Sahara Reporters: Latest and Current Articles & News [March ‘11 Diet]

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Source: Kassaun Checole Discusses The Revolutions Of The Horn Of Africa

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   By Sabella Ogbobode Abidde           According to the Pew Research Center’s analysis of recent US Census’s demographic data, one-in-seven new marriages in the US are interracial or interethnic.

Source: African Men And White Women: What's The Attraction?

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                 By SaharaReporters, New York            Candidate of the All Nigeria's People Party (ANPP) Ibrahim Shekarau has been declared the winner of "What About US" youth-centered presidential debate organized by a coalition of youth organizations in Nigeria at the Abuja studios of Channels television.

Source: Shekarau Again! ANPP Candidate Declared Winner Of "What About Us?" Presidential Debate

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   By Oguchi Nkwocha, MD.           Civil War looms in Ivory Coast, assuming we are not there already. The UN is getting ready to intervene militarily, blind and amnesic with regards to the current UN treacherous entanglements in Libya, which should have been a straight-forward humanitarian case.

Source: Cote d'Ivoire / Ivory Coast: A case of "African Blindness" Disease?

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   By Nuhu Ribadu           Introduction: After one civil war, seven military regimes, and three botched attempts at building real democracy, the one connecting factor in the failure of all attempts at making Nigeria a global contender is corruption.

Source: Stemming Corruption

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   By Tochukwu Ezukanma           The central problem of the Nigeria society is lawlessness. Most of our other national problems stem from lawlessness. They are either aspects of it or its direct consequences. Entrenched corruption, electoral fraud, theft of public, sectarian violence, etc are simply different dimensions of lawlessness.

Source: President Jonathan Cannot Transform Nigeria

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                 By SaharaReporters, New York           President Goodluck Jonathan’s lack-luster presidential campaign ran into more turbulent waters today thanks to a flip-flopping pronouncement by former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

Source: Obasanjo Says Zoning Is Still Alive, As Jonathan Campaign Faces Grim Reality Of Possible Loss

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   By Dr. Wumi Akintide           I crave readers indulgence and understanding for even bothering myself to put my views on this on record. Some of you reading this may immediately jump to the conclusion this man is getting old and should therefore have no business writing about an observation many Nigerians are willing to live with.

Source: A Troubling Observation Nigerians Must Ponder-Why Government Failure Does Not Translate Into Government Rejection At The Polls!

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   By Olatunde Olusesi           Dr. Leonard Jeffries, an unapologetic Pan Africanist and one of the most controversial Black intellectuals in America, was at the National Black Theater in Harlem on March 12, 2011, where he gave a speech at a forum entitled “Toward an African Renaissance, Rekindling the Spirit of Pan-Africanism.”  Before this speech, Dr. Ron Daniels, the forum convener, had appealed forcefully for unity among people of African ancestry everywhere and stressed the importance of rekindling the spirit of Pan-Africanism.

Source: Jeffries, Rashidi, Farrakhan And Soyinka's- Between Truths and Indulgencies

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                 Photonews@saharareporters, New York           The Nigerian soccer team, Super Eagles, beat the Walya Antelopes of Ethiopia 4 goals to 0 at the Abuja national stadium on Sunday evening.

Source: Buhari Watch Super Eagles Wallop Ethiopian Walya Antelopes 4-0!