference being...READ MORE
Monday, July 21, 2008
Why Obama cartoon failed to tickle
A New Yorker cover illustration, showing Barack Obama dressed as a Muslim fist-bumping his gun-toting wife,[SEE CARTOON] fell a foul of the humour police Monday. To some, it was satire. To others, it was aid and comfort to the malice mongers who hide under the rocks of American politics. In the end, it was both.
Like a practical joke, satire can be hysterically funny without a shared catharsis, but that’s often a cruel form of humour. To be effective — if by effective one means a teachable moment, a transformative bump forward in self-awareness — the humour must be widely appreciated....READ MORE
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Finally, Kenya's Rogue Finance Minister Amos Kimunya Forced to Resign (Read Fired)
Sources close to the treasury indicate that the rogue finance minister, Amos Kimunya was actually fired given the dangerous political temperatures that he was raising in the country....READ MORE
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Aides to Rogue Kenyan Finance Minister involved in Shady deal Paraded in Shame (Includes Central Bank Governor)
The Grand Regency Hotel changed hands at Sh1.85 billion and not Sh2.9 billion. Earlier reports by the finance minister Amos Kimunya were proved wrong by evidence produced by his cabinet colleague, the Minister for Lands, James Orengo who uncovered newer details about the shady deal.
A Libyan embassy official, Mr Ahmed Mabrouk, said the mission was not involved in the transaction, adding that the matter was purely between investors from his country and the Central Bank of Kenya.
Members of parliament have planned a motion of no confidence in the Finance Minister whose aides in the shady deal were paraded yesterday in shame. The list includes Kenya's Central bank Governor who had earlier denied any links in the transaction…... READ MORE
Monday, June 30, 2008
Corrupt Deals by Rogue Finance Minister Threatens Kenya’s Young Grand Coalition Government
The creation of a grand coalition government marked the beginning of a very sensitive period of national healing and reconciliation for Kenyan. Several allegations of grand corruption that threaten the very stability of the coalition have emerged. Some senior ministers are acting unilaterally in handling very sensitive national issues for example the case of Safaricom IPO, Kenya - DelaRue Saga and the Secret Sale of the Grand Regency Hotel. If allegations against Kenya’s finance Minister, Amos Kimunya are true, then he should not just resign but…READ MORE
How to get Rid of RObert Mugabe
By forcing the opposition to abandon the election, Robert Mugabe has undermined his position. He is, as a result, weaker; but he and his thugs are determined to hang on. He has the tyrant’s delusion that “only God”, as he puts it, can displace him. So Western and African countries, especially Zimbabwe’s neighbours, must act in concert to get rid of the ogre that has shamed an entire continent.
Uncle Bob is forgetting that the world can finish him off very easily in a few calculated steps.....READ MORE
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Sunday, June 29, 2008
Social Entrepreneurship: Tobias Sturmer, Artistic Director for Empowerment Works
Social Entrepreneurship: Tobias Sturmer, Artistic Director for Empowerment Works: "As part of our commitment to highlight social entrepreneurship in Africa, the Cheetah Index brings you this interview with Tobias Sturmer-Artistic Director of Empowerment Works Music.
Before going into the interview here is an excerpt from Empowerment Works that describes Tobias's background:
'Tobias Sturmer is an ethnomusicologist, producer, social entrepreneur, musician, composer and educator living in London, UK and Cologne, Germany. Originally from Germany, he has lived in Dominican Republic, USA, Senegal and Venezuela, studying music and culture, teaching and performing.
Since arriving in London in 1998, he has acquired an MA in Ethnomusicology at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London University. He performs professionally on the London Jazz, Latin and African music scene as well as on the contemporary dance scene. T.S. has been running a non-profit artist support scheme in Senegal and Uganda since 2002. The aim of his work has been to 1) encourage cultural and economic development of African communities by providing African musicians with tools for self-reliance, and 2) to document and to enhance the cultural heritage of musical traditions in Africa."
1.How were you able to make the connection between traditional African music and economic empowerment?
Empowerment Works have been involved in a wide range of programs that aim to empower people in Africa; we are running a large number of projects there. My contribution is being the artistic director of our music department, called EW Music. So my personal angle to development work in Africa is coming from a cultural point of view, rather than an economic one, even though the two are obviously linked in the idea of empowering others. Basically I think that if you strengthen cultural values, identity and inspiration you strengthen everything else.
