Showing posts with label Ghana. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ghana. Show all posts

Saturday, December 09, 2017

Wasio na Makaratasi Marekani Warudishwa Kwao

Halahala kama huna makaratasi Marekani siku hizi:

Wiki hii  Mke na Mume WaSpanish kutoka Mexico waliokuwa na kampuni ya landscpaping  New  JerseyJwaliokuwa wamezaa watoto watatu Marekani wamerudishwa kwao Mexico. Hawakuwa na hatia zaidi ya kutokuwa na makaratasi.


   NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A couple who came to New Jersey from Mexico 30 years ago have been deported, leaving their three children behind.

   Oscar and Humberta Campos lived in Bridgeton, New Jersey, and own a landscaping company. They said goodbye to their children Friday morning at Newark's airport before boarding a flight to Mexico City. The children, ages 16, 22 and 24, are all American citizens.

   "There is no distance. I will always have them in my heart," Oscar Campos told WCAU-TV .

   Campos said he fled violence in his hometown, Tamaulipas, and crossed the border into Texas in 1989.

   WCAU-TV reports that after a lengthy effort to obtain work visas, the couple were ordered by immigration officials to leave the country.

   Democratic U.S. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey tried to help the family stay in the U.S. He says he's "extremely disappointed" their stay of removal was denied.

   "Mr. and Mrs. Campos' case reinforces the urgent need for us to stand united in seeking common sense solutions to our broken immigration system that are consistent with our core American principles," he said in a statement.

   Just before the couple left, Oscar Campos gave his children some parting advice.

   "Fight for your dreams, because life continues and you will always find good people that support you," he said. "There are a lot of good people. Don't give your hopes up."

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Na pia Mama MGhana anarudishwa Ghana baada ya kukutwa na hati ya kudhulumu maskini food
stamps zao hapa Massachusetts.

   WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) - The owner of a Massachusetts store has pleaded guilty to her role in a food stamp fraud scheme that netted her more than $280,000.

   Federal prosecutors say 49-year-old Esther Acquaye, who owns Esther's Fashion Paradise in Worcester, paid some customers 50 cents for every Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program dollar and received the full value of the benefits from the government.

   Acquaye pleaded guilty Thursday to aiding and abetting SNAP fraud, trafficking in counterfeit goods, and conspiracy. Sentencing is scheduled for March 7. The Ghana native who is in the U.S. legally also faces deportation.

   Authorities started investigating when they noticed a spike in SNAP transactions at the store. Prosecutors say she also allowed customers to use SNAP benefits to buy the fake designer merchandise she stocked, which is against program rules.

Tuesday, July 08, 2014

Brazil Wapondwa Vibaya na Ujerumani Katika Mashindano ya World Cup!

Katika Mashindano ya Kombe la Dunia huko Brazil, Brazili ilipondwa vibaya sana na Ujerumani!  Brazil wameanguka  1-7.  Duh! Hata Pele ana aibu!

Kwa habari za Ushindi wa Ujerumani BOFYA HAPA:

Shabiki wa Brazil akilia machozi baada ya Brazil Kutolewa katika mashindao ya World Cup. Unaweza kuona picha zaidi kwa  KUBOFYA HAPA:

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Ghanaian Author Killed in Kenya Mall Shooting

The late Prof. Kofi Awoonor

From Ghana Business News

By Emmanuel K. Dogbevi

A senior Ghanaian citizen and former Professor at the University of Ghana has been killed in the Kenya mall attack Saturday September 21, 2013.
Ghana government officials have confirmed that Prof. Kofi Awoonor, 78, is among the 39 persons killed by the gunmen.
A press statement from the Ministry of Information says “Government regrets to announce the death of former Chairman of the Council of State, Prof. Kofi Awoonor in Nairobi, Kenya this morning.
Prof. Awoonor died from injuries sustained during an attack on the Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi this morning which Somali militant group Al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for.
Ghana's High Commission in Kenya has confirmed Prof Awoonor's untimely passing and indicated that his son who also sustained injuries in the attack, survived and is currently responding to treatment.”
About 100 people were injured.
The Somali terrorist group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for the killings.

