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GHANA bids Farewellto President Attah Mills

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ROMNEY AcceptsGOP Nomination

Immigrants apply to stay in U.S.Page 14

African Diaspora

Blacks, Hispanics Targeted at

Airports for Stops,SearchesPage 8

Neal ArmstrongDies at 82

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Houses for Africa: Colom's vision on display in prototype

t quickly became apparent why Sen.Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chose to ride withWil Colom rather than go to New Hopealone.

Even with the address in hand and a rough ideaof what he would find on Lauren Road, Wickerstill might have driven past his destination, as-suming the tidy houses on the pine-strewn lotwere an ordinary subdivision.

The shine in Colom's eyes as he and Wickerwalked up the driveway told a different story:He believes these simple structures will revo-lutionize Africa in the same way cellular tech-nology has revolutionized the world.

Colom, an attorney and philanthropist, hasspent eight years working on this project, andWicker has been involved from its conception,when Quality Housing was little more than theskeletal framework of a larger-than-life dream.

Accompanied by his business partner, Utahlawyer James Parkinson, and other businessowners from around the country, Colom en-tered one of the houses and walked into thekitchen. When he turned on the faucet and clean waterspilled from the spigot, the collective reactionwas amazement. Everyone crowded aroundhim, thrusting styrofoam cups to be filled.Colom took the first swallow. It tasted like thefuture.

A call to action

Colom's vision of affordable housing in Africa

began nearly a decade ago on the SerengetiPlain.

As he stood beside a scarlet-clad Maasai war-rior, the man reached beneath his robe and ex-tracted an object. There, among a tribe ofsemi-nomadic people who lived by the spear,Colom witnessed an elder being summoned --by cell phone.

Solar power kept the phone charged; a gas gen-erator powered the cellular tower.

But the continent remains besieged with prob-lems. Colom believes houses like the ones heand Parkinson are building will solve the hous-ing shortage and improve the health and qual-ity of life for residents.

The idea is simple: Design a home made ofcheap, readily-available materials that can beshipped overseas for assembly and mortgagethe homes to middle-class families. Success has proven more difficult. As hewalked around the prototypes Wednesday,Colom pointed out the reason each design wasdiscarded.

The goal was to find a house that could be builtfor $62,000 in the United States and built andmortgaged in Africa for around $35,000. Butthere were setbacks.

The dome-shaped house was easy to frame androof but the interior was too expensive. Thewire mesh and sprayed concrete house was ex-pensive and required too much equipment andhighly-skilled labor.

These homes will be rented. The latest creation,made entirely of concrete, steel and PVC sid-ing, will be the testing ground for future plans.

The houses offer a self-sustaining solution uti-lizing solar and wind power and rainwater col-lected and transformed into potable water.Someday, wastewater may be transformed intomethane gas for cooking.

A sustainable dream must make economic

sense, Colom and Parkinson believe, and theyfeel they've finally hit upon a formula to com-mercialize the venture and ensure its expan-sion.

A helping hand

Wicker's role is that of armchair quarterback,public relations liaison, wheel-greaser andgranter of wishes.

Sen. Roger Wicker, third from left, inspects a water system at one of the prototype

homes Columbus attorney and philanthropist Wil Colom, far left, plans to build in

Africa. Photo by: Lee Adams/Dispatch Staff

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New Africa: how an entrepreneur became 'the Bill Gates of Ghana'

e was born in Ireland, studied inAmerica and worked in Britain.But when Ghanaian HermanChinery-Hesse decided to build a

software company, he was determined that itwould be in Africa.

"I didn't have an option in America," he says. "Iwas a black African there; until Obama, we did-n't have a track record of leadership. It wouldbe an uphill battle, whereas in Ghana the skywas the limit. Also I'm African: we need devel-opment here and it's Africans who are going todevelop Africa. I felt a sense of responsibility,apart from the fact that I thought I'd have abrighter future here."

Moving to Ghana in 1990, Chinery-Hesse hadno money but did own a computer. With afriend, he began writing programs and sellingthem, eventually moving from a bedroom to agarage to an office. Today, he is dubbed the "BillGates of Ghana". SOFTtribe is the country'sleading software developer, providing manage-ment systems to dozens of companies, includ-

ing Guinness and Unilever, and products tothousands of consumers. One of its most popu-lar programs allows a user whose house is beingattacked to text their GPS co-ordinates to po-lice, neighbours and local radio.

Landlines and PCs remainscarce in Africa, but the mo-bile phone is changing livesin countless ways; there arereportedly 695 billion sub-scribers among the conti-nent's 1bn population. "Ourrural populations were in ablack hole," he says. "Youcouldn't speak to them. Youhad to go on a screwed-uproad and cross a river and soon but today they all havemobile phones. Suddenlythey're part of a mobilecommunity and that's 50%of our population. It's boomtime, you can sell them allkinds of things from shoesto cement to building mate-

rials… it's made things efficient. Even if youhave to drive to the village, you don't go thereblind; you make sure Kofi is home first.

"I'm optimistic about the future," he adds. "We

haven't turned the corner yet but we're rapidlyapproaching it. In terms of the poverty andbeing disconnected, it's not because people arestupid or not creative, they just didn't have achance, they weren't at the table. Now they havemobiles, some have internet and suddenly peo-ple are getting educated online, trading online,and this is the future."

The west's misconceptions about Africa matterless too, he says. "The perception of Africa iswrong. But the Chinese are busy investing here,the Nigerians are busy investing in Ghana.Some populations are misinformed; at thisstage it's their loss rather than ours. We need tobe concerned about it as Africans less and less.

"No matter how much money comes to us fromoutside aid and so on, our real investments arecoming from within Africa, Brazil, China, India.They don't think there's anything wrong withAfrica."

--David SmithThe Observer

Software entrepreneur Herman Chinery-Hesse in central

Accra, Ghana. Photograph: Per-Anders Pettersson /eyevine

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Ecuador: UK Wikileaks'Julian Assange 'threat' over

ritain has "given up its threat" toenter Ecuador's London embassyto arrest Wikileaks founder Ju-lian Assange, Ecuador's president

has said.

Rafael Correa told reporters "we considerthis unfortunate inci-dent over", followingassurances by the UK.

A diplomatic row brokeout after Ecuadorgranted asylum to MrAssange, who faces ex-tradition to Sweden toface questions over al-leged sexual offences.He denies any wrong-doing.

The UK says it nevermade any threats.

The Foreign Office(FCO) said it sent theEcuadorean embassy anofficial letter on Friday, aimed at "calmingthings down" and allowing talks to resume.

Speaking at a press conference on Sunday,Mr Correa said: "We consider this unfortu-nate incident over, after a grave diplomaticerror by the British in which they said theywould enter our embassy."

Ecuador's government also said it had re-ceived "a communication from the British

Foreign Office which said that there was nothreat to enter the embassy".

Ecuador had accused Britain of threateningto enter its London embassy and seize MrAssange - who remains inside the building- after UK officials said a 1987 law gave po-

lice the power toenter diplomaticpremises.'Constructive dis-cussions'

Former computerhacker Mr As-sange, 41, has beentaking refuge at theembassy sinceJune.

The FCO says theUK has a legal obli-gation to extraditehim to Sweden,and he will be ar-rested if he leavesthe embassy.

In a statement on Sunday, it said it re-mained "committed to the process of dia-logue we entered into in good faith someweeks ago.

"We invite the government of Ecuador to re-sume, as early as possible, the constructivediscussions we have held on this matter todate."

Desmond Tutu calls for Blairand Bush to be tried over Iraq

rchbishop Desmond Tutuhas been a long time critic ofthe war in Iraq

Tony Blair and George W Bush shouldbe taken to the International CriminalCourt in The Hague over the Iraq war,Archbishop Desmond Tutu has said.

Writing in the UK's Observer newspa-per, he accused the former leaders oflying about weapons of mass destruc-tion.

The Iraq military campaign had madethe world more unstable "than any other conflictin history", he said.

Mr Blair responded by saying "this is the same ar-gument we have had many times with nothing newto say".

'Playground bullies'

Earlier this week, Archbishop Tutu, a veteranpeace campaigner who won the Nobel Peace Prizein 1984 in recognition of his campaign againstapartheid, pulled out of a leadership summit in Jo-hannesburg because he refused to share a platformwith Mr Blair.

The former Archbishop of Cape Town said the US-and UK-led action launched against Saddam'sregime in 2003 had brought about conditions forthe civil war in Syria and a possible Middle Eastconflict involving Iran."The then leaders of the United States [Mr Bush]and Great Britain [Mr Blair] fabricated the

grounds to behave like playground bullies anddrive us further apart. They have driven us to theedge of a precipice where we now stand - with thespectre of Syria and Iran before us," he said.

He added: "The question is not whether SaddamHussein was good or bad or how many of his peo-ple he massacred. The point is that Mr Bush andMr Blair should not have allowed themselves tostoop to his immoral level."

Archbishop Tutu said the death toll as a result ofmilitary action in Iraq since 2003 was grounds forMr Blair and Mr Bush to be tried in The Hague.

But he said different standards appeared to be ap-plied to Western leaders.

He said: "On these grounds, alone, in a consistentworld, those responsible should be treading thesame path as some of their African and Asian peerswho have been made to answer for their actions inThe Hague."T

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Mr Assange has been inside the

Ecuadorean embassy for two months

WORLD NEWSRomney accepts GOP nomination:

'The time has come to turn the page’TAMPA—Mitt Romney accepted the Republican presidentialnomination by making an appeal to Americans disappointed inPresident Barack Obama's tenure in the White House, arguinghe can usher in the change Obama promised in 2008 but hasfailed to deliver.

"Tonight I'd ask a simple question: If you felt that excitementwhen you voted for Barack Obama, shouldn't you feel that waynow that he's President Obama?" Romney said. "You knowthere's something wrong with the kind of job he's done as pres-ident when the best feeling you had, was the day you voted forhim."

He said Americans "deserved" the "hope and change" thatObama had promised, but because he has failed to keep hispromises, he doesn't deserve a second term.

"This president can ask us to be patient. This president can tellus it was someone else's fault. This president can tell us that thenext four years he'll get it right," Romney said. "But this presi-dent cannot tell us that you are better off today than when hetook office. America has been patient. Americans have sup-ported this president in good faith. But today, the time has cometo turn the page."

Romney told voters it's time to "put the disappointments of thelast four years behind us" and "forget about what might havebeen and look ahead to what can be."

"Many Americans have given up on this president but they his

haven't ever thought about giving up. Not on themselves. Not oneach other. And not on America," Romney said. "What is neededin our country today is not complicated or profound. It doesn'ttake a special government commission to tell us what Americaneeds. What America needs is jobs. Lots of jobs."

Romney's speech was a bookend to speeches he's given in the 18

months since he launched his second bid for the presi-dency. But unlike other remarks, Romney spoke atlength about his life and his family—telling voters aboutthe "unconditional love" he received from his parentsand has tried to pass on to his own kids and grand kids.

"All the laws and legislation in the world will never healthis world like the loving hearts and arms of mothersand fathers," Romney said. "If every child could drift tosleep feeling wrapped in the love of their family--andGod's love--this world would be a far more gentle andbetter place."

Romney's remarks were aimed at humanizing him withvoters, who have been openly skeptical of his candi-dacy. Before he took the stage, aides sought to tell a dif-ferent story about Romney by having those who knowhim speak. Friends of the candidate spoke about hisMormon faith and others, including the founder of Sta-ples--the office supply chain that was started with seedmoney from Bain Capital, a firm Romney founded--at-tested to his time as a venture capitalist.

But Romney's speech was somewhat overshadowed bya rambling appearance by the actor and director Clint Eastwood,who ad-libbed a skit featuring him speaking to an invisibleObama on the stage. Romney aides had expected Eastwood, whoendorsed the candidate last month, to make a short 5-minutespeech; they looked anxious as the Hollywood actor's remarksextended past the 10-minute mark.

GOP Presidential candidate, Mitt Romney (left), and his Vice Paul Ryan

wave to crowd at the convention August 30. Pictures at page 12.

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BBRRIIEEFF NNEEWWSSUSA - Dan Whitcomb - Seven-time Tour de France champion LanceArmstrong said on Thursday he would no longer fight doping chargesby the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, which said it would strip him of histitles and ban him from competitive cycling.- - - -ALEPPO, Syria - Troops and tanks swept into a town near Damascuson Thursday in an assault aimed at crushing opposition to PresidentBashar al-Assad in Syria's increasingly bloody civil war.- - - -MADRID/PARIS - Spain is negotiating with euro zone partners overconditions for aid to bring down its borrowing costs, though the coun-try has not made a final decision to request a bailout, three euro zonesources said.- - - -VIENNA - Iran has installed many more uranium enrichment machines in an underground bunker, diplomatic sources said. Potentially paving the way for a significant expansion of work the Westfears is ultimately aimed at making nuclear bombs.- - - -MIAMI - Tropical Storm Isaac headed toward the Dominican Republicand Haiti on Friday, continuing its march across the Caribbean afterunleashing heavy rain on parts of Puerto Rico.- - - -SYDNEY - Australia's top central banker said on Friday it was toosoon to call an end to the country's mining boom, intensifying debateover the outlook for the resource-rich economy as miners shelve multi-billion dollar expansion plans and takeover deals.- - - -NEW DELHI - The Indian government faced an angry backlash fromTwitter users on Thursday after ordering Internet service providers toblock about 20 accounts that officials said had spread scare-mongeringmaterial that threatened national security.- - - -HANOI - From the rural heartlands to traffic-choked cities, VietnamElectricity Group is hard to miss. It builds apartments, runs a bank,oversees a stock brokerage, provides electrical power to millions ofhomes and employs 100,000 people.- - - -TOKYO - The Japanese government has not reached a decision yet onwhether it will buy South Korean government debt, Finance MinisterJun Azumi said on Friday, as a diplomatic row escalates between thetwo countries over a territorial dispute.- - - -JOHANNESBURG - Lonmin , the world's third-largest platinum producer, conceded that sacking 3,000 striking workers at its Marikanamine near Johannesburg, South Africa, could lead to more violence.

