Michael ‘Mujaheed’ Adebolaja, a 20-year old British Nigerian, is identified as one of the two men who hacked to death a British soldier in a street near an army barracks in London on May 22, 2013. Adebolaja, an alleged a Muslim convert, who answers his Muslim name ‘Mujaheed’, meaning one who fights jihad and goes […]
Enhanced security for Urban Beach Week
23 May 2013 by
Urban is code for what? Sun, sand, music and heightened security pretty much sums up Memorial Day Weekend on South Beach. The Miami Beach Police Department is currently preparing for the annual holiday weekend party, commonly referred to as Urban Beach Week, by beefing up security as much as possible. Continue reading…
Are Black critics of the president being objective or naive?
21 May 2013 by
Off the plantation or out of bounds? WaPo columnist laments. Obama can’t win with some black critics. How the Obama Administration Talks to Black America “Convenient race-talk” from a president who ought to know better A president for everyone, except Black people
Once a princess, always a princess
16 May 2013 by
A lawsuit arguing that daughters should be allowed to succeed their fathers as chiefs in Lesotho has been rejected by the Constitutional Court. The judge said the current law did not discriminate against women, as chief’s widows could inherit the title. South African lawyer Priti Patel, who was involved in the case, said the ruling […]
“Massive and unprecedented”
13 May 2013 by
Gov’t obtains wide AP phone records in probe Federal investigators secretly seized two months of phone records for reporters and editors of The Associated Press
Objects of attraction: Uganda proposes to ban miniskirts
13 May 2013 by
Anything above the knee is outlawed. If a woman wears a miniskirt, we will arrest her,” pronounced the minister in a confusing bid to preserve the nation’s modesty. Film maker and columnist Farai Sevenzo writes about plans to ban miniskirts in Uganda. Letter’s from Africa: Miniskirts and morals