Friday, August 10, 2012

Rais Kikwete Katika Mazishi ya Rais John Atta Mills wa Ghana





Shughuli mbalimbali za mazishi za aliyekuwa Rais wa Ghana Profesa John Evans Atta Mills katika uwanja wa Independence Square jijini Accra leo Agosti 10, 2012


Rais Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete akiwa na viongozi wenzie baada ya shughuli ya mazishi ya Rais John Evans Atta Mills wa Ghana jijini Accra leo Agosti 10, 2012


Rais Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete akisaini kitabu cha maombolezo wakati shughuli ya mazishi ya Rais John Evans Atta Mills wa Ghana katika ukumbi wa Mikutano wa Ghana jijini Accra leo Agosti 10, 2012.


Rais Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete akitoa heshima kwa aliyekuwa Rais wa Ghana Marehemu Profesa John Evans Atta Mills katika ukumbi wa Mikutano wa Ghana jijini Accra leo Agosti 10, 2012.

Picha na Ikulu

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Kutoka CNN.com

Accra, Ghana (CNN) -- Thousands of mourners gathered Friday in the West African nation of Ghana to ay their respects to the late President John Atta Mills, as his funeral was held in the capital, Accra.

Mills died last month at age 68, prompting outpourings of grief from many Ghanaians.

Ghanaians from all walks of life, many dressed in the traditional black and red of mourning, thronged Independence Square in Accra to witness the ceremony, in a show of national unity.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was among the many foreign dignitaries who traveled to Ghana for the funeral.

Ghana in mourning after president dies Ghana's Deputy Minister of Information Samuel Okudzeto-Ablakwa said 67 foreign delegations were represented from all over the world.

More than 15 heads of state, including almost all the West African leaders, attended the ceremony, which ended with the release of 100 doves into the air.

After the ceremony, the casket was laid to rest near Osu Castle, the seat of government where Mills had lived and worked since he became president.

The late president's body was laid out for public viewing Wednesday and Thursday. Some of the visiting heads of state took turns to file past the body Friday morning.

Giant screens were set up around the country for those who could not travel to Accra to watch the ceremony.

One Ghanaian mourner at the funeral said he prayed for the sense of unity that has followed Mills' death to continue.
"I'm confident we will have an even more peaceful election this December because most Ghanaians I have spoken to say they enjoy the atmosphere and will urge the politicians to keep it that way", he said.

Mills died suddenly at a military hospital a few hours after becoming ill, his Chief of Staff John Henry Martey Newman said in a statement at the time. The president had denied rumors about his health for months before his death.

John Dramani Mahama, formerly Ghana's vice president, was sworn in as the country's new president within hours of his death on July 24.

Taking office, he paid tribute to Mills as a "prince of peace" who "brought a distinctive insight into Ghanaian politics."

Mills, a former law professor and a tax expert, was Ghana's vice president from 1997 to 2000.

He became president in 2009, narrowly winning a runoff vote, having unsuccessfully run for the top office in 2000 and 2004.

Before his political career, he taught at the University of Ghana and also was a visiting lecturer at Temple University in Pennsylvania and Leiden University in the Netherlands.

Mills' death came several days after he celebrated his 68th birthday. He had said he would run for re-election in December.

U.S. President Barack Obama met with Mills when he visited Ghana in July 2009. Obama praised the country as a model for democracy and stability when Mills visited Washington this year, saying that it had become "a wonderful success story economically on the continent."
British Prime Minister David Cameron described Mills as "a tireless defender of democracy in West Africa and across the continent."

Part of a former British colony, Ghana was among the first African countries to gain independence, in 1957. It endured a series of coups before a military dictator, Jerry Rawlings, took power in 1981. Rawlings led Ghana through a transition to democracy about 10 years later.

