Africa Global Village

Profile of South Sudan’s Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon

December 23, 2013 Global Authorafrica, John Garang, Kong Chuo, South Sudan, SPDF, Sudan People's Liberation, USA

Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon (born 1953) is a South Sudanese politician who had been Vice President of South Sudan from its independence in 2011 until his dismissal in 2013. Machar obtained a PhD in mechanical engineering in 1984 and then joined the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) during the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983–2005). Riek fell out with the... Read More

12 Dead in Shooting at Washington Naval Base

September 16, 2013October 20, 2016 Global AuthorBarack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Mass shooting, US, US Politics, USA, Washington Naval Base

September 16, 2013 A lone gunman shot dead 12 people and wounded dozens of others before being killed by police Monday at a U.S. Naval facility in Washington, DC. Police identify the gunman as a former military contractor . They say it is not clear how he got access to the U.S. Navy Yard without proper identification or what… Read More

Mugabe savages West as new term starts

August 23, 2013 Global AuthorAfrican Leaders, mugabe, UK, USA, Zimbabwe

HARARE — Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe began a new five-year term in office on Thursday and immediately launched the now traditional vitriolic attack on the West, which has questioned the manner of his landslide victory in elections held last month. . Read More

U.S. under pressure over Rwanda involvement in Congo fighting

December 21, 2012 Global AuthorDRC, Kagame, M23, Obama, Rwanda, USA

JUNIOR D. KANNAH / AFP/GETTY IMAGES A youth identified as a 16-year-old corporal in the Rwandan armed forces sits with other prisoners in Kinshasha, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The government accuses Rwanda of supporting rebels fighting in eastern Congo. GOMA, Congo — It was not the bullet lodged in the officer’s gut, or the botched operation… Read More

Bahrain Migraine for the USA

September 7, 2012 Global AuthorBahrain, Emirati funded mercenary, Persian Gulf, Saud Arabia, Thomas C. Mountain, USA

The year and a half long protest movement of the majority Shi’ite people of Bahrain could be forewarning of a crippling migraine headache for the USA if it succeeds in overthrowing the western installed Al Khalifah dictatorship that has ruled Bahrain since “independence”. The people of Bahrain know all to well that the Khalifah regimes real godfather is the USA... Read More

Muslim Brotherhood’s Morsi Claims Win in Egyptian Election

June 18, 2012 Global AuthorEgypt, Israel, Mohamed Mors, USA

CAIRO - The Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi has claimed victory in Egypt's first post-uprising presidential race. But the rival camp of old guard candidate Ahmed Shafiq disputes the unofficial results, while the ruling military council claimed sweeping powers, throwing this major test of the nation's transition into doubt. Morsi's claim was just one in a stunning series of events in the turmoil that... Read More

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