Written by Associated Press Ugandan criticism of a viral video about a brutal central Africa warlord continued to swell in the wake of a public screening in a remote Ugandan town once terrorized by the Lord's Resistance Army.The head of a Ugandan charity that showed "Kony 2012" said Thursday he will suspend further screenings after getting overwhelmingly negative feedback … [Read more...] about Criticism of ‘KONY 2012’ viral video swells in Uganda
The African Billionaires 2012 Forbes List
Written by FORBES The African Billionaires List A record 1,226 billionaires made it to FORBES’ annual ranking of the World’s richest people. African billionaires occupied a little over 1% of the positions on the list. Here are the 16 Africans who made the cut: Aliko Dangote, $11.2 billion Nigeria, Sugar, Cement, Flour Africa’s cement king has shed more than … [Read more...] about The African Billionaires 2012 Forbes List
Ojukwu: Biafra And The “Abandoned Properties” Question
Written by Charles Ugwuanyi Ojukwu: Biafra And The “Abandoned Properties” Question —Charles Ugwuanyi Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu meant different thing to different people. To the authorities of Kings College then, he could have been a stubborn student. But the venom which gave young Ojukwu the push to beat up a white tutor for molesting a black female staff, … [Read more...] about Ojukwu: Biafra And The “Abandoned Properties” Question
PhotoNews: President Jonathan at Dim IKemba Ojukwu funeral
President Goodluck Jonathan Paid last Respect to a great African Hero and leader Dim Ikemba "President Jonathan said that the achievements that set Ojukwu apart and which had made him subject of “edifying posthumous commentaries”, though undeniably solid were far from personal. “They were solid altruistic achievements of a man whose life epitomized love and self … [Read more...] about PhotoNews: President Jonathan at Dim IKemba Ojukwu funeral
PhotoNews: OJUKWU laid to Rest and the world came out
THE BURIAL OF THE GREAT DIM IKEMBA "Mourners gathered Friday in Nnewi, a city in Nigeria's eastern Anambra state, for the funeral and burial of Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, who led Biafra during the three-year civil war. His body lay inside a closed gold coffin draped in the Nigerian flag with an officer's black dress shoes, cap and sword laying atop it. Soldiers stood guard by a … [Read more...] about PhotoNews: OJUKWU laid to Rest and the world came out