Rais Barack Obama wa Marekani alitembelea Rais Mills nchini Ghana mwaka 2009

Thursday, August 09, 2012

Rais Kikwete Awasili Accra Kushiriki Mazishi ya Rais wa Ghana, John Evans Atta Mills

RAIS JAKAYA KIKWETE AWASILI ACCRA KUSHIRIKI MAZISHI YA RAIS WA GHANA JOHN EVANS ATTA MILLS






Rais Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete akiwasili leo Agosti 9, 2012 katika uwanja wa ndege wa Kimataifa wa Kotoka jijini Accra, Ghana, kuhudhuria mazishi ya aliyekuwa rais wa nchi hiyo Marehemu John Evans Atta Mills anayetarajiwa kuzikwa kesho Ijumaa Agosti 10, 2012.

PICHA NA IKULU

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Rais wa Ghana Afariki Dunia!

Rais wa Ghana, The Honorable John Atta Mills, amefariki ghafla nchini Ghana leo.  Habari kutoka Ghana zinasema kuwa aliugua muda mfupi kabla ya kufariki.  Hivi karibuni alienda Marekani kupimwa afya yake (Routine Medical Check-Up).

Rest in Eternal Peace.

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Kutoka  YAHOO News


The Late President John Atta Mills of Ghana (1944-2012)

Ghana president dies after illness: presidency


By David Adadevoh

AFP -  ....Ghana President John Atta Mills died suddenly on Tuesday at the age of 68 hours after being taken ill and months before a vote in which he was to seek re-election, his office said.

"It is with a heavy heart that we announce the sudden and untimely death of the president of the republic of Ghana," the statement said, adding that Mills, who had travelled recently abroad for a medical check-up, died hours after he got sick.

He died in a hospital in the capital Accra, his office said, without providing a cause.

According to the constitution, Vice President John Dramani Mahama is to take over as interim leader and he was to address the nation shortly. Lawmakers began gathering at parliament for his swearing in.

Presidential elections are set for December in a country seen as a rare example of stable democracy in West Africa and which recently joined the ranks of the world's large-scale oil producers. Mills was to be the ruling party's candidate.

The late president had recently travelled to the United States for what had been described as a routine medical checkup.

Condolences began pouring in for the late leader, including from Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan.

Jonathan "assures the people of Ghana of the sympathy and solidarity of the people of Nigeria as they mourn late President Mills, who did his best during his tenure to carry forward the process of democratic consolidation and socio-economic development in Ghana."

Mills took over as Ghana's president in January 2009.

He narrowly won the vote in 2008 with a less than one percent margin against a candidate from the party of incumbent John Kufuor, widely respected for having bowed out following his two terms in office.

In July last year, Mills was nominated to be the ruling National Democratic Congress party's presidential candidate for December 2012 elections.

The primary represented the first time in the country's history that a sitting president competed for his own party's nomination.

Mills beat his only rival in the party primary, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings, the wife of ex-military leader Jerry Rawlings.

He rose to prominence in 1997 when Rawlings named him vice president -- a position he held until the former coup leader-turned-elected president made way for Kufuor after the 2000 elections.

After finishing his law studies in Britain, Mills came home to teach law for 25 years at a Ghana university.

Ghana, a country of some 25 million people, recently joined the ranks of the world's large-scale oil producers. It was the country chosen by Barack Obama for his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa as US president in 2009.

The country has begun producing oil from its offshore Jubilee field, one of the largest discoveries in West Africa in recent years. The field's operator Tullow has estimated that the field's recoverable resources amount to up to one billion barrels.

While Ghana has been widely lauded for its democratic credentials, its newly found oil wealth has brought with it warnings of the so-called resource curse, with many pointing to nearby Nigeria as an example.

Nigeria, Africa's largest oil producer, has long been held back by deeply rooted corruption and mismanagement, while aspects of its economy outside of oil have been neglected.

Sunday, June 03, 2012

Ndege Zaanguka Nigeria na Ghana Leo! Watu zaidi ya 150 Wafa!

