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Barack Obama Threatens South Africa Over Chicken Row: SA To Face Sanctions

Barack Obama Threatens South Africa Over Chicken Row: SA To Face Sanctions

US President Barack Obama has given South Africa 60 days to remove barriers to US farm produce or face sanctions in a long-running row over chicken exports. South Africa banned US poultry imports last December after an outbreak of bird flu. The latest escalation would threaten South African exports to the US of oranges, nuts […]

Turkey Starts Working With ISIS Terrorist Group: USA Outraged

Turkey Starts Working With ISIS Terrorist Group: USA Outraged

US President Barack Obama with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during the NATO Summit at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales, on September 5. An American military source told Fox News that US military leaders were “outraged” when Turkey began launching airstrikes against the Kurdish PKK in northern Iraq just hours after striking a […]

Barack Obama’s Visit To Kenya Cost $80 Million Dollars

Barack Obama’s Visit To Kenya Cost $80 Million Dollars

The recent trip by US president Barack Obama to Kenya and Ethiopia is expected to have cost American taxpayers up to Sh8 billion, according to security experts and the National Taxpayers Union Foundation. Air Force One, the President’s plane, costs Sh21 million ($210,000 for each hour that it is in the air, according to the […]

Ethopian journalists who have been in jail for than a year freed ahead of Obama`s visit

Ethopian journalists who have been in jail for than a year freed ahead of Obama`s visit

Five bloggers and journalists held in Ethiopia for more than a year have been freed after the charges were dropped, their lawyer said Thursday, weeks before US President Barack Obama is due to visit the country. In a separate case, journalist Reeyot Alemu, jailed in June 2011 after being found guilty of plotting a terrorist […]

Kenya protesters ban Obama from talking about gay rights in Kenya

Kenya protesters ban Obama from talking about gay rights in Kenya

Kenyan anti-gay protesters marched in Nairobi Monday warning US President Barack Obama not to speak about gay rights when he visits the country of his ancestors later this month. “We do not want Obama and Obama, we do not want Michelle and Michelle,” they chanted. “We want Obama and Michelle and we want a child!” […]

Obama Sends 2 Senior United States officials to Zimbabwe

Obama Sends 2 Senior United States officials to Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe-TWO senior United States (U.S.) officials are set to visit Zimbabwe next week to consult with the government, the opposition and civil society groups on issues including human rights, democracy and governance.A statement from the U.S. Embassy in Zimbabwe on Thursday said Shannon Smith, Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs and Steven Feldstein, Deputy Assistant […]

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