To understand and to evaluate the work EW Music is doing one has to look at what music means in these particular communities where we are present:
The Diola people who live in the Casamance region of Senegal are culturally marginalized as well as they are geographically cut off from the rest of the country. The music scene in Senegal is almost entirely centered around Dakar and even there, one can't buy Diola music .
All the musicians we record would otherwise never have a chance of being recorded within Senegal. They are locally performing musicians who don’t have the means to travel to a studio and also, they have no recording experience.
There is a connection between music, culture and economic development because one of the main problems in Casamance is that the young people do not want to stay in the villages, so they leave for the big cities.
So we try to contribute on a cultural basis to these villages by recording their musicians for free, as well as making and designing the covers of the cassettes for them as the cassette is still the main medium for music. Our approach towards empowerment means that we don't do the manufacturing and distribution for the artists, they must do it themselves; we simply facilitate the master. Also, we don’t have the capacity to manufacturer 100 copies or more for each of the many artists who work with us. On the whole, this is a young project and it still requires more funding. Right now, we are looking for funding partners because although we now have produced our first compilation CD La Musique Diola Volume 1, we still need the funds to present this inspiring project idea to the world…. and the music to the radio stations in Senegal.
2.Do you have plans to take this fair market project to other parts of Africa or will you continue to focus upon the Casamance region of Senegal and Luwero, Uganda?
We will absolutely go to other regions. Casamance is close to my heart since I lived there for one year. But this project can be taken everywhere. Next stop is going to be in Ghana. I will be recording artists in Ghana and take our London based Hi Life Band Yaaba Funk to Ghana to collaborate and learn from local musicians. We will make the resulting music available in the West and have a good part of the proceeds go to projects supporting those very artists.We also have good contacts with Eritrea, and we are looking to do a musical festival in Burundi ( the Great Lakes Project) to help put communication back on track between ethnic groups who were on opposite sides during the genocide that took place in 1993. In the run up to the festival I have the capacity to produce about 12 unsigned bands, who would then have their CD to sell at the festival. This is taking into account our current budgetary constraints. We aspire to bring out another compilation CD featuring all 12 bands and because of the effect that the genocide had on women of the Great Lakes Region we are also planning another compilation dedicated to women and children issues. Right now we are in the planning stages of this very ambitious project."
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Friday, June 27, 2008
Its Britain which Turned Mugabe into a vicious dictator!
Polls have already opened in Zimbabwe, and Mugabe is headed for sure landslide win. Not because Zimbabweans adore his leadership but because Britain wants him to win. He is the most popular president the world has ever known and has great hope for Zimbabwe....READ MORE
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Hail Mugabe, long live Bob, you are a true African hero
Despite his flaws, Zimbabwe’s Big Man Robert Mugabe has a “good side”. Compared to Mobutu who grabbed many people’s wives, Mugabe stole only one. During the first round of the Zimbabwe elections, Mugabe stole the vote but had some decency left - he didn’t steal enough to deny Tsvangirai victory. He only rigged it to.......READ MORE
Friday, June 20, 2008
Time to End Mu-Garbage tyranny in Zimbabwe
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
The Mediocrity of African Leadership
The rising cost of food, Africa's energy deficiency and its projected failure to meet the Millennium Development Goals has forced a deeper conclusion that Africa has a serious leadership deficiency.
Only 4% of national budgets are currently spent on agriculture, and investment is hampered by precolonial land rights that still prevail in most of sub-Saharan Africa. Meanwhile the cost of fertilizer has risen even more dramatically than the cost of fuel, leaving farmers facing a triple whammy: oil- and food-price rises.. Read More
Friday, June 13, 2008
Safaricom Shares: To go Short or Long Term? The Right Way Revealed
Monday, June 09, 2008
Who is Michael Joseph? Safaricom CEO highlights the promise—and peril—of doing business in Africa
Friday, June 06, 2008
Do you Know Africa?
Click on the links below to find out
1. South Africa Violence: Why is Brother Fighting Brother?
2. Africa Day is not Socialism Day!
3. Keen on business, China is yet to flex its formidable military muscle in Africa
4. Top secrets: Gaddafi plotted to bomb Kenya
5. Democracy, reforms can end fear of instability
6. Kenya tea loses its flavor in Pakistan
NOTE:
Are the Xenophobic attacks in South Africa Justified?
(Give your view ..CLICK HERE)
In the wake of Barack Obama
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