Wakazi wa Iju wakiangalia mabaki ya nduge iliyoanguka Nigeria leo
 Habari ya Ndege iliyoanguka Nigeria:


A passenger plane thought to be carrying at least 140 people crashed in Lagos, Nigeria, on Sunday, emergencies officials there said.
The Dana Air flight from Abuja to Lagos crashed in a densely-populated area of Lagos, Nigeria's largest city, causing several house fires, reports said. Police told Agence France-Press that the plane crashed into a two-story building near the airport.
The exact number of passengers on the flight is unclear. The Lagos state government said 153 people were on board, but an official told the Associated Press that the plane was likely carrying between 140 and 150 people, as not all flights in Nigeria issue paper tickets and "don't record all passengers via computer."
There has not been an official report of casualties, but Harold Denuren, head of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, told London's Telegraph, "I don't believe there are any survivors."
"I can confirm that one of our planes crashed today on the outskirts of Lagos," a spokesman for Dana Air told AFP.
According to Al Jazeera, witnesses on the ground "believe it may have hit a power line" before it crashed into the building and burst into flames.
"Thick smoke rose from the area near the Lagos airport and flames could be seen coming from the building," the AFP reported. "Residents said the plane had been coming in low, making a loud noise, when it slammed into the residential area."
According to the Dana Air website, it operates several daily Lagos-Abuja and Lagos-Abuja flights using Boeing MD83 planes.
Sunday's crash comes just a day after a Boeing 727 cargo plane flying from Lagos crashed in Accra, the capital of Ghana, hitting a bus and killing at least 10.
Lagos' international airport is a major hub for West Africa, accommodating more than 2.3 million passengers in 2009, according to the AP.
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Mabaki ya Ndege iliyoanguka Ghana


 
ACCRA, Ghana—Officials opened an investigation into the Boeing 727 cargo plane that crashed at Ghana's international airport, killing at least 10 people after it slammed through a fence and onto a nearby street, the country's transit company said Sunday.

Doreen Owusu Fianko, chief executive of Ghana Airport Co., said the group has discounted airport-equipment failure as one of the causes of the crash. She said they were open to outside help on the investigation.

"We would not hesitate to seek external assistance to unravel the cause and to take lessons from that," she said.

Saturday's crash occurred in Accra near Kotoka International Airport, which sits near newly built high-rise buildings and hotels. Witnesses said the plane smashed through the fence that runs around the airport before hitting a bus.

Randy Banahene, a taxi driver who saw the crash, said an explosion was heard when the plane hit a wall. He said the plane landed on its belly across a road, its nose nicked and tail bent with punctures on its side, just yards from a residential neighborhood.

Families gathered at the hospital mortuary late Saturday night to identify bodies. Among them were family members of 27-year-old Castro Abuchor, who they said was riding a motorcycle when he was hit by the plane and killed.

The others were killed while riding in the minibus that was hit by the plane, officials said.
Mortuary manager Woi Boamah Mensah at the 37 Military Hospital said that eight of the 10 dead have been identified. Hospital staff had earlier said that nine of the dead were men, and one was a woman.

Ghana President John Atta Mills on Sunday visited the four plane crew members who are receiving treatment at the airport clinic after surviving the crash.
"We are grateful to all of them," Mr. Mills said at the clinic.

Dr. Nana Ako-Bruce, the medical director of the clinic, said the four crew members were Nigerian.
Billy Anaglate, spokesman for the Ghana Fire Service, said that all 10 people were killed on impact. He identified the plane as an Allied (Air) Cargo plane.

Ms. Fianko said the plane was coming from Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria, when it crashed after a failed landing attempt. She said that operations at the airport had returned to normal after the crash Saturday.

Ghana, a nation of more than 25 million in West Africa, hasn't had a major airplane crash in recent years. The last air emergency the country had was in June 2006, when a TAAG Linhas Aereas De Angola flight to Sao Tome hit birds during takeoff. The plane landed safely and none of the 28 people onboard were injured.

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Saturday, June 02, 2012

MKenya Amwua na Kula Maiti ya MGhana huko Baltimore

Duh, Kichaa au madawa ya kulevya yalimfanya huyo jamaa amwue na kula mwili wa mtu!  Makubwa!  Juzi mweusi kala uso wa mtu! Leo tunasikia huyo kijana mwenye asili ya Kenya kamwua na kuua mtu.  Nina wasiwasi wazungu wametegesha dawa ya kulevya mpya katika jamii za weusi!

