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Remarks by President Obama to the People of Africa

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Mandela Hall African Union Headquarters Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2:07 P.M. EAT   THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Thank you so much. Madam Chairwoman, thank you so much for your kind words and your leadership.  To Prime Minister Hailemariam, and the people of Ethiopia -- once again, thank you for your wonderful hospitality and for hosting this pan-African institution.  (Applause.)  To members of the African Union, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen -- thank you for welcoming me here today.  It is a great honor to be the first President of the United States to address the African Union.  (Applause.)      I’m grateful for this opportunity to speak to the representatives of more than one billion people of the great African continent.  (Applause.)  We’re joined today by citizens, by leaders of civil society, by faith communities, and I’m especially pleased to see so many young people who embody ...

Regional Police

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The extended marginalization and the regional imbalances in appointments within top hierarchy of Uganda National Police should not be dismissed by the authorities as mere voice of discontent, its sectarian appointments, this disparities are real and skewed to one region and it makes Ugandans look at the whole police with a lot of suspicion. The politics of patronage that informs Museveni’s style of leadership, has without doubt been extended to the national police, he is using it as instrument to sustain him by granting the sons of one region the ultimate control of the police, the composition is shocking from the list of head of directorates to district levels, how is it possible that citizens remain silent in this glaring inequality? Just recently Ugandans were up in arms about cabinet appointments where the west/southwest scooped more than half of the 31 cabinet ministerial appointments. Just to begin with together the police and internal affairs is under the stewardsh...

POEM: TREE OF LIFE

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Charles Oscar Akena Tree of Life? In who’s Gardens? Maturity to Fruition? What next? In who’s Season? Which type? How Many Life Terms? These are? But a Tree? Not a forest? But a Tree? But But Mortals? Refreshed? Which Species? Oh! History Forgotten? Memory Perversions? Fear? This Tree Seeds? Not? Which Species? Tree of Life? Really? Will It Also Resurrect? After Crucifixion And Death? Book Of Records For Humanity In Mother Womb Of History? This Tree? Garden Of Life Crucify Fear Tame the Wild Trees Bounty Harvest Assured Glorious Mercy! Like all Trees Is but for a while Hope of Hopes A Forestation In earnest Continues Omni - Chieftain of Life Degrees Humanity Having Dominion and Control Over All Of Earth Truth Fertile Gardens Tree of Reality Tree of life Tree of Compassion Life for Posterity For All In Equity Is A Given The Tree of Li...