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Burundi Massacre: Learning From Past Genocides

September 27, 2011 Global Authorafrica, Burundi, Burundi Africa, Burundi Killings, Burundi Massacre, Burundi Murders, Genocide, horn of africa, Massacre, war, World News

Gunmen disguised as police led a bar massacre near the Burundian capital of Bujumbura last Sunday, with an estimated 36 people killed one by one. The brazen attack has heightened fears of a civil war in the landlocked, East African country of 8.3 million. Burundi is no stranger to massacres. Genocides and civil wars between Hutus and Tutsis claimed the… Read More

Should CNN be kicked out of Africa?

September 20, 2011 Global Authorafrica, CNN, Libya

As CNN and the western media cheered and encouraged the over throw of Brother Gadhafi in Libya the question is whose side is CNN on?. According to CNN Sabha — a dusty city southwest of Tripoli — has long been considered a staunch pro-Moammar Gadhafi stronghold, but many of its residents greeted fighters from the new government warmly as they… Read More

“$431 million in food and non-food emergency assistance is not enough”

August 1, 2011October 20, 2016 Global Authorafrica, al-shabaab, famine, food insecurity, Hillary Clinton, horn of africa, Obama, US

The United States is deeply concerned by the humanitarian emergency in the Horn of Africa and today’s announcement by the United Nations that a famine is underway in parts of Somalia. The United States is the largest bilateral donor of emergency assistance to the eastern Horn of Africa. We have already responded with over $431 million in food and non-food… Read More

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Burundi Massacre: Learning From Past Genocides

Should CNN be kicked out of Africa?

“$431 million in food and non-food emergency assistance is not enough”