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Kutoka:
www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/harford/bs-md-ha-dismemberment-follow-20120531,0,4066697.story

Maryland man charged with killing, eating man's brain, heart

Man, 21, charged with first-degree murder

By Justin Fenton, Kayla Bawroski and Kevin Rector, Baltimore Sun Media Group
 May 31, 2012


The 21-year-old college student allegedly told detectives that he hadn't just killed the man who'd lived with his family for months, but had eaten his heart and portions of his brain. The victim's severed head and hands were found in the men's Harford County home; more remains were left in a trash container outside a church.

Authorities outlined the macabre circumstances Thursday in charges against Alexander Kinyua, an electrical engineering major at Morgan State University and member of his school's ROTC program, of first-degree murder in the death of 37-year-old Kujoe Bonsafo Agyei-Kodie, a Ghanaian national and a former master's degree student.

Kinyua's father reported that Agyei-Kodie went missing last Friday after going for a jog, but the investigation eventually led back to the family home. Kinyua was being held Thursday without bond, and authorities were exploring whether others participated in the crime or knew about it, based on what they called inconsistencies in statements made by the suspect's family.

Harford authorities said the killing was among the most brutal — and bizarre — they'd seen. The case comes on the heels of grisly incidents in Miami — where a naked man believed to be high on synthetic drugs known as "bath salts" ate another man's face — and New Jersey, where a man disemboweled himself and reportedly threw his intestines at police officers.

Harford County Sheriff Jesse Bane said of the allegations against Kinyua: "I've been with the agency 40 years, and I would say this is the first time I can remember … where someone was placed under arrest in Harford County and as part of his crime he consumed the victim.

"I've not encountered that in this county, and I hope we never encounter it again," he added.

Despite Kinyua's alleged confession, which a spokeswoman described as "matter-of-fact," police said they did not know of a motive for the crime and said they would not speculate on his mental state or whether drugs played a role. They were consulting with the FBI's behavioral analysis unit for guidance.

But accounts from Morgan officials and classmates, as well as social media postings by Kinyua, suggest he was growing increasingly troubled as his third year of school came to a close. In January, he was dismissed from the ROTC program after an outburst, and in May he was arrested for allegedly fracturing the skull of a classmate with a baseball bat. The classmate was blinded in one eye as a result of what campus police called a "random" attack.

His Facebook page includes commentary about the "destruction of the black family" and "mass human sacrifices."

"THIS IS THE BRUTAL BASIS, AN EVIL & TERRIFYING METHOD OF THIS DEATH CULTS," he wrote in one message.

Students familiar with Kinyua said he was well known around campus but regarded as odd. Jasmine Bloomfield said he was "always in his own little world, preaching everywhere he went and talking about how he was writing a book."

Natalie Fabien, 21, who had mutual friends with Kinyua, said his behavior was often unusual and he was prone to outbursts, but also showed genuine concern for others. "If anything ever happened to me, he'd be like, 'Who did it and why?' He always wanted to protect people from bad stuff," Fabien said.

Word of Kinyua's arrest was a hot topic Thursday around Morgan's campus, even though most of its 7,000 students are on summer break. "If you're part of the Morgan family, it's a big family, so word goes around fast," said Stephen Copeland, 28, a senior. "Everybody's in shock."

The victim, Agyei-Kodie, had also attended Morgan State on a student visa. He was dismissed by the university after a 2008 conviction in Baltimore County for a fourth-degree sex offense, harassment and stalking, resulting in an 18-month jail term. He also had attended Towson University for a time, a spokeswoman for that school confirmed.

Agyei-Kodie had lived with Kinyua's family in the 500 block of Terrapin Terrace in Joppa for about six months and did not know anyone else in the area, according to police reports. Kinyua's father, Antony, told police that Agyei-Kodie had recently been "depressed" after being apprehended on an immigration warrant and was facing likely deportation.

Police issued a public appeal Monday for help in finding Agyei-Kodie, who was said to have left for a jog at 5:30 a.m. on May 25 wearing a T-shirt and black athletic shorts. Monica Worrell, a county police spokeswoman, said investigators had concerns about statements made by Kinyua's family.

Late Tuesday night, Antony Kinyua notified police that his son, Jarrod Kinyua, had found what they believed were human remains in the basement of the house, according to charging documents. Upon their arrival, Jarrod Kinyua told police he found a human head and two human hands inside metal tins under a blanket in the laundry room.