MINNETONKA BEACH - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney appeared on Thursday to parrot a line used by PresidentBarack Obama that Romney has repeatedly targeted on the campaigntrail.- - - -WASHINGTON - Under fire from his own party for controversial comments on rape, U.S. Republican Representative Todd Akin wonthe support on Thursday of social conservatives in his effort to stay inMissouri's U.S. Senate race.- - - -MILWAUKEE - Once wary of life on the political scene, first ladyMichelle Obama is now embracing her role on the presidential campaign trail where she is more popular than her husband - or anyoneelse.- - - -QUITO - Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa doubts Britain and Sweden will change their tough stance on WikiLeaks founder JulianAssange, especially since they are negotiating with a small, poor coun-try like his.- - - -LONDON - The Sun tabloid on Friday published photographs ofPrince Harry naked in Las Vegas, becoming the first British publicationto defy a request from the royal family's lawyers.

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First Man On The MoonNeil Armstrong Dies at 82CINCINNATI (AP) — NeilArmstrong was a quiet self-described nerdy engineerwho became a global herowhen as a steely-nerved pilothe made “one giant leap formankind” with a small stepon to the moon. The modestman who had people onEarth entranced and awedfrom almost a quarter millionmiles away has died. He was82.

Armstrong died followingcomplications resulting fromcardiovascular procedures,his family said in a statementSaturday. It didn’t say wherehe died.

Armstrong commanded theApollo 11 spacecraft that landed on the moon July 20, 1969, cap-ping the most daring of the 20th century’s scientific expeditions.His first words after setting foot on the surface are etched in his-tory books and the memories of those who heard them in a livebroadcast.

“That’s one small step for(a) man, one giant leap formankind,” Armstrong said.

In those first few momentson the moon, during theclimax of heated space racewith the then-Soviet Union,Armstrong stopped in whathe called “a tender mo-ment” and left a patch com-memorate NASAastronauts and Soviet cos-monauts who had died inaction.

“It was special and memo-rable but it was only instan-taneous because there waswork to do,” Armstrongtold an Australian televi-sion interviewer this year.

Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin spent nearly three hours walking onthe lunar surface, collecting samples, conducting experimentsand taking photographs.

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Women risk rights setbackin North Africa, UN says

unisian leaders working on a new constitutionmay be on the verge of relegating women to asecondary role, the United Nations has said .

“Rights are guaranteed to women not on the basis of thembeing entitled to human rights by virtue of the fact thatthey are human, but rather, them being complementaryto men,” said Kamala Chandrakirana, the chair of UNgroup that monitors discrimination against women.

In response to a threat of rebellion in 2010-11, theTunisians promised new elections and a new constitution.

The constitution mandates the president be of the Muslim

faith.

“Although the text refers to women’s role in nation-build-ing, it conditions this on women being ‘complementaryto men,’ thereby failing to establish the basis for full in-dependence and empowerment of women, and their par-ticipation as active citizens for change,” Chandrakiranasaid.

The Tunisian government agreed to meet with the group,which has delegates representing Indonesia, Tunisia,México, Israel, the United Kingdom and Poland.

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Tunisian youth participate in a roundtable discussion with UN

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Credits: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

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Egypt President Morsi SeizesPower Back from Military

gyptian President Mohamed Morsi madea number of explosive moves over theweekend that many observers feel was thepresident’s attempt to reclaim some of the

presidency’s power and also a step to avert a coupattempt that some feel was a possibility in comingweeks.

Morsi forced two of the country’s top generals to re-tire, he shook up the top levels of his administra-tion—mainly by purging the military officials—andhe voided a constitutional addendum that had beeninstituted before he took office stripping the presi-dency of many of its powers.

“The decisions I made today were not directed atspecific individuals or intended to embarrass any in-stitution,” Morsi said in a televised speech, attempt-ing to allay alarm about his actions. “I never meantto send a negative message to anyone, but what I wasseeking was the interest of this country and its peo-ple.”

He said the two generals, Field Marshal MohamedHussein Tantawi, the defense minister, and Lieu-tenant General Sami Enan, the armed forces’ chiefof staff, would now become presidential advisors.But most observers recognized Morsi’s moves as anattempt to grab power back from the military.

Morsi had just forced the head of the country’s in-telligence service into retirement, in addition to fir-ing other top security officials, after 16 Egyptian

soldiers were killed by militants on August 5.“The events in Sinai were important,” Shadi Hamid,director of research at Brookings Doha Center, toldBloomberg News. “They weren’t the cause but theydid offer Morsi a pretext to reshuffle. Morsi is win-ning this particular period of the struggle, but we’velearned from Egypt that the situation seems fluid.One day, the military seems on top and other daysMursi seems on top.”

.Thousands of people flooded Tahrir Square in Cairoafter word spread about Morsi’s moves, but it wasn’tclear to many whether the moves aided their cause.Many saw it as another step toward the completionof their uprising last year that pushed out HosniMubarak, but others viewed the moves as a sign ofthe growing influence of the Muslim Brotherhood,which backed Morsi’s presidency.

“There is no way that we can consider these surprisedecisions to be in the interests of the reforms calledfor under the revolution,” said el-Saeed Kamel, thehead of the secular Democratic Front party. Headded that they were a “contradiction to the prom-ises Morsi made.”

Egypt’s economy continues to struggles to recoverfrom all the chaos the country has seen over the lastnearly two years. There have been frequent laborstrikes and power cuts in the summer months andinternational reserves have fallen to $14.4 billion,more than 50 percent below their levels in January2011.

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Mali announces new govt5 months after coup

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali's in-terim leaders announced a new govern-ment , months after a military coupunleashed political chaos that allowedan Islamist takeover of the north andforced nearly half a million people toflee their homes.

The government has 31 ministers, in-cluding five who are viewed as close tocoup leader Capt. Amadou Sanogo, whonominally handed over power to a civil-ian interim government months ago butstill has not completely relinquished con-trol.

None of the ministers in the new govern-ment are closely linked to the democrati-cally elected president who was ousted inMarch, according to the list announced onstate television.

West African regional leaders had threat-ened to expel Mali from the regional blocand impose sanctions if the country failedto assemble a unity government as prom-ised.

Mali's interim leaders already had missedan Aug. 10 deadline for doing so, raisingconcerns about the fate of the country'spolitical transition at a time when rumorsalso swirled about the interim prime min-ister's ties to the coup leader.

Critics wanted Mali's unity governmentformed as soon as possible in hopes it canbetter fight radical Islamists who now rulethe country's vast north, an area the sizeof France.

The militants have solidified their holdamid the power vacuum in Bamako —even stoning to death an adulterous cou-ple and chopping off the hand of a sus-pected thief in their quest to implement astrict version of Shariah, or Islamic law.

"I hope the new government together willmake the liberation of the north its No. 1priority," said Malian civil society leaderAboubacrine Assadek Ag Hamatta.

Mutinous soldiers staged their March 21 coup just months before the country was

to hold elections, driving the country'sdemocratically elected president AmadouToumani Toure into exile not long beforehe was due to step down anyway.

The coup leader later signed an agree-ment pledging to return the country tocivilian rule, and the interim presidentand prime minister were named as part ofthat deal.

Even after signing that agreement,though, the coup leader showed little in-terest in stepping aside completely. Re-porters have seen construction crews atSanogo's office — pouring cement, updat-ing the electrical wiring and even haulingin new furniture.

Meanwhile, an angry mob that backedSanogo brutally assaulted interim Presi-dent Dioncounda Traore in May, beatinghim until he lost consciousness. Traoresought medical treatment in France andreturned to the country only late lastmonth.

Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra hasbecome an increasingly divisive figure inMali in recent weeks because of allega-tions that he's been seen meeting with thecoup leader. The reports have raised sus-picions that Sanogo — and not the interimadministration — is making key decisionsabout the country's future.

Mali's crisis has displaced an estimated435,624 people from their homes, withmore than half of them fleeing to neigh-boring countries, according to the UnitedNations. KRISTA LARSON (AP)

Gbagbo's top ally Katinan arrested in Ghanahana has arrested a top ally of IvoryCoast's former President LaurentGbagbo after weeks of deadly attackson Ivorian police and military instal-

lations, officials from the two neighbouring WestAfrican countries has said.

Gbagbo is awaiting trial at the InternationalCriminal Court in The Hague on charges ofcrimes against humanity committed during abrief 2011 civil war.

Justin Kone Katinan served as Gbagbo's budgetminister during the conflict, which erupted in theworld's top cocoa grower after Gbagbo rejectedthe election victory in late 2010 of his rival, cur-rent President Alassane Ouattara. More than3,000 people were killed.

Katinan had been living as a political refugee in

Ghana but remained a vocal supporter of Gbagboand a critic of Ouattara's government. IvoryCoast issued an international warrant for his ar-rest last year, accusing him of economic crimes."He has indeed been arrested in Ghana. Discus-sions are under way with the Ghanaian authori-ties over the principle and terms of hisextradition," Ivorian government spokesmanBruno Kone said. Ghana's Deputy InformationMinister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa confirmedKatinan's arrest.

Ivory Coast has been struggling to cope with a se-ries of armed raids targeted against the country'ssecurity services that began earlier this month.At least 15 people have been killed, stoking fearsof renewed instability.

The government has accused a network ofGbagbo's supporters both within Ivory Coast andabroad of organising the attacks, which it says

are designed to unsettle the population and for-eign investors.

Gbagbo's political allies deny being behind theraids and accuse the authorities of using the at-tacks as a pretext for a crackdown on the oppo-sition.

Last year, Ouattara's government issued aroundtwo dozen international warrants against formerhigh-ranking military and political officials closeto Gbagbo, most of whom were believed to be liv-ing in exile in Ghana, Benin and Togo.

Katinan is the second top official in Gbagbo'sgovernment to be arrested while living in exilefollowing the extradition of Moise Lida Kouassi,a former defence minister, from Togo in June.

Capt. Amadou Sanogo

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi

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GHANA ELECTIONS 2012The Campaign Heats

hana’s two biggest political partieshave rarely agreed on anything, es-pecially on dates for special politi-cal events.

This time however, a mysterious consensus hashappened as the ruling National DemocraticCongress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party(NPP) simultaneously chose August 25, 2012 asthe magic date for launching their political cam-paigns.

However, through divine intervention, NDChad to pick a new date because its flagbearer,John Evans Atta Mills, had to give way to JohnMahama, his vice, following his untimely death.

The NDC will have its day next weekend whenit converges on Kumasi for the endorsement ofPresident Mahama as well as campaign andmanifesto launch.

The manifesto launch would give Ghanaians theopportunity to peek into its manifestos, whosecontent was hitherto a closely guarded secret.

Apparently, the political parties are anticipatingan intense political campaign. Political scien-tists are certain that this time, issues ratherthan personalities would be critiqued by elec-torate.

The smaller parties, the Progressive People’sParty (PPP), the Convention People’s Party(CPP), the People’s National Convention (PNC)and a host of other political parties and inde-pendent candidates are aware of this and arealso dusting up plans to officially outdoor theircampaigns along this line.

When the Electoral Commission finally opens

nominations in September, the pace of politicalactivities in Ghana is set to hit a crescendo.

Clearly, a lot is at stake in the December 7, 2012presidential and parliamentary elections andpolitical parties are leaving no stone unturned.According to renowned security analyst, andDirector of Research at the Kofi Annan Inter-national Peace Keeping Centre (KAIPTC), DrEmmanuel Kwesi Aning, the stakes are high forthis year’s elections because whoever wins theelection this time will be in control of Ghana’soil wealth when it peaks in 2013. Ghana will beproducing over 120,000 barrels of crude oil aday by 2013, Tullow oil predicts.

With additional oil wealth to complement thetraditional sources of foreign exchange earningsfor Ghana, the reigning political party would beat the right place at the right time to transformthe Ghanaian economy to the desired levels,notes economist Todd Moss, vice president ofUS-based Centre for Global Development. TheGhanaian economy is currently believed to beat the cusp of drastic economic transformationand all the political parties know this.

To get to that privileged position however, thepolitical party that will hold that mantle willhave to earn the mandate from the Ghanaianelectorate who critically dissect the policypropositions of contending parties in the De-cember Polls.

Sometimes, in their quest to outwit their oppo-nents in selling themselves, the parties havebeen caught straying into each other’s domains.A classic instance is when the NPP accused theruling NDC of stealing its manifesto theme,“You Matter, People Matter”.

You Matter, People Matter

Mid August 2012, officials of the NDC and NPPwere at each other’s throat on the ownership ofthe catchy theme. Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, astaunch campaigner for the NDC and thedeputy Local Government Minister in the NDCgovernment, was the first to use the slogan at apublic gathering.

The NPP was obviously surprised by what it de-scribed as a brazen plagiarism of its manifestotheme, suspecting a leak from its rank. The NPPwent to town to contest the ownership of theslogan. The NDC would not budge though,causing the flagbearer of the party, Nana Addo,to taunt the NDC of copying.

