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ThE IrIsh Govemetave aouced pla to

egage Diapoa Aica iIelad i tei deie to be

eective o oveea

ivolvemet, Miite ostate o Tade adDevelopmet, Joe Cotello

T.D., a aouced.Adde i g pa tic ipat at

te Ii Aid Wite Papereview Coultatio

ogaied by te newCommuity Pateip

(nCP), te Miite aidtat te govemet will be

ivolvig membe o teew commuitie i

Ielad i te aai oIi Aid. We I became

miite, I decided tattei voice will be ead i

all delibeatio i elatio

to policie o oveeadevelopmet ivolvig te

Ii Aid, e iomedA icaWo ld.

At t e p ale y el d i te Ii Aid cet e,takeolde taed out key iue o te

uig o Ii developmet eot. Teyolitically et te tue to dicu

udametal quetio uc a:1. ha te govemet bee ucceul i

implemetig te commitmet cotaiedi te Wite Pape o te Ii Aid?

2. Wat ae te implicatio o tecage i te global ad dometic c otext

o te govemet aid pogamme i teutue ad ow will tee aect cuet

pioitie?3. how ould te govemet epod

to te key iue o uge, agility/iecuity, climate cage, baic eed,

goveace ad uma igt, ad gedeequality?

Ii Aid, a ititutio o te tatetoug wic it paticipate i global

eot o povety eductio adumaitaia cie, a bee citicied

ove tei modu opeadi. Citic,

By Ukacukwu Okoie

www.acawolnwsa.com

poa o ish pm Mns ena Knny by Saa Sncla


2/16

2 Al 2012

OPINION

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WIT h ThE iu e ai ig omdepotatio o Aica, it i impeativeto ak oce agai: Wy ae politiciaceatig poblem o Ielad? Will tecuet depotatio policy be good o teimage o ti couty?

Altoug but a mall atio, Ielada a big eputatio o wat it a doei te pat. A umoou people, te Iimake tei peece kow i ayeviomet. Aco te wold wee teyave emigated, people tell tale about teiluece o te Ii. Tey ued,uppoted ad educated geeatio admillio o paticulaly poo people i temot a ug place o te wold, addepite te taitioal poblem otaditioal to mode, tey did it witvey little tak.

I Aica, Ii ae vey impotat topeople epecially toe i te ual aea.Like te uivited u, tey owed upwit Bible weaig caock. Take it oleave it, Ii miioaie did a maveloujob o Ielad i Aica ad tat goodwillmut be built o by te cuet civilleade. It i good tat te Eda Keygovemet ited to oe up Iicedetial ad a a appetite ooveea ivolvemet. Tey ould ot bedeceived, Aica i te ub o eoucead te mot ougt ate detiatio ote tuaoud o poo ecoomie.Puuat to tee tade objective, it iwotwile to ak membe o te Iipaliamet ad campio o depotatio- I ti policy pogeive o etogeive?

how do you ee ti? Govemet ocelauc pe-daw aid wee me,wome ad cilde ae take om teibed to te aipot? I ome cae, ateae epaated om tei kid ad pate.Eve toe wo maied accodig to telaw o te lad ae oceully budled itoaicat. Tee ae itace weedepotee ae caied ad abued witacit emak. Ti i ot te tue Ieladtat wat to be ee a avig a goodecod a a atio tat abide bycovetio o uma igt. Ti i ota ai immigatio ytem.

Wat i good o te gooe i equallygood o te gade. Wat do I mea? TeIi govemet i payig ad lobbyigte Uited state to elp Ii illegal gaitatu wile utatig people live ite Ilad. I ti tuly Ielad weeemigatio i a cultue?

I am tempted to tik ome o tepeet Ii leade do ot udetadte itoy o Ielad ad wat make tibeautiul place impotat to all wo callit ome.

Leade mut cat a poitive image oIelad i tee callegig time tocoepod to te demad o a atioemegig om ecoomic cao. Cetaiapect o te Ii policy mut be catedolely o te uvival o ti atio.Depotatio will do moe am ta goodepecially agait utue bilatealpateip. Ti i ome to all wo callit oe. Foceul depotatio agaitAica could be claied a ocialacim. Come iide.

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te Editoial team at AicaWold

would like to poit out tat it i awae

o te Milleium Developmet Goal

ad eek to yegie it wok i

accodace wit toe aim weeve

poible. Toe goal ae to impove

iue o Educatio, healt, hIV/AIDs

Gede Equality, Eviometa

sutaiability ad Global Pateip

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development of humanity.

On ThE 19t Octobe 1986, a bigt ta o temamet o Aica dimmed. It wet to leepo o it ow but ivolutaily, lie wa ued

out. Oe o Aica geatet, samoa Maceldied we i plae caed ito a illide i

sout Aica. Altoug te complicity o sout

Aica wa deied, itead poitig to piloteo. howeve, evet ad ivetigatio aveidicated tat te Apateid egime et itspecial Foce to oot dow Peidet Macelaicat.

samoa Macel beated t a a ew boo 29t septembe, 1933, i Gaza povice i

te out o Mozambique. Like mot o i

geeatio, samoa gew up i a agicultualvillage ad atteded elemetay cool u bymiioay autoitie. he completed te

out cla--te peequiite ceticate o ayige educatio. Ambitiou ad adwokig,samoa met a udle i lack o ud to puueige educatio i uig wic e apied.howeve, to ecue te tuitio ee to pay oomal taiig at te Miguel Bombada

hopital i Loueco Maque (Maputo), e

took a job wokig a a aitat i teopital. Ti afoded im eoug moey to

cotiue i educatio at igt cool. samoawoked at te opital util e let te coutyto joi te atioalit tuggle.

samoa Macel bega i political jouey

i te opital o Loueo Maque wee eled potet agait te autoitie o payigblack ue le ta wite. I oe o i

iteview, e told a epote ow bad medicalteatmet wa o Mozambique poo, Te

ic ma dog get moe i te way ovacciatio, medicie ad medical cae ta

do te woke upo wom te ic mawealt i built. I 1962 Macel joied teFot o te Libeatio o Mozambique

(FrELIMO) wic et out to tuggle o aidepedet Mozambique. he eceived

militay taiig i 1963 i Algeia, adetued i 1964 to lead FrELIMO t

gueilla attack agait te Potuguee iote Mozambique.

Ate te aaiatio o FrELIMOPeidet, Eduado Modlae, i Febuay 1969,

samoa Macel emeged a te leade ad Amycommade. Ude i leadeip, te bloody

wa o idepedece agait coloial Potugaltook a ew dimeio. Evetually, Potugal

wa deeated ad samoa became idepedet

Mozambique t elected peidet o Jue25, 1975. hi aumptio eegized ati-mioity ule actio agait Ia smit

rodeia ad Apateid sout Aica, evepovidig taiig goud o tem.

samoa Macel itoical mac eded o

Octobe 19, o i way back om a iteatiomeetig i Luaka, Zambia, i te peideti

Tupolev Tu-134 aicat, we te plae caei te Lebombo Moutai, ea Mbuzii, soutAica.

It i ow clea tat te iteatio

commiio o iquiy et up by te soutAica Apateid govemet ude t

leadeip o Judge Cecil Mago lied to te wolEvet ave dipoved te committee diga oe o te membe o te special Foce

evealed all to te soweta joualit, MpekeleDuma. I te iteview poted o AicaWol

Facebook page via Youtube, ha Louw aateome o te atocitie ad killig e committewokig i sout Aica special Foce

Accodig to Paul El, auto o We Fea naugBut God, ha Louw wa te oly coloued i

te Apateid ea special Foce. Due to Cold Wapolitic, Wete atio igoed ruia

dig, wic couteed tat samoa Macelplae wa lued wit a Mobile radio Beaco

(Model 780 - 175 - 1P pvo) to a dieet diectioI 2011, Mozambica Peidet Amad

Guebuza accued te sout Aica Apatei

egime o killig te couty t peidesamoa Macel. Guebuza wa peakig iMaputo Idepedece squae, at a ceemo

makig te 25t Aiveay o Macel deatGuebua ecalled tat te plae ca ollowe

epeated public teat agait ou ead o tatmade by top membe o te Apatei

govemet - e wa eeig to teat agaiMacel lie made by te Apateid Dee

Miite, Magu Mala, i ealy Octobe 198samoa Macel i odly emembeed a a

Aica heo woe doggede ad eilieattibute emai evegee ad eco i Aic

ad aoud te wold. Accodig to Toma GKai, e elped lay te oudatio o a o

acial ociety i Mozambique, a well a bimajoity ule govemet to powe i

Zimbabwe ad Potugal. hi widow, GacMacel i maied to nelo Madela. samo

Macel, we odly love ad emembe you.

Samoa Machl, Mozambqus s nnn sn, n a mysous lan cash lss han a

ml away om Mozambqu. H s a oa an on a a o h lan wckag


3/16

3Al 2012

NEWS

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epecially te Aica-Ii,

ave ote quetioed Ii Aidove uded o millio i

euo allocated to it evey yea.Acco dig to n CP, oe o it

uded outlet, Ii Aid ave639m i it ud to ped i

2012. Ou ole ee i to eeow ou cotibutio ca

eace o iluece te WitePape goig owad; ad ow

we c a ac ieve te icl ui o o

tee majo temeo - Ii Diapoa

Egagemet;Empowemet ad

Capacitydevelopmet o

ecipiet coutie/takeolde ad

Buie/Ivetmet ocu,

nCP aeted.O te cuet

egagemet o aWite Pape ad wy t e

govemet i coultig

Aic a i Ielad , Joe Co teloTD a ti to ay, Te Iigovemet wat to tap te

pactical expeiece oDiapoa wo come om

coutie wee we aevolved. Pobig ute, te

Labou TD aid tat i miityted to come out wit a

eewed policy tat will beeitall takeolde.

Pateig te Tade adDevelopmet Miite, Joe

Cotelo, at te eview paley wanoa Owe. noa Owe, a ome

Ii Fie Gael Jutice Miiteom 1994 to 1997, wa vey

mpeed about te outcome o

te dicuio. My impeio tat ti wa a igly ueul

meetig. May o te delegate

eel tey ave a ole ad tey ae

abeat wit te ytem backome, o tey ave a ole to play

ice tei ome would bebee iciai e to Ii A id, noa

Owe aid. Te ome JuticeMiit e e el p oiti ve abou t te

ew oadmap beig deiged byte cuet govemet ad

pay o cotiuity o te

dialogue wit Diapoa oeective eult. se uteejoied Aica to et up

tuctue oa to big out

te bet idealig wit

tegovemet

o teucce o all.

noa Owewa a Teac ta

Dla (TD) oDubli not

om 1981 to1987 ad om 1989 to 2002.

