No One Sets Out to Be Like Venezuela
by Ethan Andrews Tuesday, January 12, 2021 8:51 AM Signs in downtown Belfast on January 10, where Black Lives Matter and anti-mask protesters have held weekly rallies (Photos: Ethan Andrews) Sometime in the early aughts, maybe 2003, I traveled to Washington, D.C., for a protest against the Iraq War. As the march passed the White House, I remember looking up a side driveway to the building where the president lives and works and thinking that instead of walking around on the street, wouldn’t it be more effective to take our big peaceful crowd up there and have a word with the folks in charge?
Best of 2020: Dance
by Jenny GilbertThursday, 31 December 2020
Beach ready: Some of the 38 dancers from 14 African countries rehearsing Pina Bausch s Rite of Spring, on the coast of Senegal in March. The world tour was cancelled just days before the premierephoto: Florian Heinzen-Ziob
Hard as it is to recall how it felt to sit elbow to elbow in a red plush seat, plenty of us did that during the first 10 weeks of 2020, with no heed at all to who might be breathing over us. I have since wondered what proportion of the dance sector had any inkling of the wrecking ball that was about to hit. None, to judge by the many weeks it took for dance companies and theatres to reinvent themselves online, and to start dredging their archives for decently recorded material.
Miner stabbed during row at Eyelash Backdam
A miner was yesterday stabbed during an argument with another man at Eyelash Backdam, North West District.
Thomas James, 53, of Eyelash Backdam, was stabbed to the right side of his chest by the man, who is known to him.
Police enquiries have revealed that at about 7am, the two men were involved in an argument when the suspect armed himself with a sharpened instrument attached to a piece of wood and dealt James a single stab. As a result of the wound to the chest, James fell to the ground, bleeding profusely.
He was subsequently picked up by his 26 year-old daughter, who rushed him to the Pakera District Hospital at Matthews Ridge, where he was admitted as a patient.
12/30/2020
Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Attacks by Fulani militants against Christian communities in Kaduna state continued leading up to Christmas. At least 18 people were killed and many others abducted in the villages of Ungwan Waziri, Gwazunu, Gbaja Katarma, Galumi, Kugosi, Gora Gan, and Kujeni Tudu. These attacks all took place within a week of Christmas, with the abduction of a reverends wife on Christmas Eve.
On Dec 17, 10 people were killed, by Fulani militants in Gora Gan village of Zangon Kataf LGA. That same day, other militants also attacked the village of Kujeni Tudu, killing one older man.
On Dec 19, Rev. Luka Dani of the Evangelical Church Winning All in Galumi village was abducted. He was later released on Dec 23. It is unclear if any ransom was paid or why he was taken at this time. He has been forced to flee his home and church though.
A Christian family mourn three relatives killed by armed Fulani herdsmen in Jos, Plateau state, Nigeria, in December 2011. | Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde
Armed Muslim Fulani tribesmen abducted at least three Christian leaders and killed 18 Christians in the week leading to Christmas Day as they increased attacks on farming communities in Nigeria’s Kaduna state, according to a report.
On Dec. 24, armed Fulani men “mercilessly” beat the Rev. Luka Shaho of the Assemblies of God Church and then abducted his wife, Jumai Luka, in the Ungwan Waziri area in Chikun Local Government Area of central Kaduna state, the U.K.-based group Christian Solidarity Worldwide reported.