Tag: Genocide
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Biden asserts what’s happening in Gaza ‘is not genocide’
U.S. President Joe Biden has rejected accusations against the Israeli leadership that it is committing genocide in its fight against Palestinian militant organisation, Hamas in the Gaza Strip. “Contrary to allegations against Israel made by the International Court of Justice, what’s happening is not genocide. We reject that,” Biden said.
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May Day calls and clashes in a year of genocide – By Owei Lakemfa
THE streets of the world exploded on Wednesday as workers and students, marchers and protesters, sent May Day calls and, in several cities, clashes erupted over local needs and international concerns.
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Thirty years after, recreating the Rwanda Genocide in Gaza – By Owei Lakemfa
VICTIMS who narrate stories of genocide, do so because they survived. Millions perish, whose voices we may never hear again. There are even victims who did not have the chance of being born. Their lives were simply terminated as they grew in the womb.
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Whistle blowers urge Tinubu to prosecute Emefiele for unleashing financial genocide
A group under the aegis of Geoge Uboh Whistleblowers Network (GUWN), has called on President Bola Tinubu and International community to prosecute the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria ( CBN ), Godwin Emefiele for unleashing financial genocide on Nigerians.
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Did Buhari Really See Rwanda’s Genocide Memorials? – Chidi Amuta
No one sees Kigali and remains the same. In many ways, Rwanda embodies Africa’s real triple heritage: the curse of colonial injustice, the tragedy of African misrule and the possibility of redemption and real African renaissance. The capital, Kigali, is at once a place of past regrets, a theatre of recent blood- letting and indeed…
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Belgium, too arrogant to apologise for killing 15 million Congolese – By Owei Lakemfa
Belgian King Philippe, Queen Mathilde and Prime Minister Alexander De Croo paid a six-day visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, from June 7, 2022 on what should have been a pilgrimage of repentance for some of the most unspeakable atrocities ever visited on humanity. King Philippe should have bowed his head in shame,…
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Ukraine sues Russia over genocide claim in UN’s highest court
Ukraine has filed a lawsuit against Russia at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) demanding immediate action against Russia and has invoked the convention against genocide.
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Perpetrators, apologists and heirs of genocide, By Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa They were five days that began to reset the world. Days in which significant steps were taken to redress years of senseless and mind boggling genocide against hapless peoples while the rest of humanity watched unconcerned. The five days of May 27 to June 1, 2021 provided some relief, and assurance that…
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CRA calls on ICC, UN to investigate Southern Kaduna Genocide
… says Southern Kaduna now like Rwanda of 1994 The Christian Rights Agenda (CRA), has called on the United Nations and the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the Hague to open investigation into the ongoing #SouthernKadunaGenocide. This was the high-point of CRA’s consultative meeting which ended in Abuja on Saturday. CRA in a statement by…
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Buhari planning genocide against Igbos – Amaechi
Elder statesman and First Republic Minister Mbazulike Amaechi has likened the Igbo to beetle that cannot be crushed. Amaechi admitted that Igbos in the country are being marginalized, while alleged ploy by the President Muhammadu Buhari’s government to wipe out the Igbo. He however noted that in spite of hatred against Igbos, they always excel…