Talkig to AicaWold, Jabbi

Mbemba o te A ica Ceteaid tat e came to te talk-op a a taxpaye ad

bee iciay o I i Aid .Accodi g to te G ambia, e i

vey it eet ed i ow Ii Aidped tei budget. O te new

oadmap, e welcomed it a a

poitive developmet , peciallyo poductivity. Ielad

actually developed a a coutytoug aitace ad tade

lik wit te like o te Usad EU. I tey wat to elp

ome Aica coutie, tat willbe a good o ppot uity. Mbemba

advied tat te ew oadmapould ot be oe-way taic o

Ii buiee ito Aica butmutual. he called Ielad to

itevee o beal o Aicacoutie o maximum beeit.

Aote aea ta t will boottade, accodig to Jabbi

Mbemba, i te i ue o viaetictio. I tee ae

etictio we buie ibeig taac ted, it doe ot le t

tig go well.M. regi ald o t e n CP wa

i ig piit about te ucce

o te paley. Ealie i iadde, wile te uctio

lated, e ad taked tegovemet o tei eot o

a. But e quickly emidedAi caWol d t at t e d ay

egagemet wa i iitiativead i appie i tat te

govemet ae egagig. Tii a teppig toe o

Diapoa ad we ae appytat te Miite bougt ito

te idea eaily. It i iteetigtat te Miite i liteig to

u about te impotace opaticipatio. It i good tat te

midet i beig caged, tenCP leade aid.

Acco dig to r egi ald, te

doo i ow ope to cotiue aobut ad poductive paley,

epecially i gettig Diapoapoeioal o boad a

agait te geeal belie by amioity tat all Aica ae

aylum eeke. We ae talkigabout ivolvemet ad

egagemet. Te iue oemittace a ot bee

touced ad it i pat odevelopmet Aid, regiald

aid.A icaWol d wa able to eel

te vebal pule o paticipatcuttig aco te Aica

cotiet. Fediad Meaom Malawi wa upbeat about

te ew developmet. I tikit i a billiat idea, eeig te

ailue o may caitie. Witti kid o appoac, poject

will be eu lt- oie ted , teMalaw i bu ie ma a id.

Fo Baau hudi, aEtiopia, te idea to ivolve

Diapoa i good ad moe

eective. howeve, ecautioed tat te govemet

ould put ito pactice alltee idea to gai te

coidece o te people.Talkig to AicaWold, Ebu

Akpo veta , wo i bo t amotivatioal peake ad

guidace couello wit Epicsuppot Pogam, gave kudo to

te oadmap iitiative. We caee tig tey caot ee,

Ebu opied. Te motivatioalpeake told AicaWold tat it

i geat tat tey wat to talk toDiapoa. howeve, e

quickly waed, It mut ot beallowed to die out.

Miit e Joe Cotel o TDecouaged Aica to make

tei voice ead ad getivolved epecially a tee

iue cloely aect tem. hepomied to cotiue i ope

doo policy tougout i

teue.

FOLLOWInG ThE tagic killig o

Tayvo Mati, Al Doto J., a lawye

i Miami ad caima o te 100

Black Me o Ameica ogaizatio,told i 14-yea-old o tat e ouldalway be awae o i uoudig,ad o te act tat people migt viewim dieetly becaue e bleedto be a Aica-Ameica.

Te ootig a igligted teogoig iue o acial pejudice apaet aco

Ameica explaied

te Black Male Codeto tei youg o.Te code a bee

paed dowtoug te black

commuity ogeeatio, om

te day we aiocet emak

could eaily cotblack people tei

ob, tei eedom,o eve tei lie.

Te code wa

THe bLaCk maLe Codeto pay cloe attetio to youuoudig, epecially i you ae i

a afuet eigboood weeblack olk ae ew.People may aume

you ae a cimial epecially i youae weaig cetai clote.

It i alo advied to eve aguewit police, but potect you digity

ad take pide i umility. It ipoited out tat ot all wite people

ee black people a a teat but a ablack male te ou i o you to povete type o peo you ae.

On MArCh 21t, Miite o state

at te Depatmet o Foeig

Aa i, Joe Cote llo, omally

lauced ti yea simo

Cumbe Media Fud. Te ud abee uig o eve yea ad,

uppoted by Ii Aid, aim to

povide iceaed coveage o

developmet iue. It povide

gat o joualit iteeted i

mst f Stt LchsS Cs m F

tavellig to

Aica, i odeto eue

geate media

coveage o te

c o t i e t .

Aveage gato ucceul

a p p l i c a t amout to

3000.

Laucig

te ud, M

Cotello declaed tat Aica i te

cotiet o te utue, citig ve

pe cet aual gowt gue

aco te egio. he declaed i

belie tat Ii Aid wa ot a

puely caitable edeavou but

wa ivetig i te well-beig o

Aica ad all it people. he aguedtat it i i all ou iteet to

povide a aie ad moe equitable

wold. suc a wold will big aboutgeate peace ad tability ad be

able to adde global callege.

To ti ed, te ud will ocu o

By Paul Kelly

ti yea o climate cage, a well

a ogotte emegecie evee

umaitaia cie wic ave

dited o te ew, uc a te o-goig cii i Dau, suda.

M Co tel lo exp e ed i

excitemet at te ecet ecoomic

gowt aco te cotiet ad

iited tat ayoe would be

cazy ot to ivet i Aica. Depite

ti, e aeted tat we will ot

igoe te callege tat exitad empaied tat twety pe

cet o Ii Aid ud go diectly

to tackle uge.

M Cotello alo empaied te

impotace o te wok o Ii Aid,

epecially i te pate coutie

wic it ocue o. Tee iclude

Mozambique, Etiopia, Ugada,

Leoto, Tazaia, Timo Lete,

Zambia, Vietam ad Malawi. he

alo igligted te ecet OECD

eview o te Ii Aid pogam

wic oud it to be cuttig-edge

ad amog te bet i te wold;

depite te act it udig a

alle tity pe cet ice te 2008eceio.

Jo Cosllo td, ish Mns o Sa o ta an dvlomn

MLAdeN ANtONOV/AFp/Gy imags

Ielad actuallydeveloped a acouty tougaitace ad tadelik wit te likeo te Us ad EU. Itey wat to elpome Aicacoutie, tat willbe a good potuity

By Doloe Maty


4/16

4 Al 2012

NEWS

On MArCh 27t te Mayo o Dubli,

Adew Motague, lauced a epot

o Moitoig Itegatio i DubliCity. Te epot ummaie te

iue o migat itegatio ito

Dubli city political, ocial, cultual

ad ecoomic lie.

Te epot iued ome damig

tatitic o itegatio attempt

tu a, dig tat 27% o sub-

saaa Aica ave bee ubject

to a acially motivated aault,

teat o eiou aamet. Te

lauc wa co-oted by Te

Itegatio Cete woe

caipeo, Pat Motague, teed

te impotace o itegatio, a

tee pe cet o te populatio o

Dubli ae oeig atioal.

Migatio wa ee a a tempoay

peomeo by policy make, e

aid. It wa tougt tat te ca

would ot out migatio. But ice

te ca weve ad et iwad

migatio. he agued tat migatio

patte did ot coelate wit

ecoomic uctuatio due to te act

tat people ave embedded

amilie.

Te epot advocated a iceae

i te powe o local autoitie, a

tey cuetly lack cotol ove

maYor oF dubLin LaunCHeSinTegraTion rePorT

igbo Leader in gaLWaY reCieVeS

knigHTHood inVeSTiTure

kt Sf f

afc t Sa FlsThE ChAIrMAn o Oaaeze

ndigbo Galway Capte, si Pomie

Fedick (KsP) a bee admitted

ito te Kigtood Ode o te

Aglic a Comm ui o by te

Diocee o Umuaia Aglica

Commuio i Abia state, nigeia.

Te Kigtood ivetitue wic

took place o satuday, te 18t

Febuay 2012 at st. stepe

Catedal Umuaia ate a week

reidetial reteat at Tiity

Teological College Umuaia wa

uique ad itoic.

si Fedick alog ide wit i

wie Lady Aette Fedick weebot iducted ito te Kigt o

st. Paul (KsP) by te Biop o

Umuaia Diocee ad Acbiop

o Aba Povice, hi Gace, Te

Mot revd. Ikeci nwac ukwu

nwou. Goveo Teodoe Oji,

te Executive Goveo o Abia

state, wa te pecial guet o

oou, wile te Biop Emeitu

o ome Diocee o Aba, Te rt.

revd. Augutie Iwuagwu wa te

ivetitue peace.

Te etie membeip o

Oaaeze ndigbo Galway ave

expeed tei pooud gatitude

o avig tei leade elected ad

iducted ito te Petigiou

ThE WInD ell om Poli ma

Ja Liewki ail i i attemp

to kite u te 124 mile betwee

te Egyptia tow o El Goua aDuba i saudi Aabia. Fo ot

ou, amog ote coce,

ougt of ak,

wa tabbig tem

i te eye, te o

ad gill. h

uvived o eeg

dik, ome wate

two eegy ba a

o coue i kie

be o e e c ue

located im via i

sOs beaco.

Kigtood Ode o te Aglica

Commuio nigeia.

Duig a iteview wit te

membe o te ogaiatio, te

oude o te goup, Cie Cale

Okeiyi Maduka amed tat te

ogaiatio coit o membe

wo ave te ea o God ad

cotatly tive to pomote te

wok o God ad umaity. Te

secetay Geeal o te

ogaiatio Pice Ikea

Cikezie decibed te ivetitue

a a avet o git ad talet

wi c te Almi gty God a

employmet, educatio o ealt

matte, all o wic ae cetal to

itegatio. he alo called o teOce o Migat Itegatio to be

moved om te Depatmet o

Jutice ad Equality to te

Depatmet o Eviomet,

Commuity ad Local Govemet,

ayig tat itegatio wa ot a

iue elated to cime but wa

iexticably coected to te

commuity.

