kay dibs: I hope this news is true? And if it is then I'm soo glad. People should start paying for their sins. All these injustice is enough

shymexx: However, the Lebanese and Indian migrants in Nigeria who have made millions(if not billions) off Nigeria can also say the same thing about Nigerians. It's easier to peep-in from the outside and judge people based on what you see - when you don't understand their unique experiences. To AAs, America is their country - hence why a lot of them scream about injustices and inequalities all the time. Don't forget about their painful and emotions-wrecking history, how that has been ingrained into their psyche, and how it has been a generational thing.

Yes, they need to also share the blame for not being able to exploit the system to their own advantage collectively. However, it's a black problem the world over and not just an AA thing. We all just need to be careful about how we judge people because when you point a finger at someone - the other four fingers are pointing back to you. Also, someone would even argue that AAs have overachieved as a people, when compared to other black groups around the world. They're the ones who made being black a cool thing. What they created in America influenced the fight against colonialism on the continent and why African countries can boast of independence today. They're also at the forefront of educating black people about African history - investing their lives, time, energy and money into that. Heck, most of the greatest black inventors are African Americans. They were also part of the people who wrote the new AU(African Union) charter - at least I know Prof. Molefi Asante was part of that. Yet you lot still want to judge them despite not being perfect yourselves, no?

We as black people need to solve our problems - we're all phucked up, not just African Americans.

toshmann: What u said about african Americans was not out of derision. All I said was "survival strategy in the midst of injustice and insecurity". If you are living with someone who is more powerful am who hates you, how d'you survive?
Study the system and device means of survival.

And yes, Nigeria has her problems too, as an Igbo man I will feel safer in Lebanon, Ohio than in Maidugiri, Borno. I will never go to maidugiri. Remember, I have a right under Nigerian law to go and live in any part of the country I want to, but I will waive my right to live in maidugiri in a second. It is called survival.

Young tray is dead. Then this judgement only rubbed it in. We are here debating, but the parents have lost a child forever. Case closed.

The final question after all this brouhaha remains;

Who looses? Who gains?
Think, black people, think.

ThiefOfHearts: \

Maybe Igbos should do better so Hausas can stop killing them

same thing abi?

Crassus:

yeah but was there a riot like they are currently having now in Oakland?

Rossikk:

May a stranger GUN YOU DOWN in cold blood, get acquitted, and others start asking the same questions you just asked.

AMEN.

thelastPope:

You are just posting idle stuff! Amaechi is too small to bring the military back. He is just one man and rivers is just one state. If the military didnt come back after all the carnage in the north in the last 2 years, is it rivers state wrestling match that will bring them back? Stop making idle talk. Amaechi is very dispensable.

vedaxcool:

oh I see it is their arabic channel, anycase, someone should tell this journalist that the media role is mainly to report and not affiliate with political undertones, it is good they are leaving with their partisan views, news media air everyone's opinion including those we choose not to like.

It is good Al jazeera restates this obvious fact

thelastPope: I told ya'll yesterday, this is south south. Things happen differently here. The ignorance of some makes them keep saying GEJ is involved. The truth is, if GEJ is involved, it would have stopped already. GEJ is too gentle for all this. But the real folks involved are crocodiles and wild boas, if you know what I mean! I shake my head for Amaechi. He has opened a big pot of shyte! He is taken Rivers back to 1997! God help us all!

Despite the claims by the federal government that the Jonathan administration is waging a committed fight against corruption, majority of Nigerians say the government is merely paying lip service to the effort to stamp out corruption, a survey by Transparency International has shown.

The result of the survey, tagged 'Global Corruption Barometer 2013', said to be the biggest-ever public opinion survey on corruption, released on Monday, showed 75 per cent of Nigerians say the government's effort at fighting corruption is ineffective.

Only 14 per cent of those surveyed say the government's effort is achieving results.

Also, 94 per cent of Nigerians think corruption is a problem with 78 per cent saying it is a serious problem.

Police and Political parties

The report also showed that most Nigerians believe political parties and the police are the most corrupt institutions in the country. About 94 per cent say political parties are affected by corruption while 92 per cent say the police is tainted with corruption.