On August 17, 2012, Elvis Afriyie Ankrah en-gaged Yoofi Grant, the manifesto coordinator ofthe NPP in a heated argument on radio aboutthe ownership of the theme. Elvis fired the firstsalvo in his bid to justify the slogan, stating thatit was abnormal for a Capitalist-oriented polit-ical party like the NPP to carve a people-centredslogan like that, forgetting that it was NPPwhich introduced pro-poor programmes likehealth insurance, mass transit transport sys-tem, youth employment, capitation grant forbasic schools, school feeding for pupils among

others.

Yoofi Grant argued that the slogan came fromthe NPP’s flagbearer, Nana Addo DankwaAkufo-Addo, who apparently adopted that slo-gan following his house-to-house campaignacross the country. Essentially, Nana Addomust have come to that conclusion from collat-ing varied views from the ordinary people he in-teracted with on the tour.

“We have a problem with the copy-cat [of theNDC],” says Samuel Awuku, a deputy Commu-nications Director of the NPP, who cites severalinstances where the NDC has “blatantly”copied initiatives of the NPP.

The tussle for the slogan was so pervasive thatgovernance institute the Institute of EconomicAffairs (IEA) decided to step in to investigateand identify the usurper in this slogan feud.entr“Political parties in the course of campaigningavoid plagiarizing the symbols, slogans of otherparties or candidates. Clearly, if you look at thisprovision, one of them may be running afoul ofthis particular provision, and it is unaccept-able,” Ransford Gyampoh, a researcher at theIEA, was quoted.

Ethiopian prime minister Meles Zeinawi is saidto have contracted an infection while recover-ing from an illnesss. Photograph: KhaledElfiqi/EPA

The Ethiopian prime minister, Meles Zenawi,57, has died of a sudden infection while recov-ering from illness at a hospital abroad, thecountry's state-run television said on Tuesday.

The longtime ruler had not been seen in publicfor several weeks. The broadcast said Melesdied just before midnight on Monday after con-tracting an infection.

The most recent images of Meles aired hadshown him noticeably thinner.

The country's deputy prime minister, Haile-mariam Desalegn, is said to be taking charge ofthe cabinet.

"Prime Minister Zenawi suddenly passed awaylast night. Meles was recovering in a hospitaloverseas for the past two months but died of asudden infection at 11.40," state television said.

Born in 1955, Meles became president in 1991and prime minister in 1995, a position that isboth head of the federal government andarmed forces. The US had long viewed Meles asa strong security partner and has given hun-dreds of millions of dollars in aid over theyears. US military drones that patrol eastAfrica, especially over Somalia, are stationed inEthiopia.

Though a US ally, Ethiopia has long been criti-cised by human rights groups for the govern-ment's strict control and dissent is nottolerated.

During Meles's election win in 2005, when itappeared the opposition was likely to make

gains, he tightened security across the countryand on the night of the election declared a stateof emergency, outlawing any public gatheringas his ruling party claimed a majority win. Op-position members accused Meles of rigging theelection, and demonstrations broke out. Secu-rity forces moved in, killing hundreds of peopleand jailing thousands.

In 2010, Meles won another five years in officewhile receiving a reported 99% of the vote.Meles was the longtime chairman of the TigrayPeople's Liberation Front and has always iden-tified strongly with his party.

"I cannot separate my achievements from whatcan be considered as the achievements of theruling party. Whatever achievement theremight have been, it does not exist independentof that party," Meles once said.

Meles grew up in the northern town of Adwa,where his father had 13 siblings from multiplewomen. He moved to the capital, Addis Ababa,on a scholarship after completing an eight-yearelementary education in just five years.

Ethiopian prime ministerMeles Zenawi dies after illness


Nana Addo Danquah (NPP)

Paa Kweisi Nduom (PPP)

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AFRICAN Diaspora News

Blacks, Hispanics Targeted atAirports for Stops, Searches

It turns out that the TSA’s muchtouted “behavior detection” programthat was supposed to be a sophisti-cated, new age way of picking out po-tential terrorists has degenerated intojust another law enforcement method

of using racial profiling to pick out blacks andLatinos who look “suspicious,” according to ahigh number of complaints from TSA employ-ees that were acquired by the New York Times.

At a meeting last month in Boston, officers fromthe Transportation Security Administration re-ceived 32 complaints—some anonymously—from employees in Boston who were upsetabout the procedures used in the program. Theysaid the so-called behavior detection has re-sulted in particular passengers, such as Hispan-ics traveling to Miami or blacks wearingbaseball caps backward, being much morelikely to be stopped, searched and questioned.

“They just pull aside anyone who they don’t likethe way they look — if they are black and haveexpensive clothes or jewelry, or if they are His-panic,” said a white officer, who along with fourothers spoke with The New York Times on thecondition of anonymity.

The TSA told the Times that it has opened an

investigation into the employees’ claims.The behavior program was celebrated in frontpage profiles in papers like the New York Timesbecause it was supposed to be using “science”to determine whether certain travelers lookedand acted uncomfortable or nervous, perhapsbecause they were in the midst of a carrying outa terrorist attack. But scientists have questionedwhether any kind of behavioral psychologycould be used for such purposes.

The complaintsput the Obamaadministrationin an awkwardposition since ithas so vocifer-ously opposedracial profiling inother instances,such as the newimmigration lawin Arizona. Nowits own TSA isbeing accused ofpicking out trav-elers based ontheir race in aprogram thatwas supposed tobe a national

model.

In fact, according to the Times, the Massachu-setts State Police actually asked the TSA why somany of the cases referred to them were minori-ties.

“The behavior detection program is no longer abehavior-based program, but it is a racial pro-

filing program,” one officer wrote in an anony-mous complaint obtained by The Times.

In a statement, a TSA spokesman said theagency just learned of the claims. “If any ofthese claims prove accurate, we will take imme-diate and decisive action to ensure there areconsequences to such activity,” the statementsaid.

While the statement said the agency’s behaviordetection program “in no way encourages ortolerates profiling,” the complaints from theTSA employees indicates that they were pres-sured to stop minorities to pad their numbersand demonstrate to Washington that the behav-ior program was working.

Instead, the employees said it had the oppositeeffect because it “takes officers away from thereal threat, and we could miss a terrorist we arelooking for.”

It was so bad that Boston officers actually wentto the American Civil Liberties Union with theircomplaints of profiling.

“Selecting people based on race or ethnicity wasa way of finding easy marks,” said Sarah Wun-sch, a lawyer in the group’s Boston office whointerviewed eight officers. “It was a notch in

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Afro-American Newspaper Celebrates 120 Years Of Service

t’s a busy day for Clarence Massey. He’s delivering theAfro-American’s special 120th anniversary edition.

“We’re a small company, but we’re worldwide. Everybodyknows about the Afro. It’s a privilege to get it out there,”

said Massey, Afro-American circulation manager.

The Afro’s archives run deep, stories from Baltimore to localpolitics and worldwide events. Publisher Jake Oliver says it’sbeen an amazing 120 years.

“One hundred twenty years is quite an accomplishment. Whenyou dig under the surface, to get a sense of how this paper hadto adapt to its environment, it makes the achievement of 120years even more amazing,” said Oliver, Afro-American pub-lisher & CEO.

He says heavyweight champ Joe Louis was a towering figure.But two of the most influential people the Afro covered wereBooker T. Washington and former Baltimore City Mayor KurtSchmoke.

“Booker T. Washington had an impact on everyone. He createda bridge between the two races. He was the first major personwe covered in the turn of the century,” Oliver said. “KurtSchmoke’s election changed everything in the city. It was thefirst time the voting power of the black community really man-ifested itself into something that was visible.”

One of the cornerstones of the Afro was legendary sports editorSam Lacy, who worked there for more than 60 years.

The Afro was established “in the basement of the Sharon Baptist

Church, and it was the result of a need being recognized thatthere wasn’t a publication for the black community,” Oliversaid.

The doors to the future for the Afro-American are wide open.

“It’s going to become multi-language, multi-ethnic,” Oliver said.“It’s going to be more a paper of the world, and that’s the direc-tion I think we’re going and we’re very excited about that.”

“To have a black paper in the city of Baltimore and the state ofMaryland for 120 years is a great thing. There’s not many papersout there. They’re going out of business, and the Afro is stillhere,” Massey said.

--Ron Matz, CBS

Poll: African-Americans to Vote for Obama Landslide

According to a recent poll, African-Americans across the countryhave already decided who they're voting for in the upcoming elec-tion by a landslide, and the results appear true in Charlottesvilleas well.

A new poll conducted by NBC News and the Wall Street Journal,President Barack Obama is slamming his Republican opponentMitt Romney by 94 percent to 0 percent.

University of Virginia's Center for Politics is not shocked by thenumbers. They say this because back in 2008, exit polling showedObama picked up more than 95 percent of African-American vot-ers. By tying that with this poll, it suggests Obama will be gettingthe same support from the black community in this year's presi-dential election.

The center for politics says if you conducted a poll in Char-lottesville, you'd find similar results.

Geoffrey Skelley of the UVA Center for Politics added, "There's afairly large African-American population in Charlottesville, so thefact that the city was one of the most democratic towns in 2008 -in terms of its voting result - this poll just follows."

As for Romney, Skelley credits the margin of error for the 0 per-cent finding. He estimates that at least 3 percent of African-Amer-icans will vote Republican.

The center for politics says there had been a lot of talk about aslight decline in African-American support for Obama, but thispoll made it more clear that the president's African-American sup-porters are expected to vote for him on November 6.

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he Trayvon Martin shooting at first brought muchof America together in a "trans-partisan" reaction,with many Republicans and conservatives sympa-thizing with the unarmed teenage boy who waskilled. But when America's first-ever black presi-

dent commented on the tragedy—with a mild expression ofsympathy and a universal message for "every parent in Amer-ica"—it quickly descended into "racialized political fodder."Why the change? Because the president's "indelible blacknessirradiates everything he touches," writes Ta-Nehisi Coates inthe Atlantic , in a long, angry, and nuanced look at race rela-tions in America since the election of President Obama.

Obama came to power seeming to promise a post-racialAmerica; but to do so, he had to be "twice as good" and "halfas black," writes Coates. And as soon as Obama seemed to bea black man wielding the power of government, the racistbacklash kicked in. To illustrate how the negative attacks onObama are more than just typical partisanism, Coates looksat how opposition to the Affordable Care Act and other issueshas grown racialized, even though Obama has mostly ignoredrace as an issue since becoming president. "Barack Obamagoverns a nation enlightened enough to send an AfricanAmerican to the White House, but not enlightened enough toaccept a black man as its president," writes Coates. Check outhis entire article in the Atlantic .

--By Mark Russell , Newser Staff

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Caribbean News in Briefs

OVER 28,000 FARMERS TO BENEFIT FROM PROGRAMFUNDED BY CANADAOver 28,000 farmers in eight countries in the Caribbean will see thebenefits of a program funded by the Canadian International Develop-ment Agency (CIDA). The program is called the “Promotion of RegionalOpportunities for Produce through Enterprises and Linkages” (PRO-PEL). It is designed to provide a consistent supply of agricultural prod-ucts to large-scale buyers in the region, such as hotels and airlines. Theinitiative involves some US$20.2 million.

CXC CALLS FOR JAMAICAN CRITICS TO STOP “BLAMEGAME”Leaders of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) are angry overa proposed enquiry concerning the agency’s involvement in the declineof pass rates in math and English among Caribbean students. Dr. Di-dacus Jules, registrar at the CXC, describes the enquiry as a “blamegame” that is fueling public debate about the dropping examinationgrades.

POLICE CHIEF, OFFICER SHOT AT ROADBLOCK ON ST.CROIXA chief of police and another police officer were shot when attemptingto stop an armed robbery on St. Croix. According to investigators, asmany as ten shots were fired at the police officers at a roadblock theyset up. Police Chief Christopher Howell and Officer Elsworth Jones re-ceived non-threatening wounds during the shoot-out. The gunmen es-caped.

12 PEOPLE CONVICTED OF CORRUPTION IN CUBAA court in Cuba has found 12 people guilty of corruption in a case in-volving a contract for expansion at the Pedro Soto Alba nickel andcobalt processing operation at the Moa mine. Sentences for the 12ranged from four to 12 years. Among those convicted are high-rankinggovernment officials, an executive of the firm, and workers at a jointCuban-Canada enterprise.

HAITI’S GOVERNMENT PALACE DEMOLISHED BY SEANPENN’S NONPROFITThe charity organization founded by Sean Penn, actor and activist,plans to oversee the demolition of the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The building was seriously damaged during the island’s2010 earthquake. Penn’s group, J/P HRO, expects to start the demoli-tion in ten days and will not charge for its work. The demolition willtake about two months, according to nonprofit officials.

MEXICO BATTLING INCREASE OF “REGGAETONEROS”Mexico City is not happy with the rising popularity of “reggaeton,” aCaribbean fusion of hip-hop and Latin music. Fans of the music arebeing blamed for a wide range of offenses in the conservative Mexicancity. The fans, known as “reggaetoneros,” vandalized cars and occupieda local shopping mall after police cancelled a concert in the Zona Rosaneighborhood. According to residents, those living in the neighborhoodare afraid of the fans, whom sociologists have characterized as angry,disadvantaged youths who cannot find jobs.

OPPOSITION LAWMAKER TAKES LEAVE OF ABSENCEFROM POSTDaryl Vaz, Jamaican opposition legislator, will take a leave of absenceas his party’s chief spokesperson on information and communicationstechnology matters in order to minimize any impact on his party fromcharges that he perverted the course of justice. Vaz faces accusationsthat he breached anti-corruption law when he intervened in a trafficviolation involving his friend, businessman Bruce Bicknell.

