Abalo Irene Otto October 18,2018 0  Children Play at a compoun in Apaa trading Centre. Some children do not have access to education due to the land conflict in their villages. AMURU-ADJUMANI-UGANDA: Ten years after the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) Insurgency led by War Lord Joseph Kony that ravaged Northern Uganda for more than 20 years, the region is in the recovery period. The guns are silent but the glares of a little known war continue among communities; land conflicts, poverty and disease... | John Muto-Ono p'Lajur October 18,2018 0  Mr. Ojara Martin Mapenduzi, the Gulu local government chairman “It is not late to start immediate process of National Dialogue. What kind of leadership shall we have tomorrow after General Museveni? I call upon the NRM historical members to salvage the situation by initiating transitional talks with other Ugandans. We should not get back to the bad days. This level of insensitivity must stop. I don’t want to see any part of Uganda suffer again because of... | By Frank Sharry October 17,2018 0  Trump. Closed mind, closed borders. Photo: Gage Skidmore--Flickr. Is the bet Republicans are making on xenophobia going to work this election cycle? Recent polling suggests that the prevailing conventional wisdom -- that the issue is a winner for Republicans --may have to be rethought as evidence of opposition and backlash mount. The conventional wisdom is that while a majority of Americans hold pro-immigration views, the intensity favors the Republicans on the issue... |
Stephen Mandel Joseph October 16,2018 0  Photo credit: Neighborhood Coordinator Officers Aquino and Payamps hosting their Safety Meeting courtesy of Facebook For the first time in over a decade, the city that never sleeps went an entire weekend without a single shooting reported, according to the NYPD. The lackluster weekend in gunfire has been contributed to a noticeable decrease in overall crime attributed to the NYPD's strategy in training, according to Mayor Bill de Blasio. Last month's... | Milton G. Allimadi October 15,2018 0  Dictator Museveni receives Kim Kardashian and Kanye West. Photo--Facebook. [Speaking Truth To Power] Kanye West, the mega-rapper and Donald Trump friend who is now in Uganda to record an album and who was hosted by dictator Gen. Yoweri Museveni, earlier this year landed in very hot water when he referred to slavery as a... | Colin Benjamin October 15,2018 0  Van Dyke. Eyes of cold-blooded killer. Photo. Cbslocal.com Earlier this month, Chicago killer-cop Jason Van Dyke was convicted of the cold-blooded backshooting murder of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald four years ago on October 20, 2014. Van Dyke’s conviction is a victory for activists who’ve been fighting against prejudiced policing and the institutional racism that protects police bigotry—within the legal system and mainstream politics. Unfortunately, for Van Dyke, the... |
Special To The Black Star News October 15,2018 0  VPN Security. Image courtesy--www.vpnrus.com Online privacy matters. In 2018 keeping your data safe is more than having a strong password and being aware that suspicious links should never be clicked on. Actually, what does a strong password mean? Can we really define our password is strong enough to prevent a hacker attack? Is there a password that can't be hacked? Internet privacy is a scary stuff... |
Over the last few days, during this observance of the first anniversary of the execution of Michael Brown, in Ferguson, were now hearing chants of Weve got to fight back and We are ready for war.
That weve reached this dangerous place in the fight against police abuse was...
Last week a New York Police Department officer was suspended after a video emerged showing him kicking a suspect being arrested, now a group of NYPD officers are being investigated for bringing down Sandra Amezquita a...
The Ebola crises in West Africa is another occasion where the whole world gets to see inept leadership in many African countries.
There have recently been many postings on social media critical of the United States for deploying military personnel and medical workers to West Africa in...
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