At te lauc, te Mayo alo

igligted te beet o iceaed

itegatio, citig Google a a

compay wic came to Dubli

becaue tey kew Dubli ca

attact oeig woke. Pete

szlovak, oe o te mai oce

beid te poject alo teed tat

altoug immigatio i ee a

jut aote poblem tat tee ae

alo good, poitive tig

appeig. he aid tat Ielad ad

te oppotuity to lea om ote

coutie wic ad itegatio

poblem ad tat oeig pupil did

ot ted to cocetate i paticula

cool, wic i a vey poitive

developmet o itegatio eot.

Depite ti, oweve, poblem

peit epecially i aea uc a

employmet, wee migat

exitig qualicatio ae ote ot

ecogied by employe, ad ieducatio. Poblem o acit

bullyig wee cited witi cool,

a well a poblem wit leaig

Egli wic i, accodig to O

Coell ecoday cool teace

Mic ael Kilb ide, te key to

eveytig. Ule tey ave te

laguage teye goig owee.

Te lauc alo igligted a

umbe o ytemic ailue i te

educatio ytem wic allow

teace temelve to be acially

abuive towad migat cilde.

Ecateia Lugu, a Moldova

migat, decibed ow e ied

mall cild wa umiliated ad

embaaed i ot o e wole

cla we e wa oced to tie te

oe lace o a Ii boy tee. A

ute poblem wit ti, teed

Ecateia, i te diiculty wit

complaiig about uc iue. I

Moldova, e would ave bee able

to go taigt to te teace o to te

piciple but i Ielad tee i a

lot moe bueaucacy. Ti ca be

epecially dicult i te paet

temelve do ot kow te

laguage.

S poms Fck

Mayo o dubln Anw Monagu

gaciouly betowed upo tei

Caima o te ediyig ad

uity o te body o Cit ad

makid. Te Woma Leade o

te ogaiatio M Floece

ndigwe i e ow epoe

payed God to cotiue to build

people o valou ad pomiece

i Oaaeze ndigbo Galway wit

te gace to cotiue to pomote

ad maitai good membeip

ad commuity elatio ad

evice bot atioally ad

iteatioally.

By Max Upeky

Killia Fode, CEO o Te

Itegatio Cete cocluded te

lauc by igligtig te eedo te govemet to pay moe

attetio to te iue o itegatio.

Politicia ad te civil evice

believe i te abece o ace iot

tat tee i o poblem. e aid.

howeve, e agued, clealy ti i

a iue wic eed cloe

attetio ad eeac. he oped

te epot will eve a a tool o

politicia, evice povide a

te geeal public a to wat wo

i beig doe i te aea oitegatio ad alo poit to gap

i evice poviio. he al

wa ed o t e e ga ti v

coequece o igoig te iu

o itegatio. I we get t

wog, e cautio ed. We wi

ave ocial dilocatio o decade

to come.

By Paul Kelly

POLIsh PrEss Agecy, PAP, idtat dive i Madagaca aeidig temelve wit witigake betwee tei leg at

taic ligt. Appaetly towigake ito ca i a ew

PoLiSH PreSS agenCY FindS

SnakeS beTWeen LegStecique to igte dive ouo tei ca, wic ae te

alog wit tei poeioijacked by te ake came

epot egioal pape Midi Madag aik aa.

By Max Upeky


5/16

5Al 2012

NEWS

Emma Cotelo oited te maide

copy, ou igt wee aleady eto edawig te equatio o

multicultual media i Ielad.Puuat to ou ideal to eve

ad iom, we maalled outaliet taget ad tey iclude:

To pomote a balace o

multicultual media epotig i

Ielad toug: i-deptepotig o iue aectig

A ic a ad cove ag e o oueade cadid opiio

To owcae te beauty adceativity o Aica toug

epot tat impot diveeA ica cu ltu e , va lu e a d

etetaimet

To big Aica ad it peoplecloe to Ielad ad to elppomote Ii value to Aica

i Ielad, Aica ad te et ote wold.

To povide objective adquality iomatio about

A ica i Iel ad , A ica adaoud te wold.

A A ica ad age ay, Ule te uted give tei accout,

te toy o te ut will alwayavou te ute. AicaWold,

acoed by youg talet i aeceio-poe Ielad, bega a

ew ea o tellig te eal toyo ou beautiul cotiet. Fom

te it editio i te week

pecedig Peidet Obama viit

to te cuet oe you ae eadig,te toy a bee all about

impovemet ad te deie todo moe. Ou appetite to keep te

mometum i like tat o a lio.A a A i ca po ve b t at e

clealy, no matte te adipi te jugle, a lio caot eat

ga. We keep tivig to b igou commuity to te limeligt.

Ye! AicaWold i te amead te pepective i te

poge o te cotiet oA ica ad to e ta t g eu ie ly

love it. Ou wite pa acote teetial pee o te

globe, cackig bai om

A ica , so ut Am e ic a, no t

Ame ica , Au tal ia ad Euo pe.

We a e te eal Uit ed nati owit muc love o t e co ti etad wide wold, opeatig i a

global village.A ic aWo ld pla to widel y

pomote Dubli a a touitdetiatio ad a city wee

deam ca come to uitio,otwittadig impedimet

a we ave witeed ice telauc. Dubli i a beautiul

Ilad ad a city wit ipattitude, ece te metality o

ou outit to tad imly ad telltoie a tey ae. Fom time to

time, te beautiul city o Dubli

will be owc aed to all a oeo ew citie tat ougt apawlig empie.

Ai caWol d will b e ce leb ati g

it it bitday i May wit oueade ad uppote ovecultual dace ad peece

om iciive peak e. We itedto, a oe o te pogam o te

day, iauguate a memoiallectue i oou o a Aica

ico.I ou piit o impotig te

eal Aica taditio, we itedto lauc te maide DUBLIn

CULTUrAL FEsTIVAL, toowcae umeou dace om

dieet pat o Aica.

Cotiued om Page 1

ThE AKIDWA coeece etitled

Coectig youg migat wome,

piig utue combied wit te

Iteatioal Wome Day

celebatio took place i City hall

ti yea. It tated at 5pm but wa

aleady a ive o activity om youg

wa ab e mod el te mo e

expeieced oe beig

potogaped o te tep to a goup

o teeage gil pactiig tei dace

outie. Ti yea MC wa Dil

Wickemaige, newtalk peete

o Global Village.

Ate egitatio tee wa timeo a leiuely walk aoud wic

evealed pote o may migat

wome livig i Ielad ad a lit o

ome o tei acievemet. Te

goup o youg me deed like Us

appe tued out to be taditioal

dace ad muicia woe aim

wa ot oly to owcae tei

talet but to dipel te egative

teeotypig o immigat potayed

by te media. special guet icluded

te nigeia Ambaado D Kemao

Cikwe ad epeetative om te

sout Aica, Keya ad Etiopia

embaie.

Te evet wa opeed by Tia

Akiola Jiad Akidwa Caipeo,

Ao i sh K os anc g ou o om a h b hay clba on Sh whn sh by pomooo n t ny Col lg , dubln

By Babaa Filaiaw ittl Ws dyext te audiece wee etetaiedby te Moibo Wa Aica muic ad

dace goup. Te etetaimet

coited o taditioal Aica

igig ad dacig accompaied

by Aica dum. Te dacig wa

pectacula ad tee wa a collective

camble o camea poe by te

audiece i a attempt to captue

te magicet dace wic i

my opiio made rivedace pale

ito iigicace.

Ti wa ollowed wit a video clip

etitled Ipiatioal toie o

youg migat wome i wic

eveal youg wome poke abouttei ope ad deam o te

utue. next tee wa a peetatio

by Amak a Oko kwo Akidwa

Developmet oce called Futue

activitie plaed o youg migat

woke.

Tee wa moe etetaimet

povided by te swab Diva a ou

piece gil goup agig i age om

12 to 15 yea old wo ag, daced

ad apped ad could be Ielad

utue X acto opeul.

Ae Wal om te natioal

Yout Coucil o Ielad gave a

peetatio ad ti wa ollowed

by te Akidwa stategic Pla 2012-

2015 peeted by salome Mbugua

Akidwa CEO. salome appealed o

ote wome to become membe

o Akidwa.

We wee give a peview o te

aio ow eatuig youg model

youg wo wee

ollowed by model

om ruway

Model Academy;

te ow coited

o amazig deig

i a aay o

w o d e u l

mateial. seveal

model woe

aciato adbeautiul ecklace

deiged by hele

M o i a t y t o

complemet tei

outt.

Deputy Lod

Mayo o Dubli,

Couello Maia

Paodi lauced te

Akidwa tategic

ti wa ollowed by

te Faio sow.

A u ua l t e

ruway model

wee tuig om

tei uuual

makeup to tei

amazig outt.

Fially we wee eved ligt

eemet ad ti wa ollowed

by a afe to aie muc eeded ud

o Akidwa. Eveyoe ejoyed te

igt ad lookig owad to ext

yea. www I would like to tak te

ladie o Akidwa, Dubli City Coucil

ad te umeou ote people wo

made te evet te ucce it wa.

Wh Mobo Gou a dubln Cy Hall


6/16

6 Al 2012

NEWS

T rll Sps Cp

ml eCoWaS dl

SYria - HoW Can We SToP

THe kiLLing oF CiViLianS?

MALIs ArMY at 7,000 p eoel

i ot vey lage. Apat om beig

pooly equipped, oldie et to

coot te Tuaeg ebellio

appaetly ave doe o o empty

tomac. Ti logitical ailue i

blamed o te coe o li ve lo t

by te milit ay ad it deciio to

take ove epoibility o, bot

it ow ad te couty afai.

Te Mac 22d coup a take

place jut week pio to electio

i wic te tadig peidet

Amadou Toumai Toue aid e

would o loge tad. Te coup

leadeip a italled itel a

te natioal Committee o te

ThE TrOUBLE i syia wa te

iue at Giit College Dubli

o 14t o Mac we politicia,

joualit, victim ad tudet

egaged i a talk ow. Fom 7

-10pm, peake ad coceed

paticipat egaged syia

toug skype to kow te

cuet ituatio i hom, wic

nUMBErs rEPOrTED at ik acote sael ave damaticallyiceaed. A maive 13 millio,

icludig oe millio cilde aeow aid to be teateed. Cad,

Bukia Fao, nige, Mauitaia adMali ave all declaed emegecie

ad called o iteatioalaitace. seegal alo eected,

ollowig tate electio i yet toepod accodigly.