ENTREPRENEURS IN JAMAICA TO RECEIVE MILLIONS INFUNDINGJamaica’s government wills double the allocation of grants provided toentrepreneurs through the Labor Ministry and the Steps to Work pro-gram under Social Security. The Labor Ministry has about J$42 millionavailable for entrepreneur grants for 2012. These grants can be usedto help people on the island set up new businesses.

FORBES’ ATTORNEY REFUSES TO DISCUSS MISSING DOC-UMENTSenior Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Dirk Harrison, the at-torney for James Forbes, Superintendent of Police, is refusing to talkabout prosecutors’ charges that a “document” held by Forbes is miss-ing. The document is critical to the prosecution case against Forbes andis related to a meeting “facilitated” by Forbes at his St. Andrew offices.The meeting involved arrangements made to “absolve the incident”concerning businessman Bruce Bicknell. Bicknell and Forbes arecharged with attempting to pervert the course of justice.

America Still Can't Accept a Black President

President Barack Obama puts his arm around daugh-

ter Malia as they and family friends walk to Marine

One on the South Lawn of the White House. (AP

Photo/Susan Walsh)

History maker: First blackwoman to be 3-star admiral

woman who grew up in Aurora has made history— again. Vice Admiral Michelle Janine Howard be-came the first African-American woman promotedto a three-star rank in the U.S. armed forces, as she

became a deputy commander of U.S. Fleet Forces.

Howard, a 1978 graduate of Gateway High School, alreadywas the first African-American woman to command a U.S.Navy warship, the first female grad-uate of the Naval Academy toachieve the rank of rear admiraland the first African-Americanwoman to command an expedi-tionary strike group at sea.

Her most recent assignment was aschief of staff to the director forstrategic plans and policy for theJoint Staff at the Pentagon.

She was nominated by PresidentBarack Obama to become vice ad-miral April 12 and confirmed by theU.S. Senate on May 24.

How does such an accomplishedAmerican keep it in perspective?

"I'm married; I have a husbandwho keeps me grounded," she saidby phone Friday of her husband Wayne Cowles, a retired Ma-rine.A contingent of Coloradans, including a childhood friend fromAurora, Mark Jessup, made the trip for Friday's history-mak-ing ceremony in Norfolk, Va.

Her father, Clarence Howard, an Air Force master sergeantwho was once stationed at Lowry Air Force Base, passed awaya few years ago, and her British-born mother, PhillipaHoward, relocated to the East to be near Adm. Howard, whosesiblings and their families still live in the Aurora and Parkerareas.

The admiral said so many people, including friends and fam-

ily, had contributed so much to her career."It takes a village to accomplish anything, and I've been for-tunate to have a wonderful village to take the ride with me,"she said.

In remarks during the ceremony, she credited her Coloradoupbringing, she said.

"There is a steadfast-ness about people fromthe West," she said.

Howard decided as a12-year-old that shewanted to be a militaryofficer. The dream,however, was compli-cated by a federal lawthat blocked womenfrom military acade-mies.

Her mother told her tohope and wait forchange. Four yearslater, the law changed.At 17 years old in 1978,Howard was acceptedinto the U.S. NavalAcademy in Annapolis,

Md., the third class to admit women.

In 1999, she became the first African-American woman tocommand a Navy warship at sea, the amphibious dock landingship USS Rushmore.

She became a rear admiral lower half in 2006, the first femalegraduate of the Naval Academy to reach such a rank and thefirst member of her 1982 class to reach the rank of admiral.

Howard earned her second star and became a rear admiralupper half in 2009 as she assumed command of Expedi-tionary Strike Group Two and was deployed to thwart piratesin the Gulf of Aden aboard the amphibious assault ship USSBoxer.

Vice Adm. Michelle Janine Howard's husband, Wayne

Cowles, and her sister, Lisa Teitleman, change Howard's

shoulder boards during a ceremony in Norfolk, Va..

(MC1 (SW/AW) Rafael Martie, U.S. Navy)

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Cholera epidemichits West Africa

HEALTH/NUTRITION

he number of West Nile virus infections inthe United States has jumped more than60 percent in the past week in what federal

officials say is one of the country's biggest-everoutbreaks of the disease.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control said onWednesday that 1,118 cases and 41 deaths hadbeen reported so far this year, up from fewer than700 cases and 26deaths just oneweek ago.

That is the highestnumber of WestNile virus infec-tions reportedthrough the thirdweek of Augustsince the viruswas first detectedin the UnitedStates in 1999, theCDC said. Theworst U.S. out-break occurred in2003, with 9,862cases and 264deaths that year.

"We're in themidst of one of thelargest West Nilevirus outbreaks ever seen in the United States,"said Dr. Lyle Petersen, director of the division ofvector-borne infectious diseases for the CDC.

Federal officials are stumped by the severity of theoutbreak.

Cases usually flare up in the summer because theillness is most often transmitted from infectedbirds to people by mosquitoes.

Victims may suffer fever and aches that can be-come severe or even cause death, especially in theelderly, children and other at-risk groups. There isno specific treatment for the infection.

Symptoms are often mild and many peoplestricken do not see a doctor, meaning cases arelikely underreported.

More than half of this year's cases are in Texas, butthe disease now has been detected in 47 states, and38 states have reported cases in humans, with onlyAlaska, Hawaii and Vermont reporting no cases.

About 75 percent of the cases have been in Texas,Mississippi, Louisiana, Oklahoma and South

Dakota, officials said.

Nationwide, 56 percent of cases are of the more se-rious type that can cause paralysis, meningitis orencephalitis, the CDC said. The remaining 44 per-cent are the milder form of West Nile Fever.

HOT WEATHER A CULPRIT?

Officials said theywere uncertain whythis year's outbreakhad been so severe. Amild winter, a hotsummer and otherfactors such as fluctu-ations in the bird pop-ulation arecontributors, officialssaid.

"We don't really knowwhy it's worse thisyear than in previousyears," Petersen said."One observation thathas occurred overmany decades ... hasbeen that hot weatherseems to promoteWest Nile virus out-breaks."

Dallas, where a health state of emergency was de-clared this month, is experiencing an unprece-dented epidemic, said Petersen.

Latest figures show there have been 640 cases ofthe disease in Texas. Texas state health officialssaid 23 people had died, including 15 in northTexas.

"Dallas has been hardest hit," said Dr. DavidLakey, commissioner of the Texas Department ofState Health Services.

So far, 11 deaths have been reported in DallasCounty this year, compared with 10 in the periodbetween 2003 - when the disease was first de-tected in Dallas - and 2011.

Aerial pesticide spraying in the city of Dallas andsurrounding cities has been under way since lastweek.

Officials are bracing for more cases because WestNile peaks in mid-August and lasts through Sep-tember. There is often a lag between the time ofinfection and the appearance of symptoms.

- Reuters

U.S. West Nile cases,deaths jump in latest

A Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito is shown on a

human finger in this undated handout photograph from

the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito has been proven

to be a vector associated with transmission of the West

Nile virus, according to the CDC.

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Dakar, Senegal -- A fierce cholera epi-demic is spreading through the coastalslums of West Africa, killing hundredsand sickening many more in one of theworst regional outbreaks in years, healthexperts said.

Cholera, transmitted through contactwith contaminated feces, was madeworse this year by an exceptionally rainyseason that flooded the sprawling shan-tytowns in Freetown and Conakry, thecapitals of Sierra Leone and neighboringGuinea.

In both countries, some two-thirds of thepopulation lack toi-lets and defecate inthe open, a poten-tially lethal threatin the rainy seasonbecause of the con-tamination of thewater supply. Doc-tors Without Bor-ders said there havebeen nearly twiceas many choleracases so far thisyear as there werein the same periodin 2007 in SierraLeone and Guinea.

Already, about 13,000 people sufferingfrom the disease's often fatal symptoms- diarrhea, vomiting and severe dehydra-tion - have been treated in those twocountries, and between 250 and 300have died, Doctors Without Borders said.

In Sierra Leone, the government lastweek declared the cholera outbreak a na-tional emergency, while aid workers inGuinea said the peak of the outbreak hadnot likely been reached. Both countrieshave been racked by years of civil and po-litical unrest.

Rains have already contributed tocholera deaths in the landlocked nations

of Mali and Niger as well, health officialssaid.Aid workers said the number of cases ofthe highly contagious disease continuedto increase, particularly in Freetown,where most live in slums and childrenswim in polluted waters. Often, patientsarriving at treatment centers arrive inpoor condition - near death, in somecases.

"The numbers are still rising, and therainy season has not ended yet," saidNatasha Reyes Ticzon, a cholera field co-ordinator for Doctors Without Borders inFreetown.

The houses of cholera patients are beingsprayed with chlorine to stem the spreadof the disease, said Daniel Mouque ofDoctors Without Borders in Conakry.

In the 14 countries of West and CentralAfrica there have been 40,799 choleracases this year, and 846 deaths, with overhalf the reported cases originating in theDemocratic Republic of Congo.

UNICEF said those figures are compara-ble to the regional totals for 2011, whenthere were more than 105,000 cases andnearly 3,000 deaths in what was consid-ered to be one of the region's worstcholera epidemics.

Esperance Zawadi, 18, lies by her sick 11-month-old son Steve Kwizera in a tent ineastern Congo. Photo: Jerome Delay, Associated Press / SF

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – (Press Release)- Ethiopian Airlines is pleased to announcethat its first Dreamliner, “Africa First”, con-tinuing its flight to rotating African destina-tions, has flown to Mombasa andKilimanjaro on August 19th ; to Harare andLusaka on August 20th ; and to Nairobi and

Entebbe on August 21st.

Ethiopian Airlines’ decision to fly the Dream-liner primarily to African destinations is ashow of its commitment to continue servingas the flagship carrier of Africa. Ethiopian,the fastest growing airline in Africa, is allow-

ing passengers from African destinations toenjoy first, ahead of other regions, the ulti-mate travel experience on board the Dream-liner.

Ethiopian Dreamliner offers passengers un-paralleled on-board comfort with less noise,biggest windows in the sky, higher humidityand unique lighting that is adaptable to theenvironment.

Continuing its flight to rotating African des-tinations, Ethiopian first Dreamliner will flyto Lagos, Johannesburg, Abuja, Malabo,Douala, Lomé, Accra, Maputo, and Luandain the coming days.

About Ethiopian

Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest growing airlinein Africa, made its maiden internationalflight to Cairo in 1946 and now the Airlineprovides dependable services to 69 interna-tional destinations spanning four continents.

Ethiopian is proud to be a Star AllianceMember. The Star Alliance network is theleading global airline network offering cus-tomers convenient worldwide reach and a

smoother travel experience. The Star Alliancenetwork offers more than 21,555 daily flightsto 1,356 airports in 193 countries.

Ethiopian is a multi-award winner for itscommitment and contributions towards thedevelopment and growth of the African avia-tion industry and in recognition of its distin-guished long-haul operations enhanced bythe introduction of new routes and products.Recently, Ethiopian won Gold in the AfricanAirline of the Year 2011/2012 Awards organ-ized by the African Aviation News Portal.Ethiopian also received the 2011 AFRAAaward for being consistently profitable overthe years and has won the “AFRICANCARGO AIRLINE OF THE YEAR 2011Award” for its excellence in air cargo.Ethiopian also won the NEPAD TransportInfrastructure Excellence Awards 2009 and“the Airline of the Year 2009 Award” fromthe African Airlines Association (AFRAA).

With its acquisition of and firm orders forseveral new modern fleet, the airline is wellpositioned to pursue aggressively the imple-mentation of its 2025 strategic plan to be-come the leading aviation group in Africa.

Ethiopian Dreamliner Continues ServingRotating African Destinations

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ROMNEY Accepts GOP Nomination

GOP Presidential candidate, Mitt Romney (left), and his Vice

Paul Ryan wave to crowd at the convention August 30, 2012Mitt Romney with his family, wave to crowd

Party Delegates cheering Party Delegates sing the National Anthem

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MAN OF PEACEPres. Attah Mills’ Final Farewell

President Mahama and wife

Former President Kufour and wifeFormer President Rawlings and

Nana Konadu Agyeman

Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan

Liberian President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

US sec. of state, Mrs Hillary Clinton being

Welcomed by Former UN Sec. General Kofi Annan

Naadu Mills, Widow of Late Pres. Mills

Opposition Leader, Nana Akuffo-Addo

President Attah Mills (1944 – 2012)

Arizona order bars young illegal immigrants with Obama immunityfrom getting drivers licenses (Bloomberg) -- Young immigrants authorized

to work in the U.S. under a new federal pro-gram won’t be able to getdriver’s licenses in Ari-zona.

Republican Governor JanBrewer issued an execu-tive order saying state lawbars benefits or state-is-sued identification forthose in the country ille-gally -- including thosewho qualify for the de-ferred-enforcement pro-gram announced byPresident Barack Obamain June, which kicked offyesterday. She directed agencies to block accessfor an estimated 80,000 immigrants in Arizonawho may qualify.

Brewer’s order came as thousands of young il-legal immigrants lined up around the U.S.seeking information about work permits and apossible two-year deferment of deportation, in-cluding 11,000 who came to Navy Pier in

Chicago to meet with volunteer lawyers, theChicago Tribune reported. The program could

stop deportations of immi-grants in the country atleast five years, werebrought to the U.S. beforeage 16 and graduate fromhigh school or serve in themilitary, among other cri-teria.

