Pope to create 19 new cardinals, many from outside Europe

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Pope Francis leaves after met cardinals during a second day of consistory to discuss family issues at the Vatican on February 21, 2014. After a two-day meeting with cardinals from around the world, Pope Francis will formally appoint 19 new cardinals for the first time of his pontificate on February 22. AFP PHOTO / ANDREAS SOLARO
 Pope Francis leaves after met cardinals during a second day of consistory to discuss family issues at the Vatican on February 21, 2014. After a two-day meeting with cardinals from around the world, Pope Francis will formally appoint 19 new cardinals for the first time of his pontificate on February 22.


VATICAN CITY, Saturday
Pope Francis will create his first batch of cardinals on Saturday, with nine of the 19 coming from South America, Africa and Asia.
The new "princes of the Church" will be presented with scarlet-red birettas and gold rings at a grandiose ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica that Vatican observers say should help correct a perceived bias towards European cardinals.
Sixteen of the 19 cardinals are under the age of 80 and can therefore take part in the secretive conclave that elects new popes from among their ranks.
In an indication of the importance of the developing world for the Argentine pope -- a fierce critic of economic inequality -- half are non-Europeans, including five cardinals from South America, two Africans and two Asians.
"Becoming a cardinal is not a promotion, nor an honour or a decoration; it is simply a service which requires a broadening of the gaze and a widening of the heart," Francis said in a letter to each new cardinal-to-be, according to La Stampa daily.
Francis is keen to nourish faith in developing countries, to combat the decline of practicing believers in Europe, the Church's traditional power base.
The first non-European pope in nearly 1,300 years will bestow the honour of the red cap on the archbishops of Buenos Aires in Argentina, Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, Santiago in Chile, Managua in Nicaragua and Les Cayes in Haiti.
Aurelio Poli, 66, took over the post of Buenos Aires archbishop from Francis, who was a regular visitor to the city's slums before he became pope almost a year ago.
Chibly Langlois, 55, will be the Church's first cardinal from Haiti, one of the poorest countries of the world.
According to Vatican watcher John Allen, Francis is taking the idea of privileging the periphery even further, by choosing Haiti over the region's three Catholic powerhouses -- Cuba, Puerto Rico or the Dominican Republic.
For Africa, the new electors will be the archbishops of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso and Abidjan in Ivory Coast, while Asia will be represented by the archbishops of Cotabato in the Philippines and Seoul in South Korea.
The pope's choices echo his desire to emphasis the pastoral side of the Church -- choosing for the most part leaders engaged with the problems affecting their local communities rather than favouring administrative heads.
Only four are members of the Curia -- the Vatican's government -- including Italian Pietro Parolin, 58, the new secretary of state, as well as German Gerhard Mueller, 66, who heads the Vatican's doctrinal congregation.
Among the most prominent in the group is Britain's Vincent Nichols, the 68-year-old Archbishop of Westminster, who has been likened to Francis for his determination to speak out for the marginalised.
Just a week before the Vatican ceremony, he waded into British politics to condemn welfare cuts and is best known for winding up the Church's conservative arm in 2010 by defending London masses for gay and transgender Catholics.
Nichols will be joined by Gerald Lacroix, the lord archbishop of Quebec in Canada and one of the youngest electors to be chosen at the age of 56.
The oldest "new prince" will be Loris Francesco Capovilla, the 98-year-old former secretary to pope John XXIII, who will not be attending because of his reduced mobility but is likely to receive his red cap at home.
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‘Rebel’ MPs thrown out of Parliament

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(L-R) MPs Barnabas Tinkasiimire, Muhammed Nsereko, Wilfred Niwagaba and Theodore Sekikubo at the Supreme Court last year. The Constitutional Court yesterday declared their stay in Parliament illegal.
 (L-R) MPs Barnabas Tinkasiimire, Muhammed Nsereko, Wilfred Niwagaba and Theodore Sekikubo at the Supreme Court last year. The Constitutional Court yesterday declared their stay in Parliament illegal.