When he asked Alexander Kinyua about the remains, Jarrod Kinyua said, his brother denied that they were human and said they were animal remains, according to charging documents. After calling his father downstairs, Jarrod and Antony Kinyua discovered that the remains had been moved and Alexander Kinyua was washing out the metal tins.

With a search-and-seizure warrant for the location, deputies were able to locate the head and hands on the main floor of the house, according to charging documents.

They also interviewed Alexander Kinyua, who allegedly admitted that he had killed Agyei-Kodie by cutting him up with a knife and then eating his heart and portions of his brain.

Kinyua also directed police to Towne Baptist Church, about a mile away in the 500 block of Trimble Road, where the rest of the remains were found in a trash container on the property, according to charging documents.

Bane said the remains were being sent for further analysis, to assure investigators that "we're dealing with one victim," Bane said. But officials said they did not have any reason to believe there were additional victims.

At Kinyua's first court appearance Thursday at Harford District Court in Bel Air, defense attorney Lynne McChrystal requested reasonable bail in the case, adding that Kinyua has been in Harford County for six years and in Maryland for nine years. She said he was self-employed, performing "consulting work."

Appearing via live video feed from prison, Kinyua wore a Harford County Detention Center uniform: a black-and-white striped pair of pants and matching T-shirt. Upon questioning by Judge John L. Dunnigan, Kinyua said that all of his family members lived in Maryland and that he was originally from Nairobi, Kenya.

Assistant State's Attorney Trenna Manners cited those out-of-country ties, as well as the "grisly" nature of the crime, when she asked for Kinyua to be held without bail, and the judge agreed.

Before May, Kinyua had no prior criminal record. In January, he was dismissed from the ROTC program after 2 1/2 years of participation, said Lt. Col. James Lewis, a professor of military service who oversees the program. Officials said it followed a disciplinary incident.

Then on May 20, Kinyua was charged with first-degree assault and reckless endangerment. In that case, according to police, Kinyua attacked another Morgan student in a doorway of the on-campus Thurgood Marshall apartment complex with a baseball bat, then fled into a nearby wooded area.

The victim, listed as Joshua Ceasar, suffered fractures to his skull, arm and shoulder, as well as blindness to his left eye. The first responding officer saw Ceasar stumbling toward her with blood coming from his forehead, and the officer noted a large amount of blood in the doorway.

Fabien, who said she knew Kinyua, said she saw him in the moments before the attack. She said he was sitting in a chair, clutching the bat. "He kept saying, 'Somebody has to protect the kids. I gotta protect the kids,'" she said.

Kinyua was ordered held on $220,000 bond in that case, and university officials said the school was in the process of expelling him. According to court records, two Baltimore residents posted property to secure bond for his release on May 23.

On May 25, what appeared to be a plea from his parents for help paying Kinyua's legal fees in the case was posted on Mwakilishi.com, a Kenyan news website. The post, which has since been removed, said Kinyua had been arrested for "being involved in a fight in his dormitory room at Morgan State University."

The online plea said, "In order to get him the best defense possible, we need to secure an attorney who will take his case and leave no stone unturned."

It also stated that a fundraising event was scheduled at the International Christian Community Church in Baltimore. The church was locked Thursday afternoon, and nobody answered a knock on the door.

Pictures on Facebook taken before this past semester show Kinyua with a wide grin at a laser tag event and showing off a blue jacket for the National Society of Pershing Rifles, a fraternal group for students in ROTC programs. Another shows him in military fatigues, standing at attention.

More recent posts to the social networking site reflected a shift. In the two most recent posts, Kinyua uploaded "QR Codes," bar code images that, when scanned with a smartphone, lead to a Web page. They both led to a message about something called "Project Crack the Code," promising "more information on survival of the human family."

Attempts to reach Kinyua's family have been unsuccessful. A man who answered the phone Wednesday night at a number listed for Antony and Beatrice Kinyua said they were resting and that the family did not wish to speak to the news media without an attorney present. On Thursday, no one answered the door of the Joppa townhouse.