The policy may benefit asmany as 1.7 million peopleage 30 and under, accord-ing to estimates from thePew Hispanic Center. Thereport said that 950,000people would be eligible

immediately and another 770,000 people inthe future as they meet the criteria set by thepresident.Brewer’s Rise

Obama’s policy bypassed Congress, where leg-islation known as the Dream Act designed to

LAW IMMIGRATION

Immigrants apply to stay in U.S.

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Gov. Jan Brewer

WASHINGTON – Thousands of young illegalimmigrants packed government centers acrossthe nation and sought help from volunteers onthe first day they could apply to legally stay andwork in the United States under a new federalinitiative.

Under President Barack Obama's most ambi-tious immigration program — officially called

the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals — il-legal immigrants between the ages of 15 and 31who were brought to America before the age of16 and have no criminal record are able to applyto remain in the U.S. for at least two years andwork legally.

Organizations around the nation launched alarge-scale effort Wednesday to help applicantsnavigate the process.

In overflowing auditoriums, gyms and civicbuildings around the U.S., volunteers and probono lawyers answered questions and helpedthousands of young immigrants, some of whomsaw the program as their first chance to get a

job, open a bank account and breathe easier fora couple of years without the threat of deporta-tion hanging over their heads.

In Chicago, a line of thousands of undocu-mented students snaked around the ballroom atNavy Pier, wanting to find out more about howto apply from dozens of attorneys and volun-teers. By midday, organizers with the Illinois

Coalition for Immigrant andRefugee Rights were turningpeople away and encouragingthem to attend workshopsscheduled for later in themonth.

"There was a lot of enthusi-asm and hope," said MaryMeg McCarthy, the executivedirector of the Heartland Al-liance's National ImmigrantJustice Center, a Chicago-based immigration advocacyorganization that helped or-ganize the event at Navy Pier.

The main auditorium atUnion County College in Elizabeth, N.J., wasfilled to capacity at 10 a.m. Students holdingelectric bills, transcripts and class scheduleslined the walls, filled the seats and sat in theaisles to hear advice on what kinds of docu-ments could be used to support their applica-tions.

"It was incredibly powerful," said Sen. RobertMenendez, D-N.J., who spoke during the infor-mation session in Elizabeth. "It was hard not tobe moved by the understanding of what todaymeans to so many young people across our na-tion who have literally dreamed of the day theycould come out of the shadows."

Thousands of immigrants also converged in thelobbies of local consulates to get passports andidentification cards needed to apply. Linesformed in Washington, D.C., before 7 a.m. InHouston, lines for the Mexican consulatestretched into downtown streets, creating trafficjams.

Nonprofit organizations on the Kansas-Mis-souri border collaborated to put together aworkshop on how the immigration program willwork and what applicants will need in order toapply.

"For the last month or so, we've been gettingcalls or walk-ins," said Mary Lou Jaramillo, theCEO of a nonprofit advocacy group that workswith the bi-state area's Latino community."Early on, they had questions: what could theydo now? Now they want to know what comesnext."

Jamarillo said students are expected to comefrom as far as Manhattan, Kan., the home ofKansas State University and a two-hour drivefrom Kansas City.

AUSTELL, Ga. —An Austellman is accused of pretendingto be a doctor and treatinghundreds of patients.

Channel 2's Ashley Swann isfollowing up on the allegationsagainst Ernest Addo, who hasbeen charged with unlawfullypracticing medicine in SouthCarolina.

South Carolina police said the48-year-old used the identityof a friend who was a doctor toget a job as a physician at Agape Senior Pri-

mary Care in Orangeburg,S.C., in February.Since then, Addo is be-lieved to have treated upto 500 senior citizens inthe Columbia, S.C. area,authorities said.

Police said Addo quit lastweek when his doctorfriend realized he hadopened credit cards in hisname and called police.

Addo was arrested at aErnest Addo

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BUSINESSBUSINESSBusiness Lessons From Diaspora:

South African Billionaire, Elon MuskVENTURES AFRICA – Elon Musk, the South Africa-born billionaire behind the likes of SpaceX and Paypal,may be in the news for the wrong reasons at the momentfollowing his divorce from his second wife, but he is thequintessential example of the self-made African operatingwith great success in the diaspora. He joined the list of bil-lionaires following a 25 percent stock value gain in Tesla,his publicly traded electric car company, while he ispreparing his companies SolarCity and SpaceX for IPOs,with the former expected to achieve a $1.5 billion valua-tion. Ventures Africa looks at five lessons that can belearned from Musk’s great and varied success.

Stick to what your good at

Musk bought his first computer at the tender age of tenand had taught himself how to program by the age of 12.He sold his first commercial software for about $500, aspace game called Blastar. He has focused in part on thesoftware and the internet ever since, while never varyingfrom the three fields where he initially felt he had most tooffer. He considered three areas he wanted to get into thatwere “important problems that would most affect the fu-ture of humanity”. As he said later, “One was the internet,one was clean energy, and one was space”.

Be ahead of the game

He has always retained a connection with the internet andclean energy, and the two underpin many of his businessdecisions. He created the first electric car of the modernera, called the Tesla Roadster. He co-founded X.com, an

online financial services and e-mail payment company, inMarch 1999. A year later X.com acquired Confinity, whichoperated an auction payment system, PayPal. Musk was aprincipal architect behind the purchase, which hinged onhis belief in the emerging P2P technology, and instrumen-tal in PayPal’s focus on a global payment system. His be-liefs and commitment have been proved right by thesuccess of PayPal and P2P technology in general.

Be adventurous

Nobody could ever accuse Elon Musk of setting his sights

Ghana loses millions in multiple

salary paymentshe government lost mil-lions of cedis as a result ofmultiple payments to1,800 active employees

and pensioners in unearnedmonthly salaries and pensionsfrom the Controller andAccountant General’sDepartment (CAGD) in2011.

According to the 2011Auditor-General’s Re-port, those multiplepayments were effectedto the beneficiariesthrough the same bankaccount.

For instance, the CAGDpaid GH¢292.68 twice into thesame bank account of the AximAgency of the Ahantaman RuralBank in respect of two individuals,both bearing the same surname.

In another instance, three individ-uals were paid GH¢1,577.22;

GH¢1,219.28 and GH¢923.22 intothe same bank account held at theSonzele Rural Bank.

In its response to the issue raisedby the Auditor-General, the man-

agement of the CAGD said “the observation is noted and CAGD willinvestigate and take necessary ac-tion. In general, the ongoing bio-metric registration of activeemployees and pensioners will help

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ublic private partnership schemes to im-prove infrastructure in Nigeria are set to re-ceive a major boost with a cash injectionfrom the World Bank

The poor state of Nigeria’s infrastructure is set to re-ceive a US$200 million cash injection to enable loansfor public /privatepartnerships want-ing to finance im-provement schemes.

The World Bank ispoised to lend thecash as a seed fundto set up a FinancialIntermediary Loanscheme under thePublic Private Part-nership (PPP) initia-tive.

The good news wasrevealed at a summitof finance chiefsmeeting in Lagos byJo Ohiani, head ofthe InfrastructureConcession Regulatory Commission (ICRC).

He explained that eligible participating financial in-termediaries, particularly commercial banks withAfrica Finance Corporation (AFC) as the lead, willlend to qualifying private sector partners in a PublicPrivate Partnership project.

Public investment programmes, which are already in

accordance with the national policy of PPP, are set tobe prioritised in the selection process for eligible proj-ects for financing.

While presenting a report titled Governmental Pro-motion of Infrastructure Development, Ohiani high-lighted the ‘deplorable state’ of infrastructure in the

African continent.

The annual investmentin infrastructure inAfrica doubled from$17 billion to $35 bil-lion between 2001 and2009, while the overallspending needs forsub-Saharan Africa isestimated at £93 bil-lion annually over thenext decade.

Ohiani said with themassive gaps in fund-ing, there were majoropportunities for pri-vate sector finance in

infrastructure develop-ments in Africa. He

said: “Governments in Africa are taking active stepstowards addressing the state of infrastructure in theregion.”

The ICRC is planning to bring 20 projects to the mar-ket before the end of the year despite the many chal-lenges of getting Government departments andagencies and private sector partners to abide by thePPP guidelines.

Ghana Has Failedas a State

Nigeria's infrastructureto get shot in the arm

The current state of Nigerian roads

rince Kofi Amoabeng, ChiefExecutive Officer (CEO) ofUT Bank, says Ghana hasfailed in spite of the recogni-

tion of the country as an emergingeconomy.

He said “truly from what I have seenin the last 50 years I can truly say thatGhana is a failing state. Businessesare not being helped to flourish be-cause of the lack of structure and in-frastructural developments.”

He explained that Ghana’s economyhas not been in the best shape in thepast 50 years and businesses, whichare the backbone of any successfuleconomy, continue to be killed bythose who have been at the helm overthe years.

Mr. Amoabeng disclosed this whilespeaking on the topic “challenges fac-ing private sector businesses inGhana” at a forum held to celebratethe 1st anniversary of The Finder, aprivate newspaper set up by the for-mer Managing Director of GraphicCommunication Limited.

He noted that Ghana has not beenable to realize its development poten-tial because there is too much corrup-tion and indiscipline in every sector,particularly the public service.

“Because of the structural breakdown,Ghanaians do not feel accountable toanyone and corruption has taken overevery aspect of our economy,” he reit-erated.

He said in spite of Ghana’s touteddemocratic credentials, the type ofstructures and systems that wouldmake Ghana an economic success hadnot been delivered.

The UT Bank boss called for practicalsteps to be taken in order to create theenabling environment for businessesto thrive.

Mohammed Awal, Chief ExecutiveOfficer (CEO) of Marble Communica-tions Group, publishes of The Finder,The Weekend Finder and FinderSports, said the anniversary topic:“Strengthening State Institutions forPrivate Sector Development” was cho-sen to highlight the need for the state

to play an active role in developing theprivate sector.

“The state must collaborate with theprivate sector to encourage develop-ment, he said, adding that The Finderwas developed to complement jour-nalism in national development andthey were committed to producingcredible, balance and development-oriented stories.

He announced that the company willnext year come out with its businesspaper and an electronic media house.

Peter Jones, the British High Com-missioner to Ghana, said Africa’s pri-vate sector had generated anestimated 70 percent of the conti-nent’s output, approximately two-thirds of its investment and 90percent of employment on the conti-nent.

He added that based on these statis-tics offered by the African Union(AU), the creation and developmentof private sector job, is seen as one ofthe most effective and sustainablestrategies for alleviating poverty inAfrica.

He said Africa could reduce depend-ence on foreign aid if the private sec-tor becomes dynamic.

Mr. Jones noted that challenges fac-ing Ghana’s private sector such ashigh cost of utility, lack of access to in-formation on external markets and in-adequate physical infrastructurecould be tackled if the sector is giventhe needed attention.

--By Esther Awuah / Daily Guide

Africa’s Richest Woman BuysPortuguese Pay-Tv Company

frica’s richest woman Isabel dos Santos hasbought a further 5 per cent of Portugal’s lead-ing pay-TV and Internet provider Zon Multi-media from Spain’s

Telefonica.

The acquisition makes Dos Santos,the entrepreneurial daughter ofAngolan President, the largestshareholder of Zon Multimedia;with her total share rising to 15 percent. The move was her secondforay into the Portuguese marketafter she secured 9 per cent sharein Portugal’s third-largest listedbank Banco BPI.

According to Bloomberg, Zonshares were up 2.9 per cent to2.649 euros ($3.427 ) in earlytrade on Wednesday after the an-nouncement of the deal that camelate on Tuesday, sailing against thewind while Lisbon’s stock index was 0.5 per cent lower.Sources close to the deal said dos Santos paid Telefonica2.5 euros per share in a transaction worth a total of 38million euros ($49.2 million).

Dos Santos, an avid investor and daughter of Jose Ed-uardo dos Santos, Angola’s long-serving President, hasbeen actively investing in Portugal. According to NunoMilheiro, a trader at Dif Broker, “it is a strong investorat a tough time for Portugal in which any money coming

in counts”.

Analysts believe cash from oil-rich Angola, a formercolony of Portugal, could bepertinent in helping companiesin the European country en-dure the shocks of recent deeprecession as it implements toghausterity measures under a 78billion euro ($100.9 billion)EU/IMF bailout package. Theyalso hinted at more mergersand acquisitions for Zon.

Analysts lauded news of the ac-quisition, confirming the viabil-ity of the investor. Marketexperts have long argued thatfour telecom operators in a£mature market and recession-hit economy like Portugal” area luxury.

Zon and telecoms group Sonaecom are seen as the mostlikely candidates to form a joint outfit, thanks to thesizeable synergy savings and the advantages of jointlycompeting against former monopoly Portugal Telecom.

Isabel dos Santos is said to be worth at least $170 mil-lion and is the richest woman in Angola. She is also saidto have relevant interests in telecommunications,media, retail, finance and the energy industry, both inAngola and Portugal.

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TECHNOLOGYSurge in business for Africa'sElectricity Generator Industry

usiness is booming for manufacturers ofdiesel and gas generators in Africa as the con-tinent struggles to implement efficient elec-tricity infrastructure.

Insufficient power supply and infrastructure are dam-aging the growth of many African economies, but driv-ing the revenues of diesel andgas generator (genset) manu-facturers.

A new report by business intel-ligence experts GlobalDatasays the inability of countriesacross the African continent tomeet the power demands oftheir expanding industries isresulting in the large scale em-ployment of electricity gensets,with Nigeria at the forefront ofthe market.

