Nigeria: A Clime of the Incongruous
Region: NigeriaNigeria: A Clime of the Incongruous By Nwaorgu Faustinus Call me whatever you like after reading this piece. Since the advent of the 4th republic on May 29, 1999, I have continued to watch developments, trends, situations, actions, inactions and events with particular reference on how the affairs of the Geo-political entity called Nigeria is being piloted by our rulers, politicians, government institution among others and have arrived at a conclusion that Nigeria is regretta... more
Views: 404Sarai Sierra: Manhunt Continues But Questions Still Abound
Region: NJ
The case of Sarai Sierra, the New Yorker killed in Turkey while traveling there on what the media has termed as a "photo- taking vacation," continues to be shrouded in mystery although an elusive suspect, a transient paper collector, known only Ziya T. is now the subject of a manhunt along the Syrian border. According to Turkish police investigators,blood on the murdered woman's shirt and skin found under her fingernails allegedly matches the DNA of the home... more
Views: 1135GroundReport Recognition Award Feb. 22
The GroundReport recognitinon awards will now be coming weekly highlighting the very best articles from GroundReport each week. The winning articles represent the highest quality journalism from across the site. Each winner receives a cash prize, and we will be recognizing the articles by posting them on the front page of Ground Report. The winner this week is user Mohamedain02 for the article Al-Qaeda-Linked Groups from Mali Found Safe Haven in Darfur Looking into the recent conflict in No... more
Views: 806STATE OF UNION ADDRESS AND POST US WITHDRAWAL SCENARIO
Region: New Zealand
Learning from King Pyrrhus of Greece US administration has realized that the Victory in Afghanistan will be achieved but with un-bearable costs. After the invasion of Afghanistan, the US played into the hands of the Northern Alliance, an alliance between the anti-Taliban Tajiks, Uzbeks, and Hazara etc. It is dominated by the Tajiks who have a grudge rooted in history against the Pashtuns. As a result, after the invasion of Afghanistan, there was genocide of Pashtuns ... more
Views: 596Cybrabad blast - Its Afzal this time! - Kai Po Che!
Region: IndiaIts Cybrabad blast and not Hyderabad, as some of our so called national media is going gung-ho describing the twin blasts that rocked Andhra Pradesh on Thursday evening, February 21, 2013. Now the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secundrabad have become threesome with Cybrabad that is in Raga Reddy district adjoining Hyderabad. The ignorance of our national media is profound in this case. If similar blast had have happened in Gurgoan or Noida, can the same media have called it a Delhi blast? L... more
Views: 615Mother Has Filed $20 Million Law Suit In Her Child's Death At The Hands Of Its Father
Region: VA
Commentary: This is a follow up to an article I wrote about a 15-month-old toddler's death in Manassas, Virginia where a child's father was accused of his son's death. In case readers would like to read my article, "Father in Manassas, Virginia accused of drowning young son," posted on Groundreport.com on February 9, 2013. The child's Mother, Hera McLeod, states she dwells on her son, Prince, every single day of her life. She also has decided to take legal actions against a group of ... more
Views: 495Bolivia: The Battle for Indigenous Territory
By Pablo Andrés Rivero All links lead to Spanish-language pages unless otherwise stated. Plans for a road linking the Cochabamba and Beni regions of Bolivia continues to provoke debate and cause conflict in the country. Although most agree on the need to link the two regions in to the centre and northeast of the country, the fact that plans state the road would cut through the heart of the Isiboro Sécure National Park and Indigenous Territory [1] ... more
Views: 530TOUGH ELECTORAL REFORMS NEEDED FOR INDIA
Region: IndiaPolitical Party Manifestos in India have no legally binding nature. Promising glittering future for the middle and poor class people during election campaigns and adopting the policies that draw severe public protest, after getting elected, has become routine habit for political parties in the country. India is the second largest Democracy in the world after United States of America, but, while United States is Presidential Democracy, India is a Parliamentary Democracy. Both nations... more
Views: 655Power of Video and Narrative in Raising Awareness to Human Rights’ Abuses
By Juan Arellano Witness [1], an international non-profit organization that, for the last 20 years, has been using the power of video and narrative to open the world's eyes to human rights’ abuses, participated in the most recent Global Voices Summit [2] in Nairobi, Kenya. In the panel discussion entitled “The Global Rise of Citizen Media,” Witness’ communications manager, Matisse Bustos Hawkes [3], spoke about how the different uses and applications of ... more
Views: 497AMANDA KNOX and the deleted SMS
Region: United Kingdom (Great Britain)
On the night of 1st November 2007 English student Meredith Kercher was murdered in her apartment in Perugia, Italy. Amanda Knox, her American flat mate spent the evening and night elsewhere with her boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito. They came under early suspicion and were subjected to a lengthy and unlawful interrogation on the night of 5th-6th November. Together with African bar owner Patrick Lumumba, they were arrested for the murder and brought before a ju... more
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