Te Food ad Agicultual

Ogaiatio (FAO) a epoted tattate ood poductio level ae dowby a aveage o 25% o 2010 level.

retoatio o Democacy ad state

(CnrDr) wit Captai Amadou

saogo at it ead. Meawile

Toue emai ee ad at lage

omewee i te couty.

Te coup a bee widely

codemed Te Aica Uio

upeded Mali membeip

witi 24 ou, ECOWAs te

wet Ai ca eg ioal gove ace

bod y de cibed it a mil itay

advetuim, wile te EU, Wold

Bak ad Aica Developmet

Bak ave all upeded tei aid

pogam. Amid ome iotig ad

lootig i te capital Bamako ix

ead o tate epeetig

By Max Upeky

By Max Upeky

ECOWAs tued tei igt

a o u d , w e

d e m o t at o ad

coveged upo teuway.

ECOWAs leade, Alaae

Ouattaa, peidet o Ivoy

Coat alog wit ote

egioal ead, nigeia

Joata Goodluck,

Bukia Fao Blaie

Compaoe, Libeia Elle

Joo- silea, nige

Maamadou I ouou ad

Bei Yayi Boi wee all

due to y ito Bamako wit

te aim o etuig

cotitutioal ode to te

couty.

some 130,000 ave bee

diplaced by te coict movig

ito eigbouig nige, Bukia

Fao ad Mauitaia. Te ood cii

ad iig ood pice aco te

wo le egi o o dou bt ave

aggavated a ocillatig ocial

equilibium. Oe poteto, Kalia

sogo, extol, Tey (te coup

leade) ould tay to eolve te

poblem i te ot, couptio

ad educatio. Tat i moe

impotat ta electio.

saogo, meawile, i epoe

to actio wat to old electio

a oo a poible ad etu to

etablied ode.

Shl Css esclts ut act rq

THe renegade Woman WHo

beCame PreSidenT oF maLaW

Te dougt ituatio i exacebateby coict aco te egio ad b

ig ood pice, cuetly 25% abovaveage ad et to maybe evedouble.

Mamadou Biteye, Oxam egiodiecto o wet Aica imploe

Millo o people ae o tteold o a majo cii. All ig

poit to a dougt becomig catatope i otig i doe oo

Te wold caot allow ti tappe. A coceted aid eot

eeded to top te o touaddyig due to iteatioa

complacecy.

Caan Amaou Sanogo

i te la poit i te evolutio.

Public demotatio i syia

bega o 26t Jaua y 2011 ad

developed ito a atiowide

upiig. Potete demaded

te eigatio o Peidet

Baa al-Aad, te ovetow o

i govemet, ad a ed to

ealy ive decade o Baat Paty

duy Fogn eo a rte Anhony Munan a a smna on h Syan css

ule. I a uctio eatuig

oupeake icludig: D.

haa wo a bee a victim o

A ad bu tal ity, roa Bady -

head o Iteatioal Fedeatio

o Joualit, Deputy Foeig

Edito o Ii Televiio (rTE)

ad epeetative o Amety

iteatioal. naatig i

peoal toy ad tat o amily

odeal, D. haa aid tat te

iteatioal commuity ould

come to tei aid a bute u

Peidet Aad ecuity. I tei

quet to mac dow te will o

te people, Tey kill ecklely,

maim people icludig cuttiggeital. 100,000 aeted ad

mot ae miig wile tadium

ad pot cete ae tu ito

jail. Eid Lib (syia Joualit i

hom) bieed paticipat om

skype.

Iue like te iecuity o

joualit wee alo dicued at

te uctio.

A te rev olu tio i be ig

televied, iue l ike te

iecuity o idepedet

joualit, citize joualim,

uma igt o tageted

populatio ad col ict

eolutio wee alo dicued at

te uctio.

PrOPhET TB Joua o Te

syagogue o All natio i

nigeia i at becomig te talk

o te Iteet ove i accuate

pedictio. I a olie media

outit moitoed by AicaWold,

te iey peace ad pedicted

te deat o a ageig Aica

Peidet outide Wet Aica.

May ad waved te pedictio

aide util Peidet Bigu wa

Mut aika ubmit ted to dea t

day late. A a matte o act, telate Peidet eaked ito

nigeia o 27 Febuay witout

doppig a it o i itieay.

It wat util te nigeia

Televiio Autoity (nTA) igted

ad epoted about i viit tat

Ma law ia k ew t at t ei

peidet wa ot i Lilogwe.

nyaatime ad epoted tat telate Peidet Bigu wa Mutaikalet Kamuzu iteatioal Aipot

at 6.45am otwittadig te lack

o coimatio om Govemet

spokepeo Paticia Kaliati adP e i d e t i a l s p o k e m a

hetewick ntaba.

A a mat te o act, um ou wa

ie tat e wet to meet wit tenigeia Popet TB Joua woe

popecy et ive dow i

pie. AicaWold caot coim

i e eve ucceeded eeig te

iey peace woe cuc, Te

syagogue o All natio, attactte ig ad migty om all

coe o te eat, i te queto eceive itat miacle.

Followig te paig o o

Peidet Bigu wa Mutaika

te ome Vice Peidet

Mad am Joyce Ba da a bee

wo i o holy satuday a tew peidet o Malawi

Alt oug e a ump tio ad

ot come eay a te uli

Democatic Pogeive Pat

(DPP) tied to uptage e

toug ucotitutioal mea

icludig cemig to ital

Pete Mutaika, Foeig

Miite ad youge b ot e tote late leade.

Madam Joyce a Vice Pe idedid ot ejoy a good wokig

elatioip wit te late leadeate te ealie eued to

uppot te omiatio o Petewa Mutai ka, te late leade yo u ge b ot e a DP P

peidetial cadidate. Te VP

eual eaed e politica

touble ad excommuicatio

ad evetually ack i Decembe2010 om te peidetial cliqu

ad ulig paty, ocig e t

om a ew paty, People Paty

(PP).

Te late Peidet Bigu wa

Muta ika wil l be b uied o 23dApil i i pawli g ndata am

i oute Tyolo, beide i

late wie Etel.


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OPINION

7Al 2012

COLUMN

reading beTWeen THe LineS:iT iS good For THe Wind To bLoW So We

Can See THe baCkSide oF THe HensOME PEOPLE vieweligio a beig

ometig outdated,

ome ee it a beig

ometig tat caot beexplaied, but ome

believe i a upeatual

beig. Te adeet to

te Citia ait believe tat he i a Meia

called Jeu Cit wo came to edeem

makid. Te Citia, epecially te o-called

bo-agai, cite te Book o Jo i te holy

Bible a ayig tat ule you ae bo agai,

you caot ete te Kigdom o God.

Te Citia believe i te ecod comig

o Cit a tei ope o ulllig te pomie

o te ciptue. Te Citia ige tei aito euectio ate deat; ad ague o te

exitece o eave ad ell. Toe wo do wellad obey te Te Commadmet will go to

eave, wile toe wo do badly will go ell.

Te Citia ait i about belie ad tey aetogly aatical about it.

Ote deomiatio ave tei ow dieet

way o woip ad commuicatig wit teiGod. Te Mulim believe i te actity o te

Popet Moammed a tei piitual leade.

Te Mulim believe tat wateve appe iti wold, Alla a pedetied it to appe.

Te quetio i: wat i eligio? religio ia ytem o belie ad pactice elatig to te

aced uitig it adeet i a commuity

ad a a poweul old o te people way o

tikig, actig ad peceptio o iteet.

Ti ow tat eligio i ometig tat it

ollowe believe witout quetioig it. It

diect tem ad ape tei tikig ad

eaoig. It i ot ometig you ca meaueo quatiy, but it i a poweul oce wic i

exeted upo toe wo believe. hece

eligiou eelig ca mobilize people ate

ta ay ote elemet o tei idetity. Te

moal ad piitual oce o eligio ecouagepeople to act ad cage.

Aote impotat apect o te adeet

o eligio i te pactice o itual. ritual ae

poweul mea o commuicatio, toug

wic ollowe o a eligio coect wit teipiitual ouce ad obeve tei value ad

belie. We a moal meage eve to mobilie

ma actio, o we te moal meege

back it wod wit efective leadeip o it

ow, te eligiou acto ca become a igicatcatalyt o cage.

religio i a vey poweul itumet, ad

like wilde, it ca be vey dageou, toug

at te ame time it ca be a aget o cage

ad ca alo be a ouce o joy o may. Tat i

to ay tat eligio ca alo be detuctive we

it i miapplied by te eligiou udametalit.Fo itace, te miitepetatio o a Koa

vee by Mulim udametalit i Kao state,nigeia, led tee udametalit to cut o te

ead o Gideo, a o-called ubelieve becaue

e wa alleged to ave deecated te holy Koa

by teaig a page ad uig it to go to te toilet.

I ti cae, te udametalit took te law

ito tei ow ad by dipeig itat

judgmet witout allowig te law o te lad

to take it due coue. Alo, te activitie o Bokohaam i nigeia ave cot touad o live

ad i popety loe. Ti goup tuggle witte cocept o eculaim, democacy ad

modeity, callig itead o te declaatio

o Ilamic tate.

howeve, eligio ca be a aget o cage,

mobiliatio, eligtemet, peace-buildig

ad commual co-exitece. I Lati Ameica,eligio wa te oce tat dove dictato out

o powe; i Mozambique it became a

itumet to call o peace-buildig ad i

ome apateid sout Aica, it wa a

itumet o mobiliatio ad cage. Te

eligiou deomiatio i te te apateidsout Aica joied ad togete, iepectiveo ceed, colou o ace, i codemig te acit

govemet ad it policie, ad ceated

awaee o it membe.

A a ollow-up to ti, te atagoit o

eligio wo ave claimed eligio a a

popellat o violece ave cited te 2001, 9/11attack by Mulim udametalit; Boia, teblack pot o eligiou wa; te ectaia cie

i note Ielad, Idia ad Pakita; ad

te extemit depotic egime o te Taliba i

dimkPaBy Mazi Uce Azukaoma Oakwe

Agaita ad sub-saaa Aica a cae opomiece. But te itace o eligiou

coict i sub-saaa Aica ave bee taced

to povety, geed, gievace ad coloial legacy.Due to tee acto, vaiou goup tied to

aet tei ow idetity ad ougt ove

eouce cotol ad political powe.