Despite reassurances by Presi-dent Goodluck Johnson over ayear ago, Africa’s most popu-lous country still suffers fromtwo major issues regarding power supply.

Firstly, the Power Holding Company of Nigeria(PHCN), the governing body for the use of electricity inthe country, generates insufficient power to meet usagelevels. Secondly, transmission and distribution (T&D)networks in the country are poor and sorely in need ofimprovement.

Only 45 percent of Nigeria’s population has access toelectricity, and only 30 per cent of demand is currently

being met. A total of 90 percent of industrial cus-tomers, and a considerable percentage of residentialand non-residential customers, have their own meansof power generation.

The corresponding unavailability of power has led toconsumers turning to diesel and gas gensets – exhibited

by a 2011 marketvalue of $450m.Climbing at aCompound AnnualGrowth Rate(CAGR) of 8.7 per-cent over the pe-riod 2012-2020,this figure is pre-dicted to reach$950.7m by 2020.

As the reliability ofelectricity in manyAfrican countriesis low, and the de-mand for powerhigh, other nationsincluding South

Africa, Egypt, Angola and Algeria are also expected todisplay strong genset growth in the future. The telecom,manufacturing and commercial sectors of these coun-tries are currently experiencing robust growth and in-creasing the need for continuous power.

GlobalData predicts that if little is done to improvepower networks across Africa, the continent could be-come the next major growth destination for interna-tional genset manufacturers.

IBM Opens First Labin Africa to Push

Growth on Continentnternational Business MachinesCorp. (IBM), the world’s biggestcomputer-services provider,opened a research lab in Nairobi,

its first in Africa, as part of an expan-sion to gain customers in the conti-nent.

IBM, based in Armonk, New York, saidtoday in a statement that it’s setting upthe unit to work with the Kenyan gov-ernment on developing local solutionsfor water shortages and traffic conges-tion. The move also adds to its on-the-ground expertise to help sell productsand services to companies and govern-ments across the continent, Uyi Stew-art, a researcher for IBM in New York,who worked on the deal, said in an in-terview.

“It gives us that innovative arm toleapfrog everybody else when doingbusiness in the country,” Stewart said.

Chief Executive Officer Ginni Rometty,who is in Nairobi to meet with Presi-dent Mwai Kibaki and other govern-ment officials today, is betting thatgrowth markets like Russia, Brazil andIndonesia can contribute toward 30percent of revenue (IBM) by 2015, upfrom 22 percent last year. In Africa,IBM is present in more than 20 coun-tries, compared with four, two yearsago.

“There is big demand for increasing thelevel of sophistication of all levels of life

in the African countries,” said TakreemEl-Tohamy, IBM’s general manager forthe Middle East, Africa and Pakistan,in an interview. “There is big develop-ment and big focus driven by politicalstability, economic stability and a bigsocial drive from rural areas to cities.”

Develop Skills The Nairobi research unit is IBM’s 12thworldwide and is an extension of itsplan to train workers in Africa in an ef-fort to aid economic development onthe continent and increase the com-pany’s customer base. IBM also hasagreements to develop skills in Africannations including Ghana and Tanzania.

IBM didn’t disclose its investment inthe Nairobi lab or give projections forrevenue from it. Its other research labsare in the U.S., Australia, Brazil, China,India, Ireland, Israel, Japan andSwitzerland.

The company’s expansion in Africa ispart of a drive to add $20 billion in rev-enue by 2015. That goal includes win-ning contracts to make cities andinfrastructure more efficient throughdata analysis and cloud computing. Facebook's iPhone App is New,

Improved; Android, Not So MuchFacebook has completely rebuilt its iPhone app, makingit much faster at loading status updates and scrollingthrough news feeds.

Android users, however, willhave to wait for a better Face-book experience.

The key difference in the newFacebook iPhone app is thatit's written in native code,rather than HTML5. AlthoughHTML5 allowed Facebook towrite its app once and ship itacross multiple platforms, italso slowed the apps down,hence the notorious Facebookloading spinner.

The new app is much faster,even on my old iPhone 3GS.New status updates still take afew moments to load, but I'veyet to experience any of the se-rious hang time that afflictedthe old iPhone app.

The iPhone app's interface is mostly unchanged fromprevious versions, but a “new stories” notifier appearsat the top of the news feed, which loads more updateswhen you tap on it. Photos can also be dismissed witha downward swipe.

I own a Galaxy S II in addition to the iPhone 3GS, so Icompared the old HTML5 Android app to the new na-tive iPhone app side by side. Status updates took muchlonger to load on the Android app, and photo viewing

was unreliable, at times failing to loadthumbnails or images. It's a reminder ofhow dismal the Facebook app has beenon both platforms for the last few years,and how HTML5 just isn't good enoughin its current state for mobile apps likeFacebook.

When will Android users get a nativeapp? Facebook isn't saying, and accord-ing to Business Insider, Android develop-ment has been somewhat of a struggle forthe company. Unnamed sources saidFacebook had to pressure employees togive up their iPhones for Androidphones, just to make them suffer throughFacebook's sub-par Android app as mo-tivation.

In any case, a blog post about the newiPhone app from Facebook's JonathanDann bodes well for Android users: “The

development of this new app signals a shift in howFacebook is building mobile products, with a focus ondigging deep into individual platforms,” he writes. See-ing as Android is in the lead for smartphone marketshare, there's a good chance it's next in line for an over-haul.

iPhone 5 Screen Could Be Larger, According to

Reportedly Leaked Photos iPhone 5 – Apple has gotten tothe point where its fans awaitthe release of new iPhones likea religious experience. So withthe expectation that a newiPhone will be upon us in thenext couple of weeks, we will beseeing more “leaks” telling uswhat the phone will look likeand what will be in it.

A company called SmartPhoneMedic, a smartphone repairservice based in Columbia,S.C., claims to have gotten itshands on the newly shippedparts for the iPhone5 and de-cided to make a video to sharetheir discovery with the world.(One wonders what this meansabout SmartPhone Medic’schances of getting substantial Applebusiness in the future?)

The biggest change seems to be the sizeof the screen, which looks to be consid-

erably bigger on the 5. Apple also ap-pears to have changed slightly the loca-tion of the speaker.

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Customers who tell at least three friendsand family members through a qualifyingreferral about the Western Union® MobileMoney Transfer service from the U.S. toKenya will receive a coupon for a $0-fee* transaction. To qualify for thecoupon, U.S. customers must “tell a friend”through www.westernunion.com/mpesausing e-mail, Facebook or Twitter. The pro-motion runs until Sept. 7, 2012.

Western Union continues to expand its Mo-bile Money Transfer service to M-PESA sub-scribers in Kenya. Today, consumers cansend money directly to the mobile “wallets”of Safaricom M-PESA subscribers in Kenyafrom nearly 170,000 Western Union Agentlocations in 91countries and territories, in-cluding the U.S. This “cash to mobile” serv-ice to Kenya is the first service of its kind inthe world.

The service operates on Western Union’sworldwide network and trusted global “hub”for processing cross-border remittances. It

also builds on the unprecedented success ofM-PESA, a mobile money transfer service inKenya offered by Safaricom that has at-tracted nearly 15 million customers since itslaunch in 2007. Funds are delivered directlyto M-PESA subscribers and are usuallyavailable in minutes.

To learn more about Mobile Money Trans-fer and to receive the fee-free coupon, visitwww.westernunion.com/mpesa.

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UGANDA - In a bid to ease rising traffic numbersat Uganda's one and only major airport, plans havebeen revealed to develop two aerodromes into newairports

Ambitions plans have been unveiled by the CivilAviation Authority (CAA) to expand two ofUganda’s aerodromes into International Airports atan estimated cost of $240 million.

The expansion proposals are aimed at easing in-creasing traffic numbers at Uganda’s En-tebbe International Airport which in thepast three years has seen passenger num-bers swell from 500,000 passengers to 1.2million a year.

Engineering designs and master planshave already been drawn up to developGulu (Northern Uganda) and Kasese(Western Uganda) aerodromes into air-ports.

The CAA’s Public Relations ManagerIgnie Igunduura said: "The master planstudies' report has already been submit-ted to Government but they (aerodromes)are going to be developed in phases be-cause it wouldn't be easy to do all of them in onego."

Air Transport is of significant importance toUganda, which is a landlocked country, as it pro-vides the most efficient and quickest transportmeans to get to and from the country. It also pro-vides the main means of transport for Uganda’sperishable high value commodities and it is thushigh on the Government’s priority list.

The Government is understood to be in negotia-tions with a Chinese company to help fund the twoaerodrome projects.

In July, Entebbe Airport received the 2012 RoutesAfrica Marketing Accolade for managing to attractthe largest number of reputable airlines but the Air-port is finding it difficult to manage the ever grow-ing traffic.

There are fears that if expansion of airport servicesis not fast-tracked, growing traffic numbers couldoverwhelm the authorities particularly with theUnited Nations base near Entebbe Airport whichwill have nearly 6,000 personnel together with the

onset of oil drilling.

The construction of two new airports would meanthe pressure would ease from Entebbe and passen-gers would be able to fly directly to and from theseareas.

The CAA currently manages 13 aerodromes as wellas the Entebbe Airport, but there are other privatelyowned airfields. The Arua Aerodrome (West Nile)is also undergoing expansion and the CAA is alsoworking on acquiring more land for access roads.Join Businessfriend today.

--Sheree Hanna - African Review

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GHANA ELECTIONS 2012

Nevertheless, the NPP has decided tochange its manifesto theme to avoid com-plications. In a statement recently issuedby the campaign manager of the NPP,Boakye Agyarko, he stated emphaticallythat the NPP would not fight over the slo-gan anymore. “NPP is not interested infighting over ownership of a slogan. Theyare free to appropriate “People matter, YouMatter” as their campaign slogan in 2012,”said Mr Agyarko.It is a curious position that the NDC findsitself, as it is not clear which of the cam-paign slogans the NDC will want to use tospearhead its campaign because it also hasthe “Better Ghana” slogan which appearsto be a mere sloganeering than action.

The NPP campaign chairman provides anexplanation; “The New Patriotic Party isglad to hear that the National DemocraticCongress has finally come to the realisa-tion that their “Better Ghana” and “Still aBetter Ghana” slogans have to be aban-doned because they have failed in deliver-ing a better Ghana for the Ghanaianpeople.”“Their decision to “borrow” our manifestotheme as their campaign slogan is an em-barrassing testimony of a government thatis lacking in ideas, ingenuity and imagina-tion.

It shows a government at its wits end evenin matters as simple as the choice of a slo-gan,” he adds.

The accusations of plagiarizing slogans areindeed just a tip of the iceberg because allsorts of accusations are flying around.

Recently, the PPP also accused the NPP ofpinching some of its policies including thefree education programme that the NPPhas positioned as it top priority pro-gramme if voted into power in December.

Hitting The Road

By September, all the confirmed politicalparties will hit the campaign road and willbe mainly concerned with selling theirmessage to the electorate.

The dynamics have changed this time, sayspolitical science lecturer at the Universityof Ghana, Legon, Kwasi Jonah. Mr Jonahobserves that the general tone of politi-cians will be more civil this time, particu-larly because of the jolt received by manypeople following the untimely demise ofPresident Evans Atta Mills whose person-ality has been at the receiving end of in-tense personal criticisms.

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low. Despite his great success, he shows no sign ofletting up and his latest projects are ambitious inthe extreme. He is currently working on a projectwith fellow billionaire Paul Allen on a project thatwill launch unmanned rockets from what will bethe world’s biggest plane. “Elon thinks bigger thanjust about anyone else I’ve ever met,” said DavidSacks, former chief operating officer at PayPal andnow head of an independent film company in L.A.“He sets lofty goals and sets out to achieve themwith great speed.”

Go for growth

Musk developed a viral marketing campaign atPayPal, where the firm paid $10 to every new cus-tomer as well as anyone who referred a new userto the system. The campaign fuelled exponentialgrowth. Despite the tech-sector implosion, PayPalwent public in February 2002 with a market capi-talisation of $1.2 billion. Just five months later,EBay snapped it up for $1.5 billion. Musk’s EBayshares now are worth about $200 million, thanksto the growth of the stock.

Bring down the competition

Not one to mince his words, Musk has recently at-tacked electric car maker Fisker, and its founderHenrik Fisker, for the poor quality of their product.In an interview with Automobile Magazine, Musksaid “it’s a mediocre product at a high price. Thecar looks very big, and yet it has no trunk space andis very cramped inside, particularly in the rearseats.”

He went on to add: “The fundamental problemwith Henrik Fisker — he is a designer or stylist…he thinks the reason we don’t have electric cars isfor lack of styling. This is not the reason. It’s fun-damentally a technology problem. At the sametime, you need to make it look good and feel good,because otherwise you’re going to have an im-paired product. But just making something looklike an electric car does not make it an electric car.”

He may not have made himself many friends atFisker, but he certainly took the challenge to thecompetition. -BizAfrica

GHANA ELECTIONS 2012 Arizona order bars young illegal immigrants with Obama immunity

from getting drivers licenses

give a path to legal status for younger illegalimmigrants has been stalled. It also pushedthe issue back into Obama’s campaign withpresumptive Republican nominee Mitt Rom-ney, who has opposed the measure. Romneyhas said he would “put in place my own long-term solution.”

Brewer was propelled to national promi-nence after signing a first-of-its-kind statelaw in 2010 that requires police to check theimmigration status of anyone they suspect isin the country illegally during stops, arrestsor detentions.

Immigrants in Arizona are able to get stateidentification as long as they can show theyare lawfully present in the country, accordingto a statement from the Arizona Departmentof Transportation.