Kampala
Court has ruled that the four NRM ‘rebel’ MPs are in Parliament illegally. This means they have been thrown out of Parliament and cannot be allowed to attend proceedings in the House.
They are: Mr Theodore Sekikubo (Lwemiyaga), Mr Muhammed Nsereko (Kampala Central), Mr Wilfred Niwagaba (Ndorwa East) and Mr Barnabas Tinkasiimire (Buyaga). Justices Richard Buteera, Faith Mwondha and Steven Kavuma ruled that the continued presence of the MPs in Parliament is illegal.
They faulted Speaker Rebecca Kadaga’s decision to retain the MPs in Parliament when they had dismissed from the party upon whose mandate they were elected. However, justice Remy Kasule held that the MPs’ continued stay in Parliament was right. By the time we went to press, the judgment of Justice Nshimye Sebuturo had not been delivered. The Constitutional Court comprises a panel of five judges when it is hearing a constitutional case.
Suspension
Their co-indicted colleague Vincent Kyamadidi (Rwampara) was suspended from the party for four months. The NEC decision followed recommendations by the NRM disciplinary committee that the legislators were ‘rebellious’.
The NEC meeting was presided over by the party chairman President Museveni at State House. The MPs challenged the party’s decision in the Constitutional Court but the NRM also filed a counter petition, seeking court to stop the MPs from attending Parliament until their main petition was disposed of.
In May, the court in a 4-1 majority ruling stopping the MPs from attending Parliament until their main petition challenging their dismissal from the party was concluded by the same court. In September, the NRM wrote to Ms Kadaga to expel the MPs from Parliament. In her address to Parliament on May 2, Ms Kadaga declined, saying the Constitution does not provide the expulsion of the MPs.
Kadaga’s position
She based her ruling on Article 83 of the Constitution which provides grounds upon which an MP can vacate their seat. “Honourable members, as you will note from the quoted Article of the Constitution and indeed from reading of the whole Constitution, there is no specific provision on the expulsion of Members of Parliament by their political parties leading to the declaration of their seats in Parliament vacant,” Ms Kadaga declared.
The NRM petitioned the Constitutional Court to nullify the Speaker’s decision to retain the MPs in Parliament. The affected MPs also appealed to the Supreme Court, which in October halted the removal of the MPs from Parliament until the main petition challenging the Speaker’s decision was disposed of in the Constitutional Court.
How it unfolded: Chronology of ‘rebel’ MPs-NRM battle
January 2013: It all started as corridor talk that the ‘rebel’ MPs would be subjected to disciplinary action by the NRM for openly telling off the President and party chairman, Yoweri Museveni.
A letter from government Chief Whip Justine Kasule Lumumba to the NRM secretary-general, Mr Amama Mbabazi, forwarding the names of five MPs to the National Disciplinary Committee, accusing them of breaching the NRM code of conduct confirmed the rumours.
The MPs are Theodore Sekikubo (Lwemiyaga), Muhammed Nsereko (Kampala Central), Wilfred Niwagaba (Ndorwa East), Barnabas Tinkasiimire (Buyaga) and Winfrey Niwagaba (Ndorwa). In a quick rejoinder, Mr Niwagaba would later say: “The complaints against us are misconceived, and invalid, both in law and fact. I have received the letter from the chief whip and I have treated it with the utmost contempt it deserves and put it in the dustbin of Parliament.”
February 2013
In the letter, Ms Lumumba outlined the particulars of alleged breaches and asked party secretary general Amama Mbabazi to forward the complaints to the disciplinary committee for more investigation and action. In response, Mr Tinkasiimire said: “This is a political witch-hunt. What wrong have I committed by fighting for the interests of Ugandans? Those people who want us expelled are the ones who should be dismissed.”
The MPs, alongside Rwamparara county representative Vincent Kyamadidi were to later seek a High Court order blocking the committee from handling the matter. Only Kyamadidi faced the committee, while the rest publicly ridiculed it, compelling the committee to decide their matter in absentia.

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Nigerian student murdered in Ghana

Posted by Unknown Jumat, 21 Februari 2014 0 komentar
A Nigerian citizen, and a 300-level student at the University of Cape Coast in Ghana, Godwin Ayogu,  was apparently murdered in the West African country, and his body was dumped by the roadside.