Te politicia employed eto-eligiou

cleavage to pepetuate ated ad divide te

people amogt temelve. Te coequeceo tee actio ae coict alog te eligiou-

etic lie. Te poblem i eligiou extemitecalatio o eligiou coict. Tey ee adical

meaue a beig eceay to ulllig God

wie. Fudametalit o ay eligio ted

to take a Maicea view o te wold. I te

wold i a tuggle betwee good ad evil, it i

ad to jutiy compomiig wit te devil.

Ay ig o modeatio ca be decied a ellig

out, moe impotatly, o abadoig God will.hece te udametalit ae dive by a

deie to get back to baic tat wa utaitedby eculaim. Tey alo believe tat tey

excluively poe te tut, uually a patet

itepetatio o a aced text.

I te ace o competig eligiou claim i

ou ikig wold, may tu to dialogue a

a opeul way o oteig udetadig,

educig violece ad i coopeative eligiou

plualim a a paacea i udetadig ote

eligio.

As ThE ecod ad al teue o teicumbet peidet o Keya MwaiKibaki come to a ed o o beoeDecembe 31, 2012 ad leadig to tet peidetial electio ude teew cotitutio o Keya tat wapaed duig te 2010 eeedumwee te cadidate ace a ecodoud betwee te t ad ecodi oe acieve ligtly ove 50%majoity i te t oud o i tewie doe ot bag 25% o te votei at leat 24 coutie. Te govemetad active votig public o Keyamut ow tu to ICT ad te mediato eue tat a ee ad ai electioae eld ad te wie celebatedove oud o muatia adyama coma o ote local bewad delicacie.

Iomatio ad Commuicatiotecology a eabled ewappoace to electoal eom adgoveace i te wet ad pat oAica i wic takeolde acoecto ad juidictio ae egagedi coeu-buildig adimplemetatio pocee wile tepopulace ad media goe vialtoug ocial etwokig ad otecommuicatio mea. Ti aticlei ocued o ow Aica ad i tipaticula itace, Keya caacieve ucce i e ot comig2013 peidetial electio uig te

powe o ICT ad ocial etwokig

By Anthony Ekpechue

Anthony is a Senior Systems Analyst for Microsoft Ireland.

i te divig eat. All Keya eeddo i imply give te wole wold adte votig public te igt iomatio,at te igt time, i te igt place adi te igt cotext to be complait,wic udametally dee tecocept o ocial etwokig adocial etepie. social etwokigot oly elp te electoate to ecodad epot metic ad bia o tevotig caucue aco egio adboudaie, but may alo way tevotig cat to avou ealy ocialetwokig poweed campaig adpi docto a obeved duig te2008 Us peidetial electio.

social etwokig ite (sns) avebee gowig i populaity ove tepat ve yea. howeve, te 2008 U.s.Peidetial electio oe a potligto tei potetial o makig a eal-wold impact. some cedit BaackObama ucce to i commitmetto utiliig olie ocial etwokigtool o coectig wit teelectoate. Ealy i te campaig,Obama ied oe o Facebookoude to develop i ow campaigsns a well a a tategy o utilizigote sns platom to pead teimeage ad to mobilize uppoteto take actio. hi ta ougt toeue tat te Obama ocial etwokwould mio te o-lie wold,becaue uppote would ote moe

meaigul coectio by attedig

HoW iCT WiLL driVe kenYan2013 PreSidenTiaL eLeCTionS

eigbouood meetig ad calligo people wo wee pat o tei dailylive (stelte, 2008). Te Obamacampaig ocial etwok alo

maied commuity ogaizig tote Iteet by applyig two-way(peap moe accuately multi-way)commuicatio pocee o a majocale (Feek, 2008). Followig teelectio, people bega to dicu moeeiouly wete ocial etwokigite migt be poweul tool o e-apig goveace.

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EssE Es pecipi extolled Dubli Tiity

College piloope cleic, Te reveed

Biop Bekeley i 1713.

Ad peceptio i cucial o udetadigAica a mot people outide o Aica ave

eve viited it teei lie te impotace

o peceptio. We may oly peceive wat i,

wat te cie poblem ae ad ow we

migt teat tem toug te cotuctio

o ote.

Atoiigly eve toe wo ave pet

time tee led a peceptio tat i at oce

ale ad pevee ad maybe at bet

implitic. (Coide Koy 2012).

Looely, te biop idea pomote a ideal

o immateialim wee te exitece o

mateial ubtace i deied ad all amilia

object exit oly a idea i te mid o

toe wo peceive tem. I te Aica

cotext ti i clealy a mea by wic

outide iteet migt eek to maipulatete idea o tei peece o te cotiet

uc maipulatio migt be temed public

elatio. Witig i a aticle o te

Obeve ecetly te joualit Aua hic

commeted, Tee ae may plague i

Aica, but te oly oe eemigly impoible

to teat i te cue o bad Pr.

Ou mid eye ae cotiually adjuted

by a at bet a eoeou view o te

cotiet. (Coide agai Koy 2012).

O ideed te ollowig peceptio o te

Cogo oe tale o te good book iom u

o ow o te evet day we te good ma

called god good god became tied, e dopped

all tat wa let i i ack o wealt igt tee

upo te Cogo ad tu it became ic i

mieal eouce, lu vegetatio ad a

diveity o umaity. Wat wa e tikig?

Euopea, avig ewitte te good book

o may time a to led te peceptio tat

God wa i act wite ad ot black decided

tat i tei image, te god wo i good

bequeated ti all to tem. I ote wodtey tole it. reality a it tat te Beli

Coeece o 1885 divided te etie

cotiet ito petty muc ow it tad

today ude te peceptio ti wa ai o

wo would ague wit oe a illutiou a

Wito spece Cucill hee wite me

ca tive; tee tey caot. hee i a tak

o oe, tee te oppotuity o aote. Te

wold i big eoug. Tee i plety o oom

o all. Wy caot we ettle it aily? reality

wa ad i a diate o Aica wee

peet at te Beli Coeece ad te meat

gide o coloialim ad eouce

appopiatio bega to tu it adle,

cotiuig cetuie old exploitatio.

I te Cogo, Leopold II copoate

demad wee o exteme tat equallyexteme mea wee employed i ode to

meet tem. Te employmet o cild oldie,

ue o ape ad bodily mutilatio wee ued

to maximum eect ee. (Koy 2012 would

eve u bette addeig ti). Te Cogolee

itoia, Elikia MBokolo claim te Cogo

populatio tood at 20 millio i 1920 wee

ome oty yea ealie it tood at 40 millio.

Coevative etimate put toe wo died

om ti oced labou at eleve millio, te

ame a te umbe o dead i Wold Wa I.

Yet i Euope te ole o te oe, toug

te hollywood blockbute, Waoe i

gloied to a geate extet ta te cot i

live o te ubbe ude te weel o all it

veicle.

Today i evey village i Eglad a

moumet tad to toe wo died i WWI.

Would it ot eve pepective at leat equally,

i ot ou ow peceptio, i upo evey

oudabout i Euope we migt eect

moumet to all toe wo peied i ti

mad puuit o te ubbe eti ad copoate

geed? A mueum tad to Leopold

acievemet i te eat o te Euopea

poject i Buel, wy ot oe to te Cogo

acice? Ad let u peceive te Cogo owat it i o witout it god give colta

wed ave o poe, laptop, play tatio

o atellite tec ology.

Ad w at o t e pe ce pti o o

idepedece? A coevative 11 millio dead

i puuit o copoate pot, ca wic

baely could ave ealed by it (idepedece)

due date. I 1960 te Belgia ageed to

idepedece, wic i actuality wa jut a

peceptio we i eality te Belgia wee

playig out le pai cogolai tey bet tat

witout idigeou uma eouce, outide

copoate coce would emai i cage

o te couty eouce. Upo idepedece

jut tee Cogolee exited i a civil evice

o 1,400, jut 169 Cogolee cilde ad

completed ecoday educatio ad oly 30

Cogolee eld uiveity degee.

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copoate coloialim ad o deie to cag

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it ow eouce (a wit all Aicacoutie) cotiued ad a tey ave do

to ti day. Te public elatio idut

appopiate te tem, Te eouce cue

Cucially, amog all Aica coutie t

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to te digital age. (Agai wat Koy 201

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I d it extemely odd

Tat te poe wic I ee

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God Ble te Cogo.

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YOU hAVE bee i a elatioip o logad you eem to be ejoyig evey bit oyou elatioip wit im. he a takeyou oud te wold ad made you ogetevey ote guy. To you, ti guy i God-

et ad te bet ay lady could eve ako.he make you eel wated adappeciated we you ae aloe wit im,

but i te midt o all tee, ometigkeep tellig you e i ot i o aytigdeepe o like my ied put it ,e did otpopoe o maiage, but o datig.

I wa agy, but at te ame timecouldt elp laugig te day I waliteig to a popula FM adiopogamme. A guy called i o muic to

be played o i ac o te yea. Tepeete aked eveally to be ue eaid ac. Wat o eat could make alady tay i a datig elatioip wit ama o te good yea? You aveigoatly become M XYZ eve we

you ave o place i i utue. You eveave you pictue o te wall o i oue(like I aw lat week, aked, ad wa tolde did it eel), paade youel a teowe o te oue, but te tut i tate i jut keepig you o i exualatiactio.

Te momet e i eady omaiage, you will kow tat eve wit

you peece all tee yea, e abee eacig o te igt peo. Iwa ocked we I aked te guy togo aead ad may te lady woepictue i o te wall; e lauged adaid: Abdul, a o you ate me eac?se i jut my gilied, but cetailyot my wie.

Te ealie you pack you tig adleave i oue, te bette o you. Iemembe adviig oe time collegetudet to quit beig a live-i-love ove yea. It wa vey dicult o e tet week util e ally made up emid to lite to me. I told e tat eleavig will caue e to kow i tuly

te ma love e. Jut oe mot atee let, e popoed ad a I wite ti,tey bot live i te Uk.

Pleae d below ome o te tigtat will elp you detemie a ma levelo eioue. Dot oget tee ae guywo ae too mat tat tey ae ot guiltyo ay o te oece, yet tey ae otiteeted i a lie elatioip wit you.