In her executive order, Brewer said docu-ments issued under the new program don’tprove lawful status and allowing those youngpeople to get state-issued identification orbenefits would “have significant and lastingimpacts on the Arizona budget.”

Seeking Clarity

Brewer’s spokesman, Matthew Benson, saidthe president’s action created confusion andthat Brewer is seeking to clarify and defendstate law.

“The governor can’t undo what the presidenthas done, but she can take a stand for statelaw,” Benson said. “By no definition are theseindividuals lawfully present or lawfully au-thorized to be in the United States. All theyhave received is a deferral from being prose-

cuted or deported.”

The program’s inception has created a flurryof action in immigrant communities.

No one knew for certain what the federal gov-ernment would require of applicants untilyesterday, when the forms were released,said Amanda Bergson-Shilcock, director ofoutreach and program evaluation at the Wel-coming Center for New Pennsylvanians, aPhiladelphia-based immigration services or-ganization. About 15,000 to 18,000 youngpeople in Pennsylvania are estimated to beeligible, and immigrant groups have beenholding informational sessions for twomonths and warning of scams, she said.

One Shot

The government’s list of evidence required“is quite substantial.” Also, unlike other im-migration programs, there is no appeal if de-nied, she said.

“It’s a once and done process,” she said in atelephone interview. “There’s a lot of trepida-tion-- how do I get this exactly right so I don’tlose my once in a lifetime chance.”

Applicants must pay a $465 fee, saidMatthew Chandler, a U.S. Homeland Secu-rity Department spokesman in Washington.Applicants can’t travel while their request isunder review.

The Ohio chapter of the American Immigra-tion Lawyers Association is setting up a freeclinic in Cleveland on Aug. 18 to help appli-cants, said David Leopold, an immigrationattorney and former association president.

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However, Jonah says electorate who have beensobered by the tragic death of President Mills willseverely punish any political party reveling in pol-itics of insult.

“Politics should be about the contest of ideas,rather than discussing the personalities,” saysDela Edem, a member of the ruling NDC’s com-munication team

In the foregoing, politicians appear to have unan-imously agreed to do more discussions of issuesrather than of personalities.

According to Samuel Awuku, the NPP’s campaignfocus will be to sell the message of restoring botheconomic and social hope in Ghanaians.

Essentially, the NPP campaign is set on threeprongs; to reflect on what went wrong when theNPP lost power to the NDC in 2008; to rebuildstructure of the party and restore confidence forthe NPP in the minds of electorate and to recap-ture power from the NDC in 2012.

The NPP flagbearer has been on the road for al-most two years now, crisscrossing the country inhis house-to-house campaign which he tags as alistening and campaign of restoring hope.

According to Mr. Awuku, the lessons learnt fromthis campaign are what the NPP has used to carvea comprehensive party manifesto for a potentialNPP government.

At the very top of the agenda for NPP is a policyto make basic education absolutely free.

The NDC on the other hand will be emphasizingon its achievements since it assumed power fouryears ago.

The NDC will focus on the various infrastructuralprojects that it has embarked upon, particularlyroads and school projects, notes Dela Edem.

Also, the NDC has embarked on a number of so-cial interventions including providing free schooluniforms to pupils.

The highly praised unified salary structure-SingleSpine Salary Structure (SSSS), that saw signifi-cant boost in the pay of public workers was im-plemented during the tenure of the NDC, eventhough the structure for the pay system was de-vised by the NPP.

The campaign plans of the CPP and the PNC arenot immediately known yet as they have re-mained relatively quiet about their campaignplans.

They have not even selected running mates fortheir flagbearer. Selecting a running mate is animportant prerequisite to indicate the prepared-ness of a party in an impending general election

in Ghana.New entrants, the PPP and the National Demo-cratic Party (NDP) an offshoot of the ruling NDC,despite their newness, appear to be more aggres-sively poised than their older contemporaries(CPP and PNC) because they have been spottedmaking frantic preparations towards the Decem-ber polls.

Both the NDP and the PPP have branded severalvehicles, ready to roll them out into the hinter-lands for campaign. Already, the NDP is airingradio jingles, while the PPP candidate is cam-paigning massively in towns and villages.

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Indeed, a recent research done by the researchgroup Synovate places the PPP at very comfort-able electoral margins in the forthcoming polls.Synovate’s most current analysis of the December2012 polls put the PPP at about 8 percent shareof total votes cast.

The figures from other research groups on PPPand other smaller parties vary though.

Clearly, the huge media presence of the PPP ishelping to significantly buoy it in the minds ofelectorate. Recent statistics show that in terms ofmedia presence, the PPP comes closely after thetwo big boys-NPP and NDC.

Dr. Paa Kwasi Nduom, the flagbearer of the PPP,is brimming with confidence, but critics dismissthis as just a misplaced self-assurance because theNDC and NPP are sure to be the top runners judg-ing from what Nduom had in 2008 when he ranon the CPP ticket.

All the political parties are bound to deploy thetraditional campaign strategies; however, a newtrend is emerging. Many of the parties are ag-gressively harnessing the power of social mediato champion their cause.

On August 26, 2012, the NPP will officially launchits e-campaign platform where it will be bankingon the power of Facebook, Twitter and Youtube.There are semblances of this direction for theother parties too.

Beyond the platform comes the rhetoric of cam-paign- the PPP is positioning its candidate as anincorruptible and decisive leader. The NPP andthe other political parties are doing same. Mean-while, the NDC is positioning its own candidateas a young, decisive and creative leader.

However, the NPP believes that it not about agebut somebody who can do the job.

According to Kwesi Jonah, as much as politicianswill be tempted to put a spotlight on the person-alities of flagbearers, political parties will reapmuch more dividend by placing emphasis on is-sues and plans proposed by their opponents.

By Raphael Adeniran, Daily Guide, Ghana.



iPhone 5 Screen Could Be Larger According to reportedly Leaked

market, now is a great time to trade in your oldiPhone for some cash.

Many companies will let you lock in the price ofthe trade-in and give you a month to give themthe old phone. You will get more money now thanafter the new phones come out because you willbe beating the rush and the companies are morelikely to assure you a healthy trade-in value now.The companies that buy your old phone typicallyrefurbish them and resell them.

“We always get a rush of people who wait to get aquote until they have the new [iPhone] in theirhands,” said Jeff Trachsel, the chief marketing of-ficer for trade-in service NextWorth. “But as thevolume increases, the value of your phone de-clines.”

According to the experts, iPhones hold their valueextremely well. At NextWorth, a 16 GB iPhone 4Swill get you about $274 if it’s in good condition,while at Gazelle you can get $277 for an AT&Tphone or $260 for a Verizon or Sprint device.

2013 African YouthChampionship AYC

SPORTS'Missing' African

Olympians maybe after new life

LONDON (AP) -- Thousands of Olympianshave returned to their homelands with the endof the London Games - but more than a dozenAfrican competitors have not.

Even before the closing ceremony, some ath-letes from impoverished or conflict-ridden na-tions including Cameroon, Eritrea, Guinea andthe Ivory Coast had disappeared from the ath-letes' village, and their whereabouts remain amystery.

The London Games are not the first time suchreports have surfaced: There is a well-estab-lished history, dating back to the Cold War, ofsportsmen trying to use international competi-tions in foreign countries as springboards to abetter life.

Athletes attending the London Olympics havethe legal right to stay in Britain until Novemberunder the terms of their visas, but one of themhas already declared that he intends to seek po-litical asylum in Britain.

"I still very much love my country and it's theharsh conditions and lack of basic humanrights which has compelled me to seek asylum,"Eritrean steeplechase runner Weynay Ghebre-silasie, 18, told The Guardian newspaper in aninterview published Wednesday.

Ghebresilasie, who finished 10th in his first-round heat and did not advance, told the paperthat he has become disillusioned with the wors-ening political conditions in his homeland. Hesaid he's not alone: Three of his fellow Eritreanteammates, out of a delegation of only 12 ath-letes, have also sought asylum but are reluctantto go public because they fear their familiesmay get into trouble back home.

Eritrea was among the top 10 countries of ori-gin for people seeking asylum in the U.K lastyear, along with Sudan, Afghanistan, and Iran,according to the London-based charity RefugeeCouncil. The northeastern African country alsohas a past record for missing athletes: In 2009,an entire Eritrean national soccer team de-fected during a tournament in Kenya.

The report followed confirmation Tuesday fromSalamata Cisse, head of Ivory Coast's Olympicdelegation, that two swimmers and a wrestlingcoach had disappeared from their quarters inLondon.

In Guinea, sports minister Titi Camara alsoconfirmed that three athletes had not returnedto the west African country after the Olympics.

"They told their friends that they weren't goingto come back to Guinea," said N'famara Ban-goura, a Guinean sports journalist. "Here, thereis no infrastructure, no equipment, no qualifiedcoaches for them to become good athletes."

Last week, Cameroon's Olympic team asked forhelp from London officials to look for sevenathletes who disappeared after they finishedtheir games. Its press attache, Emmanuel

Tataw, said this has happened before to squadscompeting in Melbourne and Athens.

Cameroon, a predominantly French-speakingnation of 20 million in west central Africa, isamong the poorest nations on earth.

According to African media, other missing ath-letes include judo competitor Cedric Man-dembo and three others from the DemocraticRepublic of Congo.

Britain's Home Office would not comment onthe reports, saying it does not speak about in-dividual cases.

At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Man-

chester, 20 members of the Sierra Leone teamwent missing from their camp before the end ofthe competition. Visa overstays and asylum ap-plications also followed the Sydney Olympics in2000.

Olympic defections were common during theCold War. One of the best-known incidents wasin Melbourne, 1956, when half the Hungariandelegation defected to the West after thegames.

Experts say it is too early to tell what will hap-pen to the African athletes who have gone miss-ing - they may overstay their visas, apply tobecome a refugee or they may well return totheir countries before their visas expire.

"Visitors to the U.K. are able to travel the coun-try without restrictions, so providing Olympicathletes have a valid visa at the moment, itwould be premature to suggest that any haveabsconded," said Carlos Vargas-Silva, a seniorresearcher at the Migration Observatory at Ox-ford University.

Cameroon, Ghana, Mali, Gabon, SA reach finalqualifying round of 2013 AYC - Cameroon,Gabon, Ghana, Mali and South Africa havereached the final qualifying round for the 2013African Youth Championship (AYC), to behosted by Algeria. Cameroon beat Sierra Leone2-0 in the return leg match in Yaounde on Sat-urday to advance 3-1 on aggregate, following a1-all draw in the first leg in Freetown a fortnightago.

Gabon advanced 3-2 on aggregate, after beatingTunisia 1-0 at home in the second round, secondleg qualifier played on Saturday.

Ghana also progressed 4-3 on aggregate on thestrength of its 3-0 victory over Uganda in the re-turn leg, while Mali moved on after wallopingRwanda 3-0 for an aggregate victory of 4-2.

On its part, South Africa qualified for the lastround after beating Congo 1-0.

The result brought the aggregate score betweenboth countries to 2-2, but South Africa prevailedon the away goal rule.

The four matches are part of the 14 slated to be

played across Africa this weekend, in the secondround, second leg qualifiers for the Under-20championship.

The 14 aggregate winners will advance to thefinal round, where another home-and-away for-mat will determine the seven teams that willjoin host Algeria in next year's finals.

The semi-finalists at the 2013 AYC will repre-sent Africa at the 2013 FIFA Under-20 WorldCup, to be hosted by Turkey.

Results of second leg, second round matches:

Mali 3, Rwanda 0(Mali advances 4-2 on aggregate)

Gabon 1, Tunisia 0(Gabon advances 3-2 on aggregate)

Ghana 3, Uganda 0(Ghana qualifies 4-3 on aggregate)

South Afria 1, Congo 0(South Africa progresses on away goal rule, afterboth teams deadlock 2-2 on aggregate)

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symbol of both women's and black people'srights.In keeping with the true meaning, the ac-companying article translates to 'MichelleGranddaughter of a Slave, Lady of America'.Both Mrs Obama's great-great grandfather andgreat-great-great grandmother were slaves.From the preview of the article appears to beglowing- touting the axiom that 'behind everygreat man is a great woman'- but the full piecehas yet to be released online.

That seems not to matter to bloggers who feelthe divisiveness of the image skews meaning,whatever it may be.The fact that one of the slavewoman's breasts is exposed in the portrait does

not help to tone down the composite when it isattached to Michelle Obama's face.

'As a non-Spanish speaker I first looked at theimage and just thought OMG that's MichelleObama's boobs,' writes Jessica Wakeman on TheFrisky.

According to Clutch Magazine, the image is justone in a series of edited photos that show fa-mous people's faces on the heads of other nudes.Mrs Obama will reportedly be joined by her hus-band Barack Obama, former President AbrahamLincoln and Princess Diana whose images areinside the magazine.

he first team from Africa to reachthe Little League World Series willgo home happy after winning itsfirst game.

Uganda leaves with a 1-2 mark after beatingGresham, Oregon, 3-2 in consolation game inWilliamsport, Pa.

“This was so great,” Lugazi, Uganda managerHenry Odong said. “I’m thankful we couldcome here. This win was so great.”

The significance of the victory was not lost onoutsiders.

“Congratulations to Uganda for their firstLLWS victory!” tweeted Philadelphia Philliesshortstop Jimmy Rollins. “Their story is justbeginning!”

The win came as affirmation for Ugandanplayers Justine Makisimu, Ronald Olaa,Daniel Alio and Felix Enzama, all of whom be-lieved they could win.

