Friday, September 18, 2015

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe reads wrong speech

Even world leaders have little mix ups. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is reaching the age of 92 soon, and apparently, people are pushing him into the decision to resign from his post.  He was supposed to be delivering a speech to officially open Parliament, but he read his State of Nation Address instead.  It wouldn't have been that bad...had he not already delivered that speech back in August.  People are posting things like "It doesn't help being defensive, this is a sign that he is too old and must resign!"  This was written by an anonymous person called Mr. X.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/16/africa/zimbabwe-robert-mugabe-mistake-social-media/index.html

Friday, September 11, 2015

New Atrocities in Darfur by Sudanese Force

Report Details New Atrocities in Darfur by Sudanese ForceIn Darfur there are killings and mass rapes occurring.  In 2000,  Darfur had become known for "systematic killings, rape, forced relocations and other crimes committed against mainly non-Arab tribes by government forces and their nomadic militia allies, known as the janjaweed" (Sudanese Force).  And since 2003, 300,000 people have been killed.  This is considered to be a modern-day genocide. 
"Daniel Bekele, Human Rights Watch’s executive director for Africa, said the report documented how the Rapid Support Forces, in two campaigns since February 2014, had “killed, raped and tortured civilians in scores of villages in an organized, deliberate and systematic way.”