His Ex is still in the picturenotig make omeoe oget a pat

elatioip like te etace ito a ew,ulillig oe. But we eem ot toudetad ti i te wold o today.how may time a a woma ee ema viit i ex? Ae you awae e calle eve i you abece? You pobablydot kow ti becaue tey till talkwile at wok o midigt wile you aeat aleep.

Te tut i tat we a ma i i aelatioip wit a woma ad tillejoy talkig wit o about i ex,

woma, you bette ie you eye my

dea. Guy ometime talk about tei exa a way o tellig you e i bette. someubad o guy eve go to te exteto tellig tei wive o gilied tode like tei ex ad you d temmakig eeece to e kid oudewea, oe, eve cookig. I kowtee ae time we d ouelve talkigabout ou pat elatioip a a way olettig out, but lady, it i ot acceptablei you elatioip mut move o.

some ladie ae aive to te poit otei ma gettig tem to peak wittei ex. Tey atteded you weddigquite aligt ad you ma a made you

believe e i ow maied (eve wee i ot). I ad a expeiece we,ate my weddig, a ex et a weddigcad wit a ote iide. Tey believed Iaw jut te cad, but ot te lette. Te

ote iide ead;you ae maied adI am appy o you, but te elatioipca till go oMot late, witout,my

AgONY COrNErwie kowig e wa te oe (ex), ecame viitig i compay o a male iedpetedig to be e ubad ad mywie tated etetaiig e a a amilyied witout kowig tat te mawo peted to be e ubad waactually e youge bote. My dealadie, tig ae appeig ad youvegot to be wie.

He prefers texting to calling

You caot tell me you ae i love witomeoe witout you avig te deieo im. A guy wo i jut playig game

wit you doe ot call o a daily bai.he come wit te excue tat e i otalway ee to call becaue o wok admake you believe i text meage aetee to pove i love o you. But tetut i tat e doe ot love you. I dotcae wee e eide o te demadigatue o i job, we a ma i tuly ilove wit you, otig take i eye ofyou. hmmmm, you dot agee wit meo ti; o poblem, time all tell.

Does not introduce you to friends andamily

I ave ee ladie beig deceived byme to te poit tat tey agee tokeep te elatioip ecet. I tat

elatioip i goig to be kept ecet,tee i ometig wog about it. Ama wo i geuiely i love wit alady will aut e beoe ied adamily. We ext a ma tell a ladyto avoid talkig about it, pleae lady,ue you togue to cout you teetbecaue tee i ometig wogomewee. Becaue o wickede ome, ome ave geuie eao okeepig tei elatioip ecet, butI ca tell you tat majoity o toegood eao ae lie.

Wy go o wit a ma wo i ot boldeoug to ag out wit you? Tee aeote wo will eve let you viit teioue. Tey keep comig to you ouead takig you out om tee, but youdot kow wee tey live. Be caeulbecaue you eat i about beig boke

ito piece; ave youel te te oedle igt vigil. I e eally love adappeciate you, i ecetay, mum,

iblig, ied, colleague, will all kowyou ae te oe.

Avoids Public Display ofAec tio (PDA)

I laug we I ee tee tig. Mego out wit tei gilied ad act veyomal wit tem. some will eve tell

you beoe you leave ome tat you jutave to keep it omal out tee becaueo ied, mum, ad pato. I e i till

aaid o givig you a ki/peck i tepeece o mum, te e i ot ma-eoug to ave you; u away om temama boy.

I e i oet wit you ad tee iotig wog omewee, e willalway eel like a baby aoud you. someue eligio to cove up; tey tell you otto allow pato to ee you get a peck omim ad e ouldt alo ee you oldigad wit eac ote. My quetio i;i tee aytig wog wit two peoplei love givig ad eceivig peck ooldig ad togete i public? It itime you became ee om tat doctial

bodage ad accept te tut. holdigad ad odiay peck will ot leadyou to ell; jut be caeul ot to getcaied away.

No mentions of future plansDoe e big you i we it come

to dicuio tat ae to do wit iutue? I e i eally iteeted i you,e will big you i we it i time topait i ew apatmet to kow wat

you like. he will be iteeted i youutue ad viio. Iact, e ow youi eveytig e doe tat you ae a pato i utue.

Lack of KindnessI ave cotiually aid it; love give.

Dot allow tem deceive you by teicotat complaiig o te mateialiticatue o mot ladie. I e love you adi geuiely iteeted i you, e wottay away o embak o a emegecytip we it i time o oue et. I ave

eve oticed tat me wo ae i lovedot wait o te woma to ak; tey goaead ad give eve beoe e ak, ad

tey take you bude om o yououlde. Tee i otig like beigtigt ted we e i i love. A mawo i i love wit you will let you avei ATM pi umbe becaue e tutyou. Te poblem i tat we ave playeitead o love. We till ave tem outtee, but jut a ew. Keep payig adakig God o uc a ma; he will edim you way.

No interest in people you loveI e love you, e love eveytigabout you. A ma will love ad wole-eatedly accept you elatio adcilde i ay. sometig appeedecetly; ate eadig oe o myaticle, a guy called me out o paiwe e oud out tat te woma ewated to may a a cild.

Tut Aica; ied tied to talkim out o it, but tak God e calledme. I advied im to ovelook te iueo igle moteood ad go aead

wit e i tuly e i i love wit eJut ecetly, I got a text meage omte guy takig me o te emotioaluppot. To te gloy o God, tey gotmaied o te 13 May 2011. I pity

wome wo ae eady to igoe teicilde all i te ame o love. I a ma

doet love you cilde, pleae let tema keep i love to imel.Ladie, I decided to do ti becaue

daily I ee wome beig miled by meMot 21t cetuy wome, epeciallyAica wome ae kow o lovigwit coditio. It i time tey toppedpetedig to be wat tey ae ot adtuig temelve to celebityactee jut becaue tey wat a mato accept tem.

Ladie, you dot eed to becomewat you ae ot ad put youel udeueceay peue o a ma topopoe. I e love you, e will tickwit you ucoditioally. You izeeigt, educatioal qualiicatioumbe o cilde, amily tatu, aveotig to do wit it. I ave ee itappe ad I kow you ca expeiece

tat ucoditioal love i you will eueto lowe you tadad out odepeatio o a ma.

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likeed to Lodo city. Te moee aated tee woeul tale temoe I tied to covice e tat Ieeded to expeiece a ew cultue

ad a ew city ad wa alo eady

o ay callege tat came myway. seeig ow adam at I wa,

e evetually quit makig eotto cage my mid.

Witi two week o ett lig iAbuja, te nYsC tae ed my

potig to Abuja but I wa told ta tit wa up to me to ogaize my wok

By Adaku Ezeudo

[email protected]

placemet a it wa out o teiad. I decided to make my way

to CBn oce ad aked to peakto te Peoel Maage. Mytikig wa i e o e ad a

cace to ea me out ad wat

te ogaizatio tad to gai byemployig me, I may be ucceul.

O gettig to te etace gate,secuity Peoel aked me

wom I came to ee, I jut aid tePeoel Maage. Tey te

aked me to povide a ame but Iad o clue. I jut kept epeatig

tat I wated to peak wit te

Peoel Maage a well a dopmy CV wit te peo. Tey aked

me to go away ad come back

we I kew wo I wa lookigo. I wet ome ecoutig all to

my Aut ad told me o. I quicklyook it o ad aid I would ty

agai te ext day. Fo two week,I wet to CBn ad all I acievedwa gettig to te gate. O o eoccaio, I oveead a viito

akig to ee te Aitat Diectoo Peoel Depatmet. We

e metioed te ame o te

peo, I quickly memoized it ad

ate waitig a wile I wet back

to te ecuity peoel wit teame. Ti time tey aked me i I

ad ay appoitmet wit im ad

I aid o, tey et me away agai.I wa devatated. Tuig back togo ome I bega to wode i my

tubboe o maybe ik- takigad poved utile ti time. I eve

imagied my Aut wit a mik oe ace ayig Didt I tell youo?

Te tid week ad begu ad Iwa o di c ou a ge d a d

embaaed to ow my ace at

tat gate agai. I didt go at tetat o te week like I uually

would; I decided to give ome timeo tat te ecuity peoel,

opeully, would ot ecogize mea te eial gate-cae. We Iaived I ad lot all codece, I

jut tood outide a away omte ecuity gate, lookig mooe.

Little did I kow tat my payewee goig to be aweed wi ti

ecod om te mot ulikelyouce.

I wa lot i my tougt we

omeoe walked up to me watig

DArE TO BE POSITIVELY STUBBOrN

dO MeN USe SiNGLe LAdieS AS tOYS?

to com my ame. I could

believe wo I wa taig at; m

cool mote i ecoday cowom I adt ee i ove teyea wa a cotact taf o CBn

wa o appy to ee e, I wa

liteally giig om ea to ea

We e metioed t at e aa meetig wit te Diecto o

Peoel I ealy aited. I bieaated my wole expeiece te ad late I ot oly walke

toug te gate tat ame day,walk ed tou g it dui g t

ubequet week till I completete nYsC ceme.

Do you ave a deam? Do yoave ometig you eel you a

detied to do? I o, te ge

poitively tubbo about it. Do ogive up. It doe ot matte ow loyou ave tood at te gate, t

umbe o time you ave beeejected o ow muc odd a

agait you. Tat i wy he

Wadwot Logellow emid utat Peeveace i a geaelemet o ucce, i you ol

kock log eoug at te gate, yoae ue to wake up omebody.

Wit Abdul Yuu


11/16

11Al 2012

FAMILY COrNEr

Sam and SoPHie Conquer THem aLL

sAM AnD sopie aveecaped om te bu,

tey ae ow i a mall

ilet village ad tey

couldt ee aybody

aoud. Tey ially aw

a gocey op, tey wee

tity, ad eed a dik,

o tey wet iide te

op.

Tee wee dieet

kid o dik i te op

ad a lot o te dik ave

tage ame like evil

cola, devil oage ad acid

wate. sopie didt wat

ay o tat, e wated

oage juice ad e

We tiged bead cut ad all aoud, it ca eve be complete

agai

Meaig: I a geat tut i b etayed it caot be completely egaied

no matte ow tick dake i, ligt mut ovecome it.

Meaig: had wok tiump ove lazie

A tubbo y omally ollow cope to te gave

Meaig: Lack o advice lead to detuctio

Ule you cay te eep om te alt, it would poio

itel.