Oregon broke open a scoreless game in thetop of the fourth inning when Hunter Hemen-way tripled down the right field line, scoring

Greg Mehlhaff and Tyler Pederson, both ofwhom had singled.

Lugazi knotted the game at 2-apiece at thebottom of the inning following consecutivesingles by Alio and Enzama. The two eventu-ally scored on a wild pitch and a passed ball.Uganda had runners on second and third withno outs, but Mehlhaff struck out two battersbefore retiring the third to end the inning.

Uganda accounted for the game-winningscore in the fifth inning when Olaa singledand Alio walked. Olaa scored the game-clinching run from second when an errantthrow to first by Oregon shortstop BrettFalkner sailed wide.

Alio struck out eight and walked two beforereaching his pitch count limit with one out inthe sixth. Reliever Job Echon surrendered asingle, but got Ethan Marshall to ground outto preserve the victory and notch the save.

Uganda is now 1-2 all-time in the LLWS, withplans to further expose its players to interna-tional competition by playing more friendshipgames.

First African Team in LittleLeague World Series Wins

Lance Armstrong bannedfor life, career vacatedThe U.S. Anti-Doping Agency erased 14 years ofLance Armstrong's career Friday — includinghis record seven Tour de France titles — andbanned him for life from the sport that madehim a hero to millions of cancer survivors afterconcluding he used banned substances.

USADA said it expected cycling's governingbody to take similar action, but the Interna-tional Cycling Union was measured in its re-sponse, saying it first wanted a full explanationon why Armstrong should relinquish Tour titleshe won from 1999 through 2005.

The Amaury Sport Organization that runs theworld's most prestigious cycling race said itwould not comment untilhearing from the UCI andUSADA, which contends thecycling body is bound by theWorld Anti-Doping Code tostrip Armstrong of one ofthe most incredible achieve-ments in sports.

Armstrong, who retired ayear ago, said Thursday thathe would no longer chal-lenge USADA and declinedto exercise his last option byentering arbitration. He de-nied again that he ever tookbanned substances in hiscareer, calling USADA's in-vestigation a "witch hunt"without a shred of physicalevidence.

He is now officially a drug cheat in the eyes ofhis nation's doping agency.

"Any time we have overwhelming proof of dop-ing, our mandate is to initiate the case throughthe process and see it to conclusion as was donein this case," said USADA chief executive TravisTygart, who couched the investigation as a bat-tle against a "win-at-all-cost culture."

Tygart said the UCI was "bound to recognize ourdecision and impose it."

"They have no choice but to strip the titles underthe code," he said.

The UCI and USADA have engaged in a turf war

over who should prosecute allegations againstArmstrong. The UCI event backed Armstrong'sfailed legal challenge to USADA's authority, andit cited the same World Anti-Doping Code insaying that it wanted to hear more from theAmerican agency.

"As USADA has claimed jurisdiction in the casethe UCI expects that it will issue a reasoned de-cision" explaining the action taken, the Switzer-land-based organization said in a statement. Itsaid legal procedures obliged USADA to fulfillthis demand in cases "where no hearing occurs."The International Olympic Committee said Fri-day it will await decisions by USADA and UCIbefore taking any steps against Armstrong, who

won a bronze medal at the 2000 Sydney Games.Besides the disqualifications, Armstrong willforfeit any medals, winnings, points and prizes,USADA said, but the lost titles that now domi-nate his legacy.

Every one of Armstrong's competitive racesfrom Aug. 1, 1998, has been vacated by USADA,established in 2000 as the official anti-dopingagency for Olympic sports in the United States.Since Armstrong raced in UCI-sanctionedevents, he was subject to international drugrules enforced in the U.S. by USADA. Its staffjoined a federal criminal investigation of Arm-strong that ended earlier this year with nocharges being filed. - YahooNews

The Little League baseball team from Lugazi, Uganda participates in the opening cere-

mony of the 2012 Little League World Series tournament in South Williamsport, Pa.

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home on Brandmere Drive in Austell, whereneighbors said Addo lived with his wife andkids.

Neighbor Cameron Fudge saw Addo being ar-rested, but didn't know what was going on.

"I saw the wife handcuffed against one treeand the guy was handcuffed to another tree,"Fudge said.

He and other neighbors are now trying to fig-ure out how Addo was able to maintain a jobas a physician for six months.

In a statement to Channel 2 Action News,Agape Senior Primary Care representativessaid Ado came highly recommended from his

previous employer, where he worked as aphysician. They said he provided all necessaryinformation to practice and passed all third-party credentialing.

Police said Addo doesn't have any licenses inhis actual name. So they’re working to figureout if he had some medical training in thepast and how he got those other jobs.

Neighbors expressed sympathy for patientsand families affected by the ordeal.

"[I'm] upset with the system that that canhappen," one neighbor said. "I would wantsome sort of justice."

Addo is being held at the Cobb County Deten-tion Center.

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Ghana loses millions in multiplesalary paymentsaddress some of the payroll issues”.

However, the Auditor General’s Department in-sists that weak input controls, as well as the ab-sence of validation checks on salary vouchers byheads of MDAs, in its view, largely accounted forthe anomalies.

“Considering the significance of the wage bill, itrequires robust control systems to prevent theoccurrence of fraud and error arising from un-earned payments,” the Auditor-General said.

The Auditor General’s Department has called onthe Ministry of Finance and Economic Planningand the CAGD, to institute a thorough investi-gation into those anomalies and ensure the fullrecovery of overpaid salaries and pensions.

The Auditor-General also called for an effectivesupervision of data entry officers to minimise

the risk of payroll frauds and errors. It alsourged the CAGD to institute adequate andstrong in-built controls on the Integrated Per-sonnel and Payroll Database (IPPD) system toensure the full integrity of the payroll data.

The IPPD system is an integrated system for theadministration and processing of governmentpayroll for both active and retired Governmentof Ghana (GoG) employees. The governmentwage bill on these employees, which is a com-mitted expenditure, constitutes a significantpercentage of total GoG expenditure.

Besides the multiple payments, the Auditor-General also detected that salaries of more than100 individuals were also paid into “SuspenseAccount number 9999, while the bank accountnumbers of other individuals who receivedsalaries were not provided on the payroll”.

ENTERTAINMEMT / LIFESTYLES

igerian designer, Mai Atafo over theweekend was awarded the Designer ofthe Year at the Glitz Africa FashionWeek held in Ghana.

Atafo made a telling statement when he displayedhis impressive collection which included classicmen’s suit, bridal wear and evening wear on thefinal day of the three day event.

The event which kicked off on Friday, August 17,2012 featured other designers such as the Ghana-ian born South Africanbase Ali Adams,Peachy Purr (Ghana),House Of Eccentric(Ghana), Vonne Cou-ture (Nigeria), KastleDesigns & TreasureChest (U.S) MartialTapolo (Paris), WanaSambo Clothing (Nige-ria), Modela Couture(Nigeria), Ivana ElleCouture (Ghana),Ohema Ohene (U.K),Gilles Toure (CôteD’ivoire) amongst oth-ers.

Guests included for-

mer first lady of Ghana, Nana Konadu AgyemangRawlings, Juliet Ibrahim, Confidence Haugen,Dele Momodu, Kwesi Jyei Darkwa and others.Other winners included Mina Evans who baggedthe ‘Emerging Designer of the Year’, Doris Adom-Asomaning won the ‘Female Model of the Year’award and ‘Male Model of the Year’ went to ZionBenjamin.

Check out some of Mai Atafo’s collection dis-played at the fashion week below…

Mai Atafo wins top award atGlitz Africa Fashion Week

Michelle Obama's Head Put OnA Slave With Exposed Breast

Spanish magazine landed them-selves in the middle of a racialcontroversy over a Photoshoppedpicture of First Lady Michelle

Obama on the cover of their latest issue.

The picture places Mrs Obama's face in a 1800portrait of a slave with an exposed breast, andMagazine de Fuera de Serie likely knew theimage was going to stir up controversy.

The editors may have had a different message

in mind given the historical context of the par-ticular painting, but that sentiment was over-looked by online viewers who found thecomposite offensive and racist.The portrait in

question was initially released 1800, whenFrench artist Marie-Guillemine Benoist exhib-ited the painting, titled Portrait D'Une Né-gresse, at the Louvre's annual salon. It wasviewed as a inspiring image because the coun-try had abolished slavery six years prior, andthe portrait was thought of as an uplifting

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animal poachinguring his NBA basketball career withthe Houston Rockets, Chinese centerYao Ming made quite an impression.At 7 feet 6 inches, Yao is the third

tallest NBA player ever and he finished runnerup for the NBA’s Rookie of the Year award in2002. His 32.5 minutes playing time per gamehelped him to average 19 points per game duringhis eight-year career. Plagued by foot injuries heretired from basketball in 2011, but that hasn’tslowed the big man down. Yao is working harderthan ever, this time to save endangered speciesin Africa.

Yao’s Journey to Africa is a joint effort betweenYao and the organization WildAid to stop illegalpoaching of endangered animals in Africa and toend the trade in wildlife parts, a problem towhich Yao’s home country of China is huge con-tributor. Yao traveled throughout Africa to learnmore about the poaching of rhinos and elephantsand documents this journey on his blog. As oneof China’s biggest (literally) sports stars, Yaowants to help his fellow citizens to understandthe impact of the illegal animal trade, especiallyelephant ivory and rhino horn, has on these al-ready endangered animals.

According to WildAid, China is the world’slargest consumer of endangered wildlife partsand products due to a combination of ancientChinese customs and traditions coupled withnew money and a rising middle class able to pur-chase these products. With the help of celebritiessuch as Yao Ming, and other Asian and Americanstars such as Jackie Chan, Michelle Yeoh, AngLee, Leonardo DiCaprio, Carmelo Anthony andKate Hudson, WildAid hopes to bring educationand awareness to the world about the illegal wildanimal trade.

Yao just wrapped up a 10-day trip to Kenyawhere he viewed animals killed by poachers aswell as visited elephant and rhino sanctuaries tolearn more about these majestic animals. Yaoalso met with local village tribes such as the Sam-buru to learn why these animals are so impor-tant. On the Samburu National Reserve he posedfor photos and shot hoops with local school chil-dren and met with park staff to learn about theirwork. He also was able to get up close to the an-imals, which he described on his blog as intimi-dating, a feeling a guy over 7-feet doesn’t get veryoften.

--The Examiner

Nurse has 100orgasms a day

A NURSE is plagued by a medical condi-tion that gives her up to 100 orgasms A DAY.

Kim Ramsey, 44, feels constantly arousedand the slightest movement can trigger a cli-max. Trains, driving and even houseworkstart the reaction. But unlike women who

yearn for the “Yes, yes!” experience, Kim just

thinks “Oh no!”The orgasms leave her in pain, exhausted andunable to have a normal relationship. Shesaid: “Other women wonder how to have anorgasm — I wonder how to stop mine.”Kim was diagnosed with incurable PersistentGenital Arousal Disorder. Doctors blamespinal cysts caused when she fell down stairsten years ago.

Kim, from Hitchin, Herts, but now living inMontclair, New Jersey, US, first had prob-lems after sex with a new boyfriend in 2008.

She said: “I had constant orgasms for fourdays. I thought I was going mad. It also hap-pened with a new partner and I even tried sit-ting on frozen peas." -The Daily Mirror, UK

But Kim says sex 'joy' is just agony

For him, it offers an equally appealing promise -- the marrying of American jobs and an Africangrowth strategy built upon exports, economicdevelopment and global trade competition.

Colom and Parkinson have not been successfulin securing federal funding; instead, the proto-types have been financed privately.

But Wicker believes he can change that by in-volving Overseas Product Investment Corpora-tion (OPIC) and the United States Agency forInternational Development (USAID).

OPIC, a federal agency, advances U.S. foreignpolicy by providing investors with financing,bank guarantees, political risk insurance andprivate equity investment funds, helping U.S.

businesses establish themselves overseas inemerging markets. USAID assists foreign coun-tries with social and economic development.

Together, OPIC and USAID may provide QualityHousing with the push it needs to move fromconcept to completion. But Colom will nevertruly be finished. He is always scanning the hori-zon, looking for ways to improve.

"We want to take this all over east Africa until wedrop dead," Colom said, laughing. "I've neverseen anybody like him," Parkinson responded,shaking his head.

Carmen K. Sisson covers education, family,health, and community issues. You can find heron Facebook and Twitter at cksDispatch.

--The Columbus Daspatch

Houses for Africa(continued on page 2)

Latin Roots: FromAfrica To Brazil,

The Story Of Samba

rammy-winning Latin-musicproducer Aaron Levinson joinsWXPN's David Dye for this, the17th segment of World Cafe's

Latin Roots series. Levinson, a Philadelphianative, started his music career at thePhiladelphia High School for the Creativeand Performing Arts. With a background asa musician and composer, he's a former gov-ernor of the Philadelphia chapter of the Na-tional Academy of Recording Arts andSciences. Levinson has gone on to start hisown record label, Range Recording Studios,and has produced and released more than adozen albums along the way.

For Latin Roots, Levinson focuses on sambamusic, with an emphasis on the history andtraditions behind its rise in Latin America.Levinson explains how samba started in aBrazilian favela called Estacio in the 1930swhile embracing the country's Afro-Brazilianhistory. Although samba comes from a mucholder, West African musical form, it stillmanaged to reach a mass audience via theradio. Here, Levinson plays a selection ofsamba music — including Jorge Ben's coverof the samba song "O Telefone Tocou Nova-mente," which is infused with the clear influ-ence of American soul music. --NPR

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