Ayogu was studying social sciences in the institution and was last seen on Tuesday afternoon, sources at the university said.

It was gathered that the deceased had planned to be in Nigeria on Wednesday to see his parents who live in Ketu area of Lagos, western Nigeria, but his body was found by the roadside where it was dumped.

The deceased was the first child of his parents.

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The Michelle Obama swag in love-struck Dar

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Vera Wang is a fashion icon who has dressed royalty and other women in high places, among them Michelle Obama. The designer’s profile rose even more among fashion enthusiasts in Africa, especially after she dressed the first black woman tenant of the White House.

 
Dar es Salaam. What are the chances that brides in wedding-struck Dar es Salaam and US First Lady Michelle Obama could have something in common? If you really want to know, look no further than the teeming second hand clothes markets in the city.
At the Kinondoni-Manyanya market in particular, one dealer likes to throw in the name Vera Wang, the famous fashion designer whose work, he says, is among his favourite.
But Amos Mtalima, 32, does not know who Vera Wang is nor does he dream of meeting her. All he cares about is that the name appears to move his merchandise fast.
Vera Wang is a fashion icon who has dressed royalty and other women in high places, among them Michelle Obama. The designer’s profile rose even more among fashion enthusiasts in Africa, especially after she dressed the first black woman tenant of the White House.
Mtalima is not entirely surprised when told exactly who Vera Wang is. He told The Citizen on Saturday:
“I knew she was a designer from the name tag on the clothes that we sell. I did not know, though, that she deals with such big people…only that many of our clients appear to like her label. For me, that was a cue to be on the look-out for a similar name tag whenever I go shopping.”
Mtalima is among the dealers now developing a niche selling second hand wedding gowns.
These are not quite the elegant dresses sold in high-end boutiques. You are more likely to find them hanging in stalls in not-so-clean surroundings.
Those who are familiar with the Kinondoni-Manyanya market will appreciate these dresses but, from a distance, a stranger would wonder if new brides could not do better. Yet local vendors are making a killing with second-hand wedding gowns. Reason? They are chic and cheap.
Mtalima has been selling these dresses for the past five years. The business is picking up rapidly, he says, with middle class trendsetters making up the bulk of new clients.
Word has spread so widely that boutique owners, even those serving the high end market, come calling.
When he started the business, the turn-out at his modest stall would be really low--mainly because of perceptions about second hand wedding clothes in those days. He adds: “Some considered them to be of use only to the underprivileged. Nowadays, I get orders from a wide range of customers, including those who call in advance for the right sizes.”

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Cabinet approves Shs120b for UPDF in South Sudan

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President Museveni (C), yesterday paid 

 President Museveni (C), yesterday paid a visit to the UPDF soldiers fighting in South Sudan.

 

KAMPALA- Cabinet has approved Shs120 billion in supplementary budget largely to finance the ongoing UPDF operations in South Sudan, according to highly placed government and security sources.
Ministry of Defence originally requested for Shs150 billion, a source said on condition of anonymity owing to the sensitivity of the matter.
“It is true we have a request for supplementary budget from the ministry of Defence for emergency operations,” said Finance ministry spokesman Jim Mugunga. “The approval process will follow laid down procedures which include both Cabinet and parliamentary approval.”
He declined to state the amount requested, its source or whether the Cabinet has given the green light to release the funds.
“This is news to me,” parliamentary Budget committee vice chairman, Remegio Achia, who flew back in the country yesterday, said.
This newspaper has been told that plans are underway to cut the allocations for the Water and Environment, Relief and Disaster Preparedness and Local Government ministries to raise the Shs120b.
There are also reports that Mr Keith Muhakanizi, the secretary to Treasury, has already ordered permanent secretaries of the earmarked ministries to downsize their expenditure for the last quarter of the 2013/14 Financial Year.
“Leave me alone. Let me have my peace,” Mr Muhakanizi said when contacted over the military’s supplementary budget request, insisting the matter could only be handled by his line minister.
News of the approval of the Shs120 billion surfaces in the wake of revelations by South Sudan Defence minister, Kuol Manyang Juuk, during a radio programme a week ago that: “We (government of South Sudan) are funding all activities of UPDF and SPLA.”

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Student jailed six months for publishing fiancée's nude pictures online

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The 21-year-old student who posted nude pictures of his former fiancée on facebook, in retaliation for being dumped by her, was yesterday jailed six months.
Henry Alibah, who posted the nude pictures on November 25, 2013, after a 10-minute ultimatum to the complainant had elapsed, looked shaken and bewildered after he was sentenced by the Accra Circuit Court.
Covering himself with a piece of cloth to conceal his face from cameras, the convict attempted to hit at photographers but the photographers ran for cover.
Alibah pleaded guilty to the charge of causing emotional, verbal or psychological abuse, contrary to Sections 1 (b) (iv) and Section 3 (2) of the Domestic Violence Act 737/07.
Passing sentence, the presiding judge, Ms Ellen Vivian Amoah, held the view that the action of the convict was pre-meditated and thus needed to be treated with all the seriousness it deserved to serve as a deterrent to others.
Citing numerous legal authorities from both Commonwealth nations and the United States of America (USA), Ms Amoah held that revenge pornography or involuntary pornography caused incalculable damage to the reputation of victims.
According to the court, there was the need to deter others who embarrassed, caused emotional pain, anxiety and stigmatised their targets by posting nude pictures which had the potential to go viral globally immediately after posting. Crime was pre-meditated
The victim had dated the convict for two years but ended the relationship three months ago. Alibah did not take kindly to the breakup and pleaded with the complainant to rescind her decision.
Realising she was not prepared to continue with the relationship, Alibah called her on November 25, 2013 and gave her a 10-minute ultimatum to change her mind or risk having her nude pictures posted on facebook.
He carried out the threat after the ultimatum had elapsed. He then added the caption, “Porn star, pay and f***”.
Alibah proceeded to attach his former fiancee's mobile phone number to the uploaded picture for interested persons to call.
Taking evidence into consideration and the fact that the convict had admitted wrongdoing, the presiding judge held that it was evident his action was pre-meditated. 
“He warned, waited and carried out the threat,” Ms Amoah opined, and indicated that it was important for the court to send the signal that such crimes would not be tolerated.
Describing the case as “novel but not new in other jurisdictions,” the court considered the nature of the crime, the punishment for it, the manner of the crime committed, age of the convict, being a first offender, the interest of the society, as well as the interest of the victim before passing the sentence.
Facebook, she said, had been widely used by people to connect in order to share information but indicated that others had abused it the world over by using it to intimidate and post nude and embarrassing pictures of their victims as forms of reprisals.
Cyber bullying, she indicated, was on the rise and had accordingly caused fear, scarred some victims for life, caused intimidation, emotional abuse, loss of jobs and other challenges for some other victims .
The court held that due to the immediacy with which facebook, which had 1.1 billion users in 2013, transmitted data, it was obvious the nude pictures of the complainant had been shared globally and even stored in some quarters.
Counsel for the convict, Mr Gad Cobbinah, announced his intention to appeal against the court's decision.

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Breaking news11 dead as Libya military plane crashes in Tunisia

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Grombalia (Tunisia)  - A Libyan army medical plane crashed south of Tunis early on Friday, killing all 11 people on board, Tunisian emergency services said.
"The plane crashed at 1:30 am (0030 GMT)... with 11 people on board -- three doctors, two patients and six crew members," spokesman Mongi El Kadhi said.
He said there were no survivors from the accident in the Grombalia area, 40 kilometres (25 miles) from the capital.
"The whole plane was completely burnt out. The emergency services went to the crash site and recovered the charred bodies."
Shortly before the plane disappeared from radar screens, the pilot radioed the control tower at Tunis airport to say an engine had failed, emergency services told Drive Hot journalist at the crash site.
The aircraft crashed in a field on the edge of the village of Nianou but managed to avoid any houses, the journalist reported.
The Libyan flag was still visible on the tailplane amid the wreckage.
At daybreak, teams began searching for the aircraft's black box flight recorders in a bid to establish the cause of the crash.
There was no immediate word on the identities of the two patients on board or why they were being flown to Tunis.
The aircraft was a Soviet-designed twin-propeller Antonov-26, Tunisia's Mosaique FM radio reported.

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