Meaig: negative addictio i vey bad

Live ad let live

Meaig: Co-exitece i a poitive quality

Te autoity o a awk ove a cick exceed uma cotol

Meaig: natue i beyod i bigge ta ma

cotiue to look aoud.sam wa talkig to te

op keepe, e aw a

pictue o te witc tey

aw ealie agig o te

wal l be id te op

keepe. sam aked te

op keepe wo wa tat

i te pictue ad te

ma aid it wa a pictue

o i wie ad sam

outed you wie i a

witc; e locked u i te

cage ad wated to kill u

ealie. Te op keepe

bega to cage t o Wizad

ayig i cay voice tat

ye my wie i a witc

Wisdom Bits

PoemsHE PRETY VULUREow ae te migty dacig?

I tue o buyig

evice tey keep igig

Becaue it o keepigLike a vultue walkig

Meadeig ad cyig

Like a paupe tavig

Payig ad geuectig

Like te piet expectig

Devou te eat alivatig

Te oul o i oigiality

he live o oppotuity

Atop i ow pecig

Caca e mucig

ALL I WAN IS YOU

Wat a teible ditace!

My cey ow ubtace

I mae o cotat

Te eat eed aitaceco it i o peitet

Ad alo moe impotat

Ad muc moe committed

Witout complacecy

se talk om a ditace

Emotio eem autoitative

Makig te ea attetive

Pule ace beatig automatic

MWANAMKE MZURI

Ue i te geate

Like te vie keepe

Tig eald te daw

Yet top ae yet to oe

Lovig you ae to pove

Tempet you coque

Flaig you agFo te eagle tat poac

Fo te oe tat devou

salt o te wold

Ki tat lue ot

Touc tat oote

Ad geei o it

Connect with

AfricaWorldon

#africaworldnews

By rolad Idowu

Chapter 3 - Sam and Sophie got a magiC wand

HE ECHO SO FAR

Jouey eem awy

Bo i bit o te olocaut

Fizzy ake place a cot

so o ma i ate

Medulla eekig to tate

Payig o it to come at

soo did I jut tat?

he a to ow wat e got

name aa o tigt

Buig te iue wit ligt

Te od tat eem like a pactJouey tat i beyod migt

Ala it come to igt.

CrY OF A BErEAVED WOrLD

O! omo mi,om te cadle you eemedo eee ad weetpeople lived i amoypeace eve meltedjoy eve let............,Ad love........,A guadia agel.

Detiy told a lie,Te agel lied....,Like tieve at igt,A ga ga would oud,A te cloig o a lid,All vaied,Deat became impudet,Goe.....Goe wa my baby.

O!! omo mi,how i weep...wee..e..p,At you taomatio,Fied at loggeead,Eyeball became blackboad,same tow to te wid,Oppeio wa appy,Geed........milig,

noe could ide,Ca a oue ide?noe ca tell,Te eat om te wet,Te cutai ell........,Fo ow log........?Would deadly oud tomet o ti log?how i cave my peace.

By Micael Modi

ad I am a wizad ad tiop i o witce ad

wizad ow did you ge t

ee?

sopie aw a wad i

te op; e took it ad

a to sam. Te Wizad

took a bigge wad om

te wall ad tied to tu

sopie ito a og but

sopie dodged ad ued

e wad to tu te

wiza d ito a butt e ly.

sam ad sopie ued te

wad t o get ome a ely.


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12 Al 2012

ENTErTAINMENT/ NEWS

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ThE rEsIGnATIOn o te Mayo o naa

ate euig to deal wit black Aica

cotituet ad te diplay o a nazi lag

i te gade o a amily ome i Co. Calow

ae amogt te icidet elatig toacim, xeopobia ad dicimiatio i

Ielad, wic ae beig ecoded ad

moitoed o a ew Euopea webite,

www.ed-et wok.eu .

Te webite i a iitiative o te rED

netwok, a idepedet eeac etwok

compoed o eeac ad civil ociety

ogaiatio i 17 EU membe tate. Te

Immigat Coucil o Ielad (ICI) i a

membe o te netwok, ad will be

povidig iomatio ad update to te

ew ite o te Ii cotext.

Fidle Mutwaaibo, Itegatio Maage

wit te ICI, aid te ite will eve a a

compeeive iomatio potal, allowig

ue to eaily acce tatitic, epot ad

compaative data about acit icidet

aco te EU.

Ayoe ca log o to ti ite ad ae

at a glace ow migat ad mioity

commuitie ae teated i vaiou EU

tate, aid M. Mutwaaibo. I additio

to povidig up-to-date tatitic ad

epot o icidet o acim, te ite alo

cotai iomatio o poitive iitiative

ad policy meaue beig adopted by

govemet i ode to pomote equality.

I te Ii ectio, o example, tee ae

epot o te Implemetatio o te Good

Fiday Ageemet ad te Tavelle Pide

Awad, a well a a ticle a bout idivid ual

icidet o acim.

Key eatue o te ew ite iclude a

Teauu ectio wee wod ad

pae aociated wit acim ae

explaied ad boke dow ito plai

Egli ad te rED Atla, wic give

a couty-by-couty beakdow o te

ituatio i EU membe tate. Witi te

Atla ectio, iomatio i icluded o:

racit / xeopobic dicoue amogt

political patie i eac membe tate.

racim ad dicimiatio legilatio ad

policy implemetatio.

Ati-acit policie ad ogaiatio.

racit ate-cime.

Policig, law eocemet ad jutice.

Te demogapic ad ecoomic ituatio

o migat ad mioity commuitie.

Employmet; ouig ad egegatio;

ealt ad ocial potectio; ad educatio.

Migat / mioity paticipatio i public,

cultual ad potig lie.

Media epeetatio o migat ad

mioity commuitie.

I ecet yea, Ielad ad Euope

a witeed upecedeted ocial,

political ad ecoomic cii, aid M.

Mutwaaib o. Agait ti backdop, acit

attitude ad ate cime ca cotitute a

majo teat to ocial coeio ad equality,

ad tee i a ik tat itoleace agait

migat ad mioitie could become

wide pead ad co mmoly a ccept ed.

I ode to combat acim, we mut b

able to idetiy ad callege it, ad tat

wa t ti ew webit e i abo ut. B

documetig icidet o acim a

epotig o eective ati-acim iitiative

we ope to iom ad iluece te wo

o atioal govemet, ad eu

coutie tougout te EU become mo

toleat ad icluive. Ielad till a

log way to go beoe it ca boat o bei

a ully equal ociety, but by paticipati

i iitiative like te rED netwok we ca

ae bet pactice ad lea om t

expeiece o ote EU tate.

I additio to Ielad, ogaiatio om

Autia, Bulgaia, Cypu, Demak, Fila

Face, Gemay, hugay, Italy, Polad

Potugal, romaia, spai, sloveia a

swede ae ivolved i te rED netwok

Te netwok i led by te Ititute o

rigt, Equality ad Diveity (i-rED) om

Geece.


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13Al 2012

NEWS/ENTErTAINMENT

CHiT CHaTI WAN MY HUSBANDO BE A SLAVE!

YOUr FOOd s on h nng ablear, she reple. is your avoure!

poun yam an gus sou wh

all h conmns o swn you

ala.

thank you my ear! he sa

happly. Youre my angel, he one

ha always lls my ha wh joy!

Mr Ae sele own an ae he

oo wh relsh. He was almos

hrough wh he poune yam

when he evelope a somach ache.

Ooh! im no lng wll! h sa

ack wh an, holng hs blly.

Go, whas hanng o m? h

screame. Mrs Ae who ha gone

no her beroom came runnng

-DjIBOUTIS 16TH aual Iteatioalsemi-Maato wa eld o Mac 2,icludig ove 800 ue om aco tecotiet.-FRANCE HAS eued to commemoatete 50t aiveay o te Evia accod,wic maked te ed o Algeia wa oidepedece, due to ea o itabilityduig te Fec peidetial ad Algeialegilative electio.-SOMALIA: OVER 100 Al sabaab militatave bee killed i somalia ate a ill-atedattack o te tow o Duamaeb.-SPAIN HAS aouced ew pla to ivet

i Agola wit spai m Icoga adYeo Ibico s.A itedig to ivet eavilyi atual ga ad plate powde epectively.-EGYPT HAS aouced ew pla to builda out meto lie, uig a $1.28 billioloa exteded by Japa.-MALAWIS ATUPELE Muluzi a beeaeted ollowig iot ealie i temot. Muluzi, deputy leade o te uiteddemocatic ot, a taged epeatedpotet agait Malawi iceaiglyautocatic govemet ad i caged witicitig te public to egage i violece.-SOUH AFRICA: 3 me ave bee killedby vigilate by avig tye placed aoudtem beoe beig et aligt. Te me weeaccued o obbig oue.-BENIN HASbee gated $10 millio byte Wold Bak i ode to impove malaiateatmet a a pat o te healt sytem

Peomace Poject.-MALIS MILITARY ave mutiied,tutig te couty ito cao wit tate-u adio ad televiio boadcat quicklyut dow.-SOUTH SUDANESE MP ave aoucedtat i sudaee Peidet Ome Baiviit te ta te to co clu de teCompeeive Peace Ageemet e willot be aeted a sout suda a otecogied te autoity o te ICC.-BOTSWANAS BUSHMEN ave egaiedacce to wate ate a ew well wa dug adte legal igt to ue te wate gaied. TeBume ad bee deied te wate byBotwaa govemet i a attempt to ocetem of lad valued o diamod miig.-ETHIOPIA HAS mouted a aid ito Eitea,claimig to ave detoyed tee meceaycamp.

-SWAZILANDS MINISER oJutice ad Cotitutioal

Aai a teateed Facebookue wit te oce oiteatioal law o owigdiepect to kig Mwati III.