Other institutions that performed abysmally in the survey are the legislature with 77 per cent corruption perception, the civil service with 69 per cent, the judiciary with 66 per cent and the education system with 54 per cent.

The military has 45 per cent corruption rating. Medical and health services are tied with businesses, with 41 per cent corruption perception, while the media and non-governmental organisations have a perception rate of 33 and 32 per cent respectively.

According to Nigerians, the least corrupt institutions are religious bodies with 24 per cent perception.

Over the past two years, 85 per cent of Nigerians think corruption has increased (75 per cent say it has increased a lot), 7 per cent says it has remained the same while 9 per cent says it has decreased (only 1 per cent says it has decreased a lot).

Over the past 12 months, the report says, 81 per cent of Nigerians say they have given a bribe to the police, 30 per cent of those surveyed say they have paid a bribe for education services, 29 per cent have given a bribe to the registry and permit services, same for utilities, and 24 per cent have given a bribe to the judiciary.

The survey shows that 22 per cent of Nigerians have paid a bribe to tax revenue, 17 per cent to land services, and 9 per cent has paid a bribe for medical and health services.

Transparency International had last year rated Nigeria as the 35th most corrupt country in the world.

Global indices

Globally, more than one person in two thinks corruption has worsened in the last two years, the survey shows.

However, the survey participants also firmly believe they can make a difference and have the will to take action against graft,

The Global Corruption Barometer is a survey of 114,000 people in 107 countries; and it shows that corruption is widespread and not only in Nigeria or developing countries.

Some 27 per cent of respondents have paid a bribe when accessing public services and institutions in the last 12 months, revealing no improvement from previous surveys.

Still, nearly nine out of 10 people surveyed said they would act against corruption and two-thirds of those who were asked to pay a bribe had refused, suggesting that governments, civil society, and the business sector need to do more to engage people in thwarting corruption.

"Bribe paying levels remain very high worldwide, but people believe they have the power to stop corruption and the number of those willing to combat the abuse of power, secret dealings and bribery is significant," said Transparency International chair, Huguette Labelle.

The Global Corruption Barometer 2013 also found that in too many countries, the institutions people rely on to fight corruption and other crime are themselves not trusted.

Some 36 countries view police as the most corrupt, and in those countries an average of 53 per cent of people had been asked to pay a bribe to the police.

Opinion poll in 20 countries view the judiciary as the most corrupt, and in those countries, an average of 30 per cent of the people who had come in contact with the judicial systems had been asked to pay a bribe.

"Governments need to take this cry against corruption from their citizenry seriously and respond with concrete action to elevate transparency and accountability," Labelle said.

"Strong leadership is needed from the G20 governments in particular.

"In the 17 countries surveyed in the G20, 59 per cent of respondents said their government is not doing a good job at fighting corruption."

TI said politicians themselves have much to do to regain trust.

The Global Corruption Barometer 2013 shows a crisis of trust in politics and real concern about the capacity of those institutions responsible for bringing criminals to justice.

In 51 countries around the world including Nigeria, political parties are seen as the most corrupt institution, while 55 per cent of respondents think government is run by special interests.

The anti-corruption body said politicians can lead by example by publishing asset declarations for themselves and their immediate family.

Political parties and individual candidates, meanwhile, must disclose where they get their money from to make clear who funds them and to reveal potential conflicts of interest.

http://allafrica.com/stories/201307100628.html?viewall=1

As many as 22 Al Jazeera employees have quit since the overthrow of Mohammad Mursi, amid concern over the channel’s alleged bias towards the Muslim Brotherhood and its coverage of Egypt.

Criticism over the channel’s editorial line, the way it covered events in Egypt, and allegations that journalists were instructed to favor the Brotherhood are said to be the main reasons behind the mass resignations.

As many as 22 Al Jazeera staff resigned on Monday, Gulf News reported, but other media said only seven had left the broadcaster.

Al Jazeera correspondent Haggag Salama resigned accusing the station of “airing lies and misleading viewers”, Gulf News reported. The newspaper also said that four Egyptian members of editorial staff at the network’s headquarters in Doha had resigned in protest.

Al Jazeera anchor Karem Mahmoud said he left because of the channel’s editorial line over recent events in Egypt.