On tidy, well-kept Terrapin Terrace near Joppatowne High School, Mary Ellen Murray, who lived several houses down from the Kinyuas, said the parents, Beatrice and Antony, were quiet, "wonderful" people.

"They would give you the shirt off their back," Murray said. "Nobody has anything bad to say about them."

Harry Olson, the family's next-door neighbor and a physics professor at Morgan who once taught Kinyua, said police squad cars and two hazardous-materials vehicles were stationed on his street Wednesday, and investigators brought "lots of stuff" in bags out of the home.

Investigators also took an entire toilet from the home and dug up a garden in the front of the house, Olson said.

"It's shocking," another neighbor, Kenny Day, said of the allegations of cannibalism. "You don't want to hear about that stuff, but you certainly don't want to hear about it in your neighborhood.

"You can't be scared of stuff like that, though, because you can't run from crazy, and that's total crazy," Day added.

Baltimore Sun reporter Alison Knezevich contributed to this article. Aegis reporter Bryna Zumer also contributed.

Saturday, January 03, 2009

Rais Mpya wa Ghana ni John Atta Mills


Aliyekuwa makamu rais wa Ghana chini ya rais Jerry Rawlings, Prof. John Atta Mills (64), amechaguliwa kuwa rais wa nchi hiyo. Habari zinasema kuwa katika uchaguzi wa jumapili iliyopita Prof. Mills ameshinda kwa asimilia 50.23 ya kura.

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Ghana's newly elected president says it's time for the country to "work together to build a better Ghana."

Opposition leader John Atta Mills has been declared the winner of Ghana's presidency. Election officials are calling it the closest race in the West African nation's history.

It's the third time the 64-year-old tax expert and Fulbright scholar had tried to become president of Ghana. Atta Mills had been vice president under former coup leader Jerry Rawlings, who stepped down in 2001.

He won last Sunday's ballot with 50.23 percent of the vote. Election officials say the Ruling party candidate got 49.77 percent of the vote. A special revote in a single district yesterday secured Atta Mills' victory.
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Sunday, April 27, 2008

Kwame Nkrumah wa Ghana

Kwame Nkrumah na mke wake na machifu huko Ghana siku ya Januari 20, 1963


Ule ukumbi mkuu wa Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam, unitwa Nkrumah Hall. Ilipewa jina hiyo kwa heshima ya rais wa Kwanza wa Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah.

Ghana ilikuwa nchi ya kwanza ya weusi kupata Uhuru barani Afrika. Ilipata Uhuru mwaka 1957 kutoka Uingereza. Mwaka 1960, Nkrumah alitangaza kuwa Ghana ni Jamhuri. Mwaka 1964, alisema yeye ni rais wa maisha ya nchi hiyo. Alikataza vyama vyote vya siasa isipokuwa chama chake.

Mwaka 1966 alipokuwa safarini China, alipinduliwa. Alikufa akiwa exile nchini Romania mwaka 1972.

Nkrumah alikuwa na ndoto ya bara Afrika kuwa, UNITED STATES OF AFRICA. Wadau mnadhani kuwa bara Afrika inaweza kuwa nchi moja kama majimbo ya Marekani? Tulivyo na lugha na utamaduni tofauti na ukabila sidhani kama itawezekana kwa sasa. Labda baada ya miaka 200!

Kwa habari zaidi za Kwame Nkrumah someni:

http://www.thenagain.info/WebChron/Africa/Ghana.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/6/newsid_2515000/2515459.stm

http://www.africanews.com/site/list_messages/16337

Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Wenzetu huko Afrika Magharibi

GHANA photo from big foto

TOGO Photo from Hobo Traveler

Haya huko Afrika Magharibi nako wanachoshwa na tabia ya watu kujisaidia haja ndogo na kubwa ovyo!

Saturday, March 08, 2008

Picha zaidi za Ziara ya Rais Bush Afrika

Asante mdau SUBI kwa kuniletea picha hizi.
President Bush in Ghana


President Bush in Rwanda
PresidenT Bush tried to do a Rwandan Dance
President Bush tries out a mortar
President Bush at a Tanzanian Clinic