-BURUNDI HAS lauced a campaig toegite it 1.5 millio cilde wo lack bitceticate i ode to allow tem to avail oee medical cae.-GABONS AUHORIIES ave begu legalpoceedig agait ix joualit o citicalcommet o te ue o te peidetial plaeby Cie o staf Maixet Accombei o auocial tip to Bei.-MOROCCOS LEGISLATION o ape wacodemed by huma rigt Watc oMac 23d ate it eulted i a 16 yea oldgil committig uicide. Te legilatio allow

apit to ecape poecutio i tey maytei victim.-CAMEROON HAS aouced pla to eda delegatio o ig level ocial to dicua eolutio to a ijuctio peeted by teetic sawa cie ove te cotuctio oa $115 millio cemet actoy o tei lad.-THE GAMBIA: Foday Gaama a beecaged wit teao ate allegedlyattemptig to olicit a coup dtat.-MOZAMBIqUE HAS eleaed a spaiiig boat wic ad bee detaiedollowig illegal tua ig i Mozambicawate. It owe ave bee ed $1.2millio.-TANZANIAN ACTIVIS TS ave aoucedpla to ue docto ate a etimated 300people died a a eult o tei tike actio.-ANGOLAN HAS aouced a git o 7,500ectae o aable lad to Cape Vede i odeto tegte bilateal elatio adivetmet oppotuitie i Agolaagicultue.-GHANAS TOP ootball coac Goastevaovic a bee dimied. Te GaaFootball Aociatio a aouced tat tedeciio wa take i te bet iteet o teatio.-TOGO HAS bee called o by te Committeeto Potect Joualit to ivetigate acomplait tat a potojoualit wa ecetlyaaulted. Te icidet occued ate tevictim took a potogap o police eizig amotocycle duig a potet.- THE AFRICAN Uio ad te Uited natioave aouced pla to commit 5,000 toopto ut dow Ugada teoit goup teLrA ad it leade Joep Koy.-USA ASSISAN secetay o state Joie

Cao a declaed tat Aica Democacie

epeet te utue.-NIGER IS acig a datic ood otage aove 6 millio people ae i eed oumaitaia aitace, accodig to Uitednatio reidet Coodiato, Fod ndiaye.-TUNISIAS UNION o UemployedGaduate udetook ma potet outideegioal employmet bueau ad ead oceaco te couty o te 21t o Mac.-GUINEA-BISSAUS oppoitio paty ademaded a cacelatio o te peidetialelectio, declaig it a am.-THE UGANDAN People Coeece acalled o MP to claiy te eao oimpeacmet o cuet Peidet Mueveii ode to bette eue it ucce.-THE FEDERATION o Mulim WomeAociatio o nigeia a called o tenigeia govemet to b egi talk wit

teoit goup Boko haam to ed tecoict. Te Fedeatio aid tat te killigo bot Citia ad Mulim ow tat iti ot a eligiou iue.-KENYAN POLICE oce wo wee aetedo ivadig Comoo wate aveaouced tat tei detaimet wa dueto micommuicatio.-RWANDAS TRADE i expected to be bootedollowig te aival o Qata Aiway itote couty aviatio ecto.-THE CONGOLESE red Co ad teIteatioal Committee o te red Coae cotiuig wok to elp ad ave victimo te am exploio o te 4t o Macwic killed ove 200 p eople.-SUDANESE TEACHERS i nyala avepoteted te o-paymet o ove 6 motwage o ove 5,000 employee. negotiatiobetwee teace ad govemet ocialae o-goig.-LESOTHOS PRIME Miite PakalitaMoii li a abado ed te co a teymbol o i political paty ollowig uioupotet by te Citia Coucil o Leotoad te Leoto Catolic Biop Coeece.-ZAMBIAN PRESIDENT sata a ivitedCiee iveto to expad ivetmet ite couty, epecially i mieal extactio.-HE DRCS uma igt ecod a beetaied by a ecet Un epot wic tatedtat tee wee umeou killig,diappeaace ad abitay detetiocommitted by ecuity oce duig latyea peidetial ad legilat ive electio.-LIBERIAN jOURNALIST Mae Azago agoe ito idig ate eceivig deat teato e aticle codemig emale geitalmutilatio.

-MAURIIUS AND seycelle ave iged a

goud-beakig teaty o joitmaagemet i te ue o 400,000 q kmo eabed. It i te laget ooe joitmaagemet aea i te wold adembace iteatioal bet pactice iexploatio, developmet ad coevatio.-ZIMBABWE: THE lawye epeetig teamily o deceaed geeal solomo Mujuua claimed tat te cooe examiigte cae eed we e oud tat e adot bee mudeed.-EGYPTS FOREIGN miite MoamedKamel Am a oeed Cote dIvoie outo o medicie to pop up te coutytugglig ealt ytem.-LIBYA, FRANCE ad te ICC ave calledo Mauitaia to extadite ome Libyapy cie Abdulla al-seui.-SIERRA LEONE a pledged to almot

double claoom ou ad iceaeecoday cool educatio by a yeaollowig poo educatio eult ealie timot.-MOZAMBIqUES EDUCATION Miitya declaed tat tee i o juticatioo a tike by 80 Mozambica tudetlivig i Algeia. Te tudet ae potetigagait te low gat paid by teMozambica govemet.-EGYPT HAS begu a exibitio i Japaetitled Tutakame te Golde Age ote Paao. Miite o AtiquitieMoamed Ibaim a aid tat teexibitio cotai a meage o peace adamity om Egypt to te Japaee people.-GLOBAL LEADERS ave codemed temilitay coup ovetowig PeidetAmado u Toumai Toue o Mali, witnigeia euig to ecogie te ebel ewgovemet ad te UsA callig o teimmediate etoatio o democacy.-NAMIBIA, BOTSWANA, Zimbabwe, Zambiaad Agola ave omally lauced teKavago Zambezi Ta-otieCoevatio Aea wic om a ugecoevatio aea betwee te ivecoutie.-EHIOPIA AND Eitea ave bee ugedto ow etait by te Eat AicaCommuity i ode to dete ay iceaei te iig coict betwee te two tate.-MALAWIS PRESIDENT, Bigu waMutaika, a ejected call to tep dowollowig potet callig o a ed to uelad oeig cuecy otage.-SOMALI AND Etiopia oce aveucceully peveted a ladmie blatwic wa placed by Al-sabaab militat

i a local aipot.

neWS in brieFBy Paul Kelly

MOTHErHOOD A

CHALLENgINg YET

rEWArDINg JOB

ThE JOUrnEY o Moteood i

a beautiul oe ad ca be

decibed i o may way. It cabe de c i be d a jo y ul ,

callegig, uique, coumig,wodeul, exautig, umblig,iteetig, ewadig but eay

it oe o tem. Yet, we oteay tat beig a mum i till te

bet job i te wold! Ti ib e c au e , e ve t ou g

moteood ca be veycallegig, it i till oe o te

mot ewadig poitio i lie.

so, Wat make ti callegigjob a ewadig oe? Fo me,

It i te piviledge to big ot,

ue, aie, utue, iluece,teac, tai, ituct ad guide tecilde tat I ave bee bleed

wit.

It i te oppotuity o beig calledmummy by tee lil agel wo loveme, adoe me, believe i me, tutme ad look up to me.

It i te cace to live a lie tat

cout ot oly tu my ow lie butalo tu my cilde.

It i te piviledge to be able to

make a impact i te live o mycilde, god-cilde ad ote

cilde tuted i my cae at aygive time.

It i te oppotuity to witetoe momet o pue glee, wete cilde do tig tat amue

me ad make me laug.

It i te joy o kowig tatCilde ae ou utue ad te

geat oppotuity to iuece teociety ad i tu te wold tu

my cilde ad ote cilde tatI may come i cotact wit o te

pat o moteood ad all tumy jouey i lie.

Wiig you all te vey bet o

joy tat moteood ca big toyou.

Foun o Aoabl Mum AdMGbmny G B Shogunl

Pat 3

owars hm when she hear hsscreams, o fn Mr Ae rollng on

h foo, cluchng hs somach.

Whas he maer arlng? Mrs Ae

aske, really errfe an ara. Bu

Mr Ae couln uer a wor. He was

sweang prousely an shakng. the

nex momen he sare vomng

bloo an gasng o bah.

Yee, my Go! Mrs Ae screame a

he op o her voce. Beore she coul

ush hm ou o h lvng oom, M

Ae oame rom hs mouh an

e. ther wo chlren were alreay

bese hm an were wonerng

wha h hll was gong on.


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14 Al 2012

PHOTO OF THE MONTH

Madam Joyce Bad a - new P eid et o M alawi

th Achbsho o dubln clbas Mohs day wh Acan womn n Swos

AcaWol launch o h nwsa n May 2011AcaWol o an Managng eo a a ao nvw n 2011

ikhuosan UnClub

Saajvo on h 20h annvsay o h sg o Saajvo phoo by AcaWol Managng eo


15/16

15Al 2012

Poverty and moral responsibility

ThE ArGUMEnT tat moalityad povety ae cloely elated iideed tue. Te agumet alotat may peo i te ocietyave bee victim o immoalitya a eult o povety caot bedeied. But te act o eve teagumet o placig povety aeado moality i oe tat lack

validity. O tewie , ic peoave o eao to idulge iimmoal ad coupt act. Foitace, we ea o bibey camcommitted by vey ic

peoalitie i te bid to iceaetei aleady gotte wealt. sucpeo ae ot poo but aeieetly give to te ieitibletedecy o mateial acquiitio.Ad we eme mbe e e ta tCit waig wa o te ictu, It i eaie o a camel topa toug te eye o a eedleta o omeoe ic to ete tekigdom o eave (Matt. 19: 23-25). We ae tu coceed witte elatioip betwee moalityad povety i today ocietygive te ig ate o povety adte efot to ecape it ook.

recetly I met oe M. Citie,a nigeia woma wit a poobackg ou d. T e wom a i

quetio live i a village togetewit te ub ad Wile d adtee cilde. Two o teecilde neka ad Ijeoma aegil wo claimed tey doteceive acial aitace omtei elative. so tey took to al ie o potitutio adwaywade to te kowledge ote mum. Te mote eel doeot ow at tei beaviou,ate e ecouage tem iceaccodig to e, it i oly a mea

to uvive. M. Citie eaowa ta t ot e lad ie o ecilde type alo do uc toucceed. se aid te impotattig i to play ae ad be wieto ee i tey would ed i tead o tayig ic me. Tiput u i te dilemma o cooigbetwee wat i moally wogad uvivig te quagmie opovety becaue tee ae maypeople i te ame ituatio likeneka ad Ijeoma i ociety today.still i te nigeia cicumtace,te ig ate o uemploymeta led may gil ad ladieeacig o geee patue toaume immoal lietyle. Tey

leep aoud wit ic me i top

etablimet wo pomie tememploymet i o a a tey ageeto tei exual tem. Ioically,

ote, tee gil uccumb ad aeued ad dumped wit tepomie o employmet yeteludig tei gap. But becauetey lack te eceay coe

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