Tag: United States government
General Wesley Clark Calls For Putting “Disloyal” Americans In Internment Camps
AFRICANGLOBE - Retired US Army General Wesley Clark called for the internment of persons deemed “disloyal” to the United States government in an interview with MSNBC last Friday. Warning of the threat posed by “lone wolf” attacks similar to last week’s mass shooting in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Clark advocated stepped-up surveillance of US communities and pre-emptive detention of persons suspected of ideological or political opposition to US government policies.
Nigerian President Lists Priorities For Obama Visit
AFRICANGLOBE - Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja Sunday for Washington D.C. on a four-day official visit during which he will hold high-level talks with President Barack Obama and other senior officials of the United States government on the war against terrorism, against corruption and improved trade between Nigeria and the United States of America.
‘My Mother Told Me Never To Marry A Black Woman’: How...
AFRICANGLOBE - Like most Dominicans, Roque Feliz has skin that, while dark, is not quite what his countrymen would call "black." A heavyset man with full lips and close-cropped gray hair, Feliz says his mother told him never to marry a Black woman, even though his father was Black. “‘We have to refine our race,’ she used to tell me,” Feliz said in an interview.
Why We Stopped Buying Nigeria’s Oil, By The White House
AFRICANGLOBE - Officials of the United States government have for the first time in months presented an explanation on the sudden termination of oil imports from Nigeria since July, an action which spurred concerns whether there were any possible political connotation especially because of the current strain in Nigeria-US diplomatic relations.
America Advertising Its Impotence
AFRICANGLOBE - The candid admission by the Secretary of State John Kerry and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the US' "superpower" days are over comes as a big surprise. Kerry admitted that despite "enormous power" the United States "can't necessarily always dictate every outcome the way we want, particularly in this world where we have rising economic powers"
Black Americans Still Not Fully Recovered From Great Recession
AFRICANGLOBE - A series of policy decisions by the United States government has brought into stark reality the continuing oppression of the African American people. Despite claims that the country is in a gradual economic recovery, millions are being thrown into poverty and prolonged joblessness.
The Federal Conspiracy to Kill Martin Luther King: Not a Theory...
AFRICANGLOBE - Should the United States government be allowed to assassinate its own citizens? That question was in the air briefly not long ago. On April 4, 1968, the government was part of a successful conspiracy to assassinate the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
South Sudan: U.S. Disappointed By Delays in Oil Production
The United States government on Monday expressed concern over delays in resumption of South Sudan's oil production, claiming the move deprives the two Sudan's...
US Admit Sanctions Destroyed Zimbabwe’s Economy
AFRICANGLOBE - The United States government has, for the first time, admitted that the illegal sanctions it imposed destroyed Zimbabwe's economy and were hurting...
Direct U.S.-Kenya Flights ‘In a Couple of Months’
The United States government has indicated its commitment to grant Kenya the green light to launch direct flights to America possibly in a couple...
U.S. Govt Finances the Takeover of Nigeria's 4th Largest Bank
The Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the United States government's development finance institution, has approved $250 million (N39.362 billion) in financing for two American firms helping to take a controlling stake in Union Bank of Nigeria Plc.