“I felt that there were errors in the way the coverage was done, especially that now in Egypt we are going through a critical phase that requires a lot of auditing in terms of what gets broadcasted,” Mahmoud told Al Arabiya. “My colleagues have also resigned for the same reason.”

Mahmoud told Gulf News he left because of Al Jazeera’s “biased coverage”, but said that some local Egyptian stations were worse.

“I am not satisfied with the performance of local news channels in comparison to Al Jazeera due to their incompliance to neutrality,” he said. “Although I have left, I still carry a lot of respect for Al Jazeera and believe that they will remain one of the most respectful news channels.”

Al Jazeera today confirmed some staff had left its Al Jazeera Mubasher Misr operation, including some it said had “partisan political opinions”.

“Following the recent squeeze on media in Egypt, some Al Jazeera Mubasher Misr staff have decided to leave. We understand the reasons for some employees feeling they need to move on, including those with partisan political opinions,” the broadcaster said in a statement on its press website.

Some commentators have criticized Al Jazeera as favoring the Muslim Brotherhood in its coverage of events in Egypt.

Author and journalist Abdel Latif el-Menawy, who was head of the Egypt News Center under ex-president Hosni Mubarak, said that Al Jazeera was a “propaganda channel” for the Muslim Brotherhood.

“Al Jazeera turned itself into a channel for the Muslim Brotherhood group,” el-Menawy told Al Arabiya. “They are far away from being professional. When the Muslim Brotherhood collapsed, they continued to play the role.”

He said Al Jazeera gave undue prominence to certain events after Mursi was overthrown, including hours of airtime for “the Muslim Brotherhood to attack and make comments.”

El-Menawy said he “saluted” those journalists who left the channel.

“It’s a good thing to do, because they couldn’t accept what is going on,” he said. “People thought it was the voice of the revolution. And I think people were shocked to discover it was not.”

Al Jazeera fiercely denies allegations of bias in its coverage, saying that their journalists in Cairo had suffered from “intimidation” after Mursi was ousted.

Hours after the overthrow of Mursi by the Egyptian army, security forces raided the Cairo offices of Al Jazeera’s Egyptian TV channel. The broadcaster says “dozens” of its journalists have been detained by authorities.

An Al Jazeera spokesman said in the statement issued today said the channel had been “particularly targeted in an apparent crackdown on information.”

“Throughout our history we’ve had to cope with crackdowns. This unfortunately is nothing new. We will carry on doing our job regardless - upholding the highest standards of journalism, covering all angles of events in Egypt with balance and integrity.”

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http://english.alarabiya.net/en/media/2013/07/09/Al-Jazeera-employees-in-Egypt-quit-over-editorial-line-.html

michaeled45: Smh for America tho. I mean how cud a father-son relationship degenerate to this filth. In Africa even a useless father cannot talk his useless child like this

tpia@:


he has to earn his pay nah.

very amusing, the other person who responded to him was trying to paint another picture of carribeans, etc forming "unity" with africans.


some people are just mischievious, the only solidarity being formed with any black, by non-african blacks and whites in general, are more along drug related lines than anything else. Unless marriage also, after all the human race must not go extinct.

just because he's black dont make him a brother?

wise words from our AA brethren.

Kslib:
What is wrong with one this sef? You created a thread and asked for opinions and the guy gave you his experience and you have the audacity to call him a liar and attack him verbally...
You are worse than a hypocrite!!! You accuse him of lying and at the same time,you want people to believe that we treat you(akatas) badly.. You are liar beacause you're one of those akatas who think everybody hates them.. You better wake-up and stop spreading false lies cos its all in your head..
Imagine we hating on akatas in Nigeria.. Who even has that time??..
The fact that people have hated on you personally doesnt mean its because you're an akata.. Its your attitude bro,you need to work on your attitude cos you come across as an Arrogant piece of sh***t:......
Just take a look at the question you asked us "WHY DO SO MANY NIGERIANS HAVE SUCH DEEP HATRED AND RAGE TOWARDS AKATAS"... Look at what you typed and tell me this is not an insult but a question..
The words in red already speaks a volume on the kind of mindset you have...
Sorry to say this but you sound like a dark bitter person..