Barack Obama

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Opinions

Obama – an antithesis of Mandela’s values

By Aayesha Soni and Ebrahim Fakir As South Africans, we are ashamed that the war mongering human rights abuser Barack Obama has been called upon to honour a man whose struggles have contributed to allowing us to live freely in South Africa today. Whenever visiting a foreign country, upon enquiry by a local as to where we come from, the response “South Africa” elicits an immediate and enthusiastic response: “Nelson […]

today16 July 2018

International News

Obama rejects Trump’s claims that his phone was tapped

A spokesman for Barack Obama on Saturday rejected claims from US President Donald Trump that the former president had wiretapped him in October during the late stages of the presidential election campaign. "Neither President Obama nor any White House official ever ordered surveillance on any US citizen. Any suggestion otherwise is simply false," Obama spokesman Kevin Lewis said in a statement. Trump had suggested Obama improperly tapped his phones, without […]

today5 March 2017

Opinions

The Uncomfortable Truth: Are We Hating Donald Trump for the Wrong Reasons?

By Ramzy Baroud I fear that many of us are hating Donald Trump for the wrong reasons. Multitudes are being swayed by mainstream media-inspired demonization of the new US president, based on selective assumptions and half-truths. US mainstream media, which rarely deviates from supporting the American government’s conduct, however reckless, is now presenting Trump as if an aberration of otherwise egalitarian, sensible, and peace-loving US policies at home and abroad. […]

today12 February 2017

International News

US plans to transfer 19 Guantanamo detainees before Obama leaves office

The White House on Tuesday pledged to move ahead with the transfer of 19 detainees out of the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, rejecting President-elect Donald Trump's demand for a freeze. With President Barack Obama set to leave office on 20 January, White House spokesman Josh Earnest put Trump on notice that more inmates would be moved. "I would expect, at this point, additional transfers," he said. There are 59 […]

today4 January 2017

International News

Russia, Turkey: US supporting Syria ‘terrorist’ groups

Turkey and Russia have separately accused the US of backing what they call "terrorist groups" in Syria, on the same day they agreed to push for talks in Kazakhstan next month over the conflict. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that he had evidence that US-led coalition forces give support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) and Kurdish groups, namely […]

today28 December 2016

International News

Obama dismantling immigrant registry targeting Muslims

President Barack Obama plans to dismantle a controversial immigrant registry that rights groups have long said unfairly targeted men from Arab- and Muslim-majority countries, in what appears to be an effort to block President-elect Donald Trump from easily reviving it. The National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS) has been dormant since 2011, but Obama plans to dismantle its regulatory structure in the final weeks of his administration, the New York